Faye, I'm pretty sure the cause of your problem is in your Outlook Express settings.  

Sorry, I can't be more definite as it's a while since I used W98.  But somehere in OE Tools or Accounts there'll be a tick (or a check if you're in the US) in a box which basically says 'If I'm not connected to the Internet do it right now'.

You need to set this to 'Never, ever connect to the Internet unless I say so'

This'll certainly help. 

Something else you could try is to delete your diallup connection altogether, reboot then set it up again after you restart.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Faye Killian 
  Subject: [PCBUILD] Computer Problem


  I wanted to ask you about a problem I have been experiencing for some months now. I hope I can explain this right since I'm a newbie at this. I have windows 98 and every morning when I boot up my internet connection box jumps up there and it is very annoying if you don't want to hook up right away. I can click on the x and also down at the bottom on the taskbar, I will right click and then close and it just won't go away no matter what I do. I can close everything out (Outlook Express or anything else) and then here pops back up the connection box again and it won't close.
  Do you know how I might fix this problem?? I have tried going to my startup menu to see if I could get it off the startup but I can't find it nowhere but I know it shouldn't be doing this and it hasn't always been this way. I don't even know what I did or didn't do to cause this.

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