Re: programs attempt to dial


moomoo;7287938 Wrote:
Ever since I installed the latest version of Messenger 8 a couple of
weeks
ago, Windows tries to dial my internet connection whenever I open
other
programs such as Windows Explorer. Normally, it only brought up a
dial-up
dialogue box whenever I opened Internet Explorer (which asked me if I
wanted
to connect to the net), but now it does it for other programs too.
Also, it
brings up my dial-up dialogue box whenever I start Messenger - even if
I am
already connected to the net. I've tried to change the settings in the
IE
Tools/Internet Options/Connections dialogue, but that only stops the
dial-up
dialogue box from appearing at all (even for IE). Does anybody know how
to
fix this problem? (I'm using Windows XP Pro)

Are you actually on a dial up connection? If not, just disable dial up
altogether

YOu can also try reconfiguring your inet connection

start->run->inetwiz


--
Alan_F
.

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