Re: Messenger 7 appears to be auto-dialing

Greetings Ion,

Actually this isn't a bug, it's by design. MSN Messenger uses WinInet (basically, Internet
Explorer) to connect. If your settings in Internet Explroer are to automatically dial when
required, then Messenger will cause the same to happen.

As such, to stop this behavior, click the Tools menu, then Internet Options, then Connections
tab, select "Never dial a connection" and it should be back to normal.
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"Ion Control" <IonCOntrol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Contrary to my past experience, Messenger 7 (build 7.0.0813) appears to be automaitcally
> dialing when it loads up or after I manually disconnect. In the past, it was passive and
> never established a connection of its own. now, it appears to insist on maintaining a
> constant connection. Disabling "Start with windows" and "automaitcally logon when
> connected" are not options to solve this (if I have to uncheck those, I move to AOL). This
> appears to be some kind of bug since I've never experienced this behavior before. Any
> ideas...?
>


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