Network mess up
From: Brit [MSFT] (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/29/04
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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 12:16:44 -0800
I'm glad that I could help.
If you can ever track down the program that is causing
your computer to automatically attempt to dial, and
change the settings on that software to stop that
behavior [or remove the program if it is unwanted], then
you can re-enable the "On-demand dialing" feature of ICS
so that either of your computers will be able to launch
the Internet connection at will [if you want that
functionality].
For example, if both of your computers have dial-up
connections installed, some third-party Internet software
may attempt to automatically connect to the Internet.
With ICS enabled, both of your computers should be able
to connect to the Internet through the shared Internet
connection. ICS should only be enabled on one computer -
the one that directly connects to the Internet. The
computer with the shared Internet connection is called
the "ICS host" computer. All of the other computers on
the network are called ICS client computers. If both of
your computers had modems configured to connect to the
Internet before you networked them, then, on your *ICS
client computer* you should disable any connections
located under "Dial-up" in the "Network Connections"
folder -- !but only disable the Dial-up connections on
your ICS client computer! Instructions for disabling a
connection can be found in Help and Support. If there is
not an area in the Network Connections folder
labled "Dial-up," then you do not have a dial-up
connection configured on that computer, even if the
computer has a modem installed.
Remember that the "On-demand dialing" feature of ICS is
labled "Establish a dial-up connection whenever a
computer on my network attempts to access the Internet."
The actual Internet Connection Sharing feature is enable
or disabled using the check box labled "Allow other
network users to connect through this computer's Internet
connection." You can run ICS with or without the On-
demand dialing feature enabled.
Additionally, as noted by the other person who responded
to your post, a virus could be responsible for the
unwanted dialing behavior. I strongly recommend that you
run some type of antivirus software on all of your
computers. It is possible that some type of trogen
horse / virus is causing your computer to attempt to
dial. Antivirus software could detect and remove unwanted
virus programs. Information about antivirus software can
be found at www.microsoft.com by following the link
named "Protect your computer in 3 steps."
BTW - If you are not already using a third-party
firewall, be sure that Internet Connection Firewall [ICF]
is enabled on the Internet Connection of your ICS Host
computer. You can find information about ICF in Help and
Support.
Good luck.
Brit Weston, Microsoft
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>-----Original Message-----
>Your answer was right on, once I disabled the ICS my
>computer quit trying to connect to the Internet by its
>self. Thanks alot.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>
>>Without knowing how you networked your computers it is
>>difficult to say, however, I'd guess that one of three
>>things is causing your problem:
>> 1) One (or perhaps both) of your computers is using
>>third-party software for dial-up Internet access, and
>>that software is configured to be an "always on"
>>connection, so it dials automatically.
>>
>> 2) One or both computers has Automatic Updates
enabled,
>>so it automatically attempts to connect to the
>Internet.
>>
>> 3) Some other type of software is launching the
>autodial
>>feature.
>>
>>For possible solutions, check the following, one at a
>>time:
>> 1) Check to see if you can turn off autodial/always-on
>>features on the software that you use to access the
>>Internet.
>>
>> 2) If enabled, turn off Automatic Updates to see if
>that
>>corrects the problem.*
>>
>> 3) Investigate to see what other programs might have
>>features that automatically attempt to connect to the
>>Internet.
>>
>> 4) If you are using Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
>to
>>network your computers, you can disable the ICS on-
>demand
>>dialing feature. Disabling ICS on-demand dialing should
>>prevent computers on your network from launching dial-
up
>>connections without permission. To disable ICS on-
demand
>>dialing:
>>a) Open Network Connections.
>>b) Right-Click the dial-up connection on which you want
>>to enable ICS on-demand dialing, and then
>>click "Properties."
>>c) On the "Advanced" tab, under "Internet Connection
>>Sharing," clear the check box titled "Establish a dial-
>>up connection whenever a computer on my network
attempts
>>to access the Internet," to disable ICS on demand
>dialing.
>>
>>* To find information about turning off Windows
>>Automatic Updates, click "Start," click "Help and
>>Support," and in the Search text box type "Automatic
>>Update," then press "Enter." When the search is
>complete,
>>click on "Full-text Search Matches," select the topic
>>titled, "Turn on automatic updates," and then follow
the
>>instructions to turn off automatic updates. [ If you
>>elect to turn off Automatic updates, I would highly
>>recommend that you either setup a reoccurring reminder
>in
>>your calendar to "launch Windows Updates manually," or
>>schedule a task using Task Scheduler feature in Control
>>Panel to launch Windows Updates at regular intervals. ]
>>
>>** Comprehensive documentation about Internet
Connection
>>Sharing can be found by doing searches for both "Home
>>Networking" and for "Internet Connection Sharing"
>>in "Help and Support."
>>
>>Good luck,
>>Brit Weston, Microsoft
>>
>>Please do not send email directly to this alias. This
>is
>>my online account name for newsgroup participation only.
>>
>>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
and
>>confers no rights.
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>> I just networked two computers that both have XP OS
in
>>>them in the house and every thing works fine. But now
>>>for no reason one will dial-up the Internet by its
>>self.
>>>How do I stop this from happening again ? It never
did
>>>this before I networked them.
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
>.
>
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