Re: Default to LAN connection when Dial-up is present

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I no longer have possession of the laptop to try most of this but I can tell
you some things.
Outlook Express was not opening
I know I was connected to our LAN because all my drive mappings were present
and the only time the dial-up box appeared was when I opened IE which by
default is directed to one of our Intranet pages and that did not work either.

Next time I get my hands on this laptop I will check the other items you
mentioned. Thank you so much for your reply!

Have a great day

"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

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Using Windows XP Pro and IE 6
Our GPO prohibits allowing the user to change the connection settings in IE.
When I set up a laptop with dial-up connections even though the connection
settings in IE show "Never Dial a Connection " (It is greyed out) it still
wants to dial a connection.


When? What does ipconfig /all show before that?

Try making your Home page About:Blank temporarily
so you will know that it isn't opening IE which is causing
a dial-up prompt. If you have OE opening at the same time
it woud be a more likely cause for your symptom.


Is there a way in the registry to make sure it is
set to Never Dial a Connection and that the Work Offline is unchecked for
every profile current and future?


I can't remember which registry value controls Never dial...
I would try using RegMon (or ProcMon) to trace the toggling of that setting
to find the key and value names.


Keyword for the Work Offline state flag is GlobalUserOffline

< >How To Set Work Offline as the Default for Internet Explorer</title>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/195730



Thanks!


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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