On 12 Dec 2006 at 18:16, Laurel Schmalz wrote:

> How do I get the Dial Up Connection  from popping up all the time.
> Whether or not I am trying to get on the internet it keeps showing up and
> I can't cancel it out, all I can do is minimize it. Sure would like to
> get rid of it.
> Thanks for the help again and again and again. I have a Toshiba Satellite
> laptop running window XP.

  In IE, go to Tools|Internet Options|Connections and make sure that "Never 
dial a connection" is selected.  (You will have to manually activate the 
connection then to go online.)

  My guess is that something on your machine is trying to "phone home", and 
the other settings allow IE to try to enable the connection to oblige.

David Gillett

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