autodialer driving me nuts

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Running an Acer laptop, PII, 6 gig HD, 4 gig free, 128 RAM. I've got
S&D, AVG, and Adaware that I run frequently with usually miminal to no
problems. Box generally runs fine for what I need and do. Internet
connection is dialup (DSL not in my area yet) but I can live with it for
now.
Current problem is that after d'loading Firefox to try for a browser,
my ISP connection box pops up all the time when I open up Firefox even if I
want to work offline. Used to only happen to IE6 twice after opening IE6.
I'd click out twice and then a box would pop up that said the server could
not be reached. After that nothing would pop up unless I opened up another
instance of either IE6 or OE to read some newsgroups offline.
Now if I open up Firefox (offline) the damn ISP connection box just
keeps popping up relentlessly countless times.
I've got the box checked in IE6 to "never dial a connection" but it
keeps resetting itself to "dial whenever a network connection is not
present".
I suspect a reg setting somewhere but can't find it for the life of
me.
As far as I can see, Firefox doesn't have such an option.

 

[Luke]

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On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:09:04 -0400, "the staring frogs of Southern
Iberia" <kissmyassallyouspammers@go.shityourself.com> wrote:

> Running an Acer laptop, PII, 6 gig HD, 4 gig free, 128 RAM. I've got
>S&D, AVG, and Adaware that I run frequently with usually miminal to no
>problems. Box generally runs fine for what I need and do. Internet
>connection is dialup (DSL not in my area yet) but I can live with it for
>now.
> Current problem is that after d'loading Firefox to try for a browser,
>my ISP connection box pops up all the time when I open up Firefox even if I
>want to work offline. Used to only happen to IE6 twice after opening IE6.
>I'd click out twice and then a box would pop up that said the server could
>not be reached. After that nothing would pop up unless I opened up another
>instance of either IE6 or OE to read some newsgroups offline.
> Now if I open up Firefox (offline) the damn ISP connection box just
>keeps popping up relentlessly countless times.
> I've got the box checked in IE6 to "never dial a connection" but it
>keeps resetting itself to "dial whenever a network connection is not
>present".
> I suspect a reg setting somewhere but can't find it for the life of
>me.
> As far as I can see, Firefox doesn't have such an option.

Two suggestions, just guessing, so neither is probably the solution,
but...

In FF, Tools | Options | General, try setting home page to "Use Blank
Page."

Right click FF icon, click Properties, in the Target bar, after the
program location in quotes (mine is: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla
Firefox\firefox.exe") add a space and -p. That will bring up the
profile manager when you start FF, with an option to work offline.

--
Luke

 

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Will try that. I did see somewhere in the options menu that by default ,
check for updates for firefox was enabled. I've disabled it and will see if
this helps too.

 

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That is what fixed it when I had the same behaviour from Firefox.
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"the staring frogs of Southern Iberia" <hunyakatnetscape.com> wrote in message
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> Will try that. I did see somewhere in the options menu that by default ,
> check for updates for firefox was enabled. I've disabled it and will see if
> this helps too.
>
>

 

[Luke]

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On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:04:24 -0400, "the staring frogs of Southern
Iberia" <hunyakatnetscape.com> wrote:

>Will try that. I did see somewhere in the options menu that by default ,
>check for updates for firefox was enabled. I've disabled it and will see if
>this helps too.

Yes, in Advanced | Software Update. Also uncheck extensions and
themes. Hope this works for you. Let us know.

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Luke

 

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Unchecking the option to update Firefox automatically seems to have
helped in this respect.