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February 5th, 2001, 04:57 PM
#1
internet connection at start won't stop !!!!!!
I have a PC that tries to start its dial up each time it boots --- and not just one time. It loads the the stupid thing over and over again, about 15 times. You can cancel all you want, and it just loads it again. After a number of times of cancelling, it goes away.
Now I have tried msconfig removing win, sys, autoexec, configsys etc. I have searched sysedit and found nothing, and I have searched the registry and found nothing related. I have looked in the startup as well --- NOTHING!!!!!!
ANY ideas would be helpful.....
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February 5th, 2001, 05:23 PM
#2
Check in the reg under hklm\software\ms\windows\currentversion\run that is the run command line kinda like startup only from registry see if there is anything in there or a program calling for a dialup. anything callign for tcp/ip may do this is IE is enabled to make connection when nessacary even if its not ie calling it. X
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February 5th, 2001, 07:08 PM
#3
The first thing I would do would be to scan for virus's. It wasnt stated whether you did that or not.
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February 5th, 2001, 08:38 PM
#4
My computer did that a while ago, it did it beacause some software i downloaded was set to automatically send registration information to the servers of the software company... So everytime it booted up, i get the dial up thingy... my solution... add/remove programs, Remove...
Good Luck
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February 6th, 2001, 07:16 AM
#5
I would definetly scan for viruses, everytime ive had this happen thats what caused it.
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February 9th, 2001, 09:51 PM
#6
Depends on the ISP software you are using to connect. If it is AT&T, go to the options button and uncheck the box for automatic connect.
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February 10th, 2001, 01:01 AM
#7
I use Zone alarm (free for home use) for a firewall. With this installed it will tell you what program is trying to connect and you can choose to allow access or not with a mouse click. So this may make for a temporary solution and maybe identify the culprit if it's something other than malfuntioning software you have installed. I concur on the virus scan and often use multiple antivirus scans as often one will find a virus others have missed.
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February 10th, 2001, 03:03 AM
#8
for starters:
make sure (in iE 5, tools, options, connections)
"never dial" is checked.
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February 10th, 2001, 08:56 AM
#9
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Crowbar:
I use Zone alarm (free for home use) for a firewall. With this installed it will tell you what program is trying to connect and you can choose to allow access or not with a mouse click. So this may make for a temporary solution and maybe identify the culprit if it's something other than malfuntioning software you have installed. I concur on the virus scan and often use multiple antivirus scans as often one will find a virus others have missed.</font>
VERY GOOD IDEA
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No really That paper thingy you took out of the box with all the words on it was not packing material its called a "MANUAL"
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February 10th, 2001, 09:08 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Kenteth420:
The first thing I would do would be to scan for virus's. It wasnt stated whether you did that or not.</font>
And the Prize goes to (drum roll) Kenteth420
Thanks -- A virus was the problem. It was a file with the extension .ska
The customer had Norton and it was updated, but apparently the s/w was corrupted. I removed it, installed the latest Mcafee and it found the virus.
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