It seems that you have a program that you have told to update itself
via internet.

In order to stop it untill you find what program it is do this:
Click on your ISP dial up and you should get the "Connect To" box.
Uncheck the "save password." It then will wait until you type in the
password. No password....no connect to the internet.

Regards,
Gary Wigle



> Date:    Thu, 28 Sep 2000 12:54:44 -0400
> From:    "K. Karl Kuller" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Random ISP Dial Up
>
> Hello All,
>     My backup computer with Windows 98 SE has gotten into
>the habit of
> randomly dialing my ISP, thus tying up my telephone line.
>Does anyone know
> why this would happen and how it can be eliminated?
>     Since I need to have both my main and backup computers
>running, the only
> workaround I could think of was to connect my main computer
>to my ISP first
> then fire up my backup computer, which would show an error
>dialog box (No
> Dial Tone).  As long as the error was displayed, it could
>not again dial up
> my ISP.  Disconnecting my main computer from my ISP would
>then give me some
> peace of mind.
>
> K. Karl Kuller          [log in to unmask]

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