Connect to bob on startup

[clayton]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsme.general (More info?)

I am trying to find out why the connect to dialup box starts up when I start
up my computer, I have disabled liveupdate's dialup feature and it still
happens, nothing I can see in msconfig/startup that needs internet
connection. Any ideas?

Cheers

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsme.general (More info?)

Did you recently install the MS Anti-Spyware proggy...........a friend of
mine just determined that was trying to 'phone home' and causing other
problems on his machine. If not, get a copy of the free Zone Alarm
firewall........it should give you an indication of what app is trying to
connect. Also, Process Explorer, free, from www.sysinternals.com is a great
app, it will show you every active process on your machine along with the %
of cpu being used by each.
Heirloom, old and it could happen


"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:%23ktH1rPhFHA.2572@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I am trying to find out why the connect to dialup box starts up when I
>start up my computer, I have disabled liveupdate's dialup feature and it
>still happens, nothing I can see in msconfig/startup that needs internet
>connection. Any ideas?
>
> Cheers
>

 

[clayton]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsme.general (More info?)

connect to bob? I don't know how that got there, I mean connect to internet
on startup


"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:%23ktH1rPhFHA.2572@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I am trying to find out why the connect to dialup box starts up when I
>start up my computer, I have disabled liveupdate's dialup feature and it
>still happens, nothing I can see in msconfig/startup that needs internet
>connection. Any ideas?
>
> Cheers
>

 

[Heather]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsme.general (More info?)

Grin.....just a thought. Go to Tools/Options/General tab in OE.....is there
a check mark in the "Send and Receive Messages at Startup"?? If so, untick
it.

Just a guess here.....Heather

"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:urarSyPhFHA.1416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> connect to bob? I don't know how that got there, I mean connect to
internet
> on startup
>
>
> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:%23ktH1rPhFHA.2572@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >I am trying to find out why the connect to dialup box starts up when I
> >start up my computer, I have disabled liveupdate's dialup feature and it
> >still happens, nothing I can see in msconfig/startup that needs internet
> >connection. Any ideas?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
>
>

 

[clayton]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsme.general (More info?)

No, I haven't installed MS Anti Spyware
I'll try Zone Alarm, thanks


"Heirloom" <roland58XX@XXcox.net> wrote in message
news:%23C0PIHQhFHA.1416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Did you recently install the MS Anti-Spyware proggy...........a friend of
> mine just determined that was trying to 'phone home' and causing other
> problems on his machine. If not, get a copy of the free Zone Alarm
> firewall........it should give you an indication of what app is trying to
> connect. Also, Process Explorer, free, from www.sysinternals.com is a
> great app, it will show you every active process on your machine along
> with the % of cpu being used by each.
> Heirloom, old and it could happen
>
>
> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:%23ktH1rPhFHA.2572@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>I am trying to find out why the connect to dialup box starts up when I
>>start up my computer, I have disabled liveupdate's dialup feature and it
>>still happens, nothing I can see in msconfig/startup that needs internet
>>connection. Any ideas?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>
>

 

[clayton]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsme.general (More info?)

It only seems to happen when I have the dialup set to automatic dial and the
ADSL router NIC plugged in, this has never happenned on other pc's set like
this


"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:e$7ZRjQhFHA.2644@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> No, I haven't installed MS Anti Spyware
> I'll try Zone Alarm, thanks
>
>
> "Heirloom" <roland58XX@XXcox.net> wrote in message
> news:%23C0PIHQhFHA.1416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Did you recently install the MS Anti-Spyware proggy...........a friend of
>> mine just determined that was trying to 'phone home' and causing other
>> problems on his machine. If not, get a copy of the free Zone Alarm
>> firewall........it should give you an indication of what app is trying to
>> connect. Also, Process Explorer, free, from www.sysinternals.com is a
>> great app, it will show you every active process on your machine along
>> with the % of cpu being used by each.
>> Heirloom, old and it could happen
>>
>>
>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
>> news:%23ktH1rPhFHA.2572@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>I am trying to find out why the connect to dialup box starts up when I
>>>start up my computer, I have disabled liveupdate's dialup feature and it
>>>still happens, nothing I can see in msconfig/startup that needs internet
>>>connection. Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsme.general (More info?)

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 16:58:29 +1200, Clayton wrote:

> It only seems to happen when I have the dialup set to automatic dial and the
> ADSL router NIC plugged in, this has never happenned on other pc's set like
> this

My dialup menu has three choices:

Never dial a connection
Dial whenever a network connection is not present
Always dial my default connection

Currently, I have selected, "Never dial a connection". However, because I
am behind a router which keeps a permanent connection running, about 99.9%
of the time, I suppose that I could set it for, "Dial whenever a network
connection is not present"; but I suspect that would only invoke the dialer
if the router failed to maintain the LAN connections.

Could it be that, during a Windows boot, the dialer doesn't detect the ADSL
router connection before it begins its dial routine? Try using "Never dial
a connection" for your dialup modem setting.

--
Norman
~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint