losing internet connection

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"snowey" <snowey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AC90B659-B714-4571-B6A6-0C85D33840E1@microsoft.com...
> hi................when I am connected to the internet and have to
> leave the
> computer for a short time, or even if I am doing other work not
> needing the
> internet I find I lose the connection ........and it redials in
> automatically.........is there a way i can stop this from happening?
>

Go to your Internet Options in the Control Panel or type this in the
Start>Run box:

inetcpl.cpl

then go to the "Connections" tab an select "Never dial a connection".


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William