Windows XP Auto-connect
- From: Fraun <cbanis@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:02:47 -0000
Hi, my computer used to use a Connect To dialup connection to the
internet, but now it uses broadband wireless,
and everything works fine except for the last couple weeks, two
different kinds of auto-connect boxes have been
popping up to initiate a dial-up.
This seems to happen constantly every 18 seconds, but sometimes very
frequently and it impedes usability.
Sometimes, it doesn't happen for quite a while, for example, it hasn't
happened during the last hour, but I won't
say the problem just fixed itself. I've been searching for answers on
the internet, but my searches are too general, and really, I'm
wondering if this box is infected with a virus.
The problem is that I'm already connected (via broadband link), and
for a while this worked fine without any auto-
dialup popup interference. Now it's happening all the time and it's a
b*tch. It usually just pops up the regular
connect-to box ('Connect <ISP Name>' -> Dial button) but sometimes
this other, less-detailed box pops under
that one...
I know a little about auto-dial options for certain Locations,
however, no Locations are defined on this computer,
so I can't affect any settings via Network Connections/Advanced/Dial-
up Preferences because there are no
Locations to affect!
The other thing I did was modify this registry value:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\EnableAutodial
It was a True value, I changed it to False (zero).
Any ideas, folks?
.
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