Never Dial!!!

I have a WinXP desktop with a normal connection to the Internet via a
cable modem. I also have a WinXP laptop that I use when travelling and
I have a dial-up connection via modem. I like to dial up from the
desktop from time to time just to check things, etc, so I have the
dial-up connection set up on the desktop.

In Control Panel, Internet Options, Connections, I check "Never dial a
connection". But some program/option/whatever keeps setting this
option back to "Dial whenever a connection is not present" and then
for some reason I keep getting a pop-up asking me to dial my dial-up ISP.

How do I find what is re-setting this option and how do I STOP it from
doing this very aggravating action?

Thanks and regards, hawk

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"hawk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have a WinXP desktop with a normal connection to the Internet via a
> cable modem. I also have a WinXP laptop that I use when travelling and
> I have a dial-up connection via modem. I like to dial up from the
> desktop from time to time just to check things, etc, so I have the
> dial-up connection set up on the desktop.
>
> In Control Panel, Internet Options, Connections, I check "Never dial a
> connection". But some program/option/whatever keeps setting this
> option back to "Dial whenever a connection is not present" and then
> for some reason I keep getting a pop-up asking me to dial my dial-up ISP.
>
> How do I find what is re-setting this option and how do I STOP it from
> doing this very aggravating action?
>
> Thanks and regards, hawk
>

If you have a connection to mail or newserver setup to use the modem, that
setting will reset as such noted.
"hawk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a WinXP desktop with a normal connection to the Internet via a
> cable modem. I also have a WinXP laptop that I use when travelling and
> I have a dial-up connection via modem. I like to dial up from the
> desktop from time to time just to check things, etc, so I have the
> dial-up connection set up on the desktop.
>
> In Control Panel, Internet Options, Connections, I check "Never dial a
> connection". But some program/option/whatever keeps setting this
> option back to "Dial whenever a connection is not present" and then
> for some reason I keep getting a pop-up asking me to dial my dial-up ISP.
>
> How do I find what is re-setting this option and how do I STOP it from
> doing this very aggravating action?
>
> Thanks and regards, hawk
>

Set your network connection to "Connect through LAN". It will never think
to ask you about dialing a modem, because it won't realize that it is part
of your setup.
"hawk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a WinXP desktop with a normal connection to the Internet via a
> cable modem. I also have a WinXP laptop that I use when travelling and
> I have a dial-up connection via modem. I like to dial up from the
> desktop from time to time just to check things, etc, so I have the
> dial-up connection set up on the desktop.
>
> In Control Panel, Internet Options, Connections, I check "Never dial a
> connection". But some program/option/whatever keeps setting this
> option back to "Dial whenever a connection is not present" and then
> for some reason I keep getting a pop-up asking me to dial my dial-up ISP.
>
> How do I find what is re-setting this option and how do I STOP it from
> doing this very aggravating action?
>
> Thanks and regards, hawk
>