Re: How stop notebook from dialing in

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From: Rajiv Sharma (rajivsharmamcp_at_msn.com)
Date: 02/07/04 

Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 16:54:03 -0800

Well there is a way out.
you can create another profile say "TRAVEL PROFILE"
and reboot from that profile and disable your modem hardware there.
so next time it wont come up.

"***Jamoke***" <rmo555@cox.net> wrote in message
news:wBVUb.13225$gl2.2147@lakeread05...
> I have been traveling and, in the hotel, I could not stop my notebook from
> trying to dial in to a modem - even though I was connected to the hotel's
> high speed connection. In the Control Panel, I have (under Internet
> Connections) - "Never Dial In" checked. I would like to set up my
notebook
> so that I only attempt to dial in to a modem when I double click on my
> connection icon. Could it be that some other program that starts up in
the
> background doesn't follow the rules in Control Panel?
>
>

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