Computer constantly tries to connect to internet

[jay]

Every tinme I start up my computer it tries to connect to
the internet, even if I haven't opened anything yet.
When I close the dial up connection window, it comes back
again in a little while. I tried setting all of my
applications to not look for updates automatically, but
taht didn't seem to help.

If I let it dial out, I don't see that any application
starts or tries to use the connection.

What gives? If I ignore the connection request sometimes
I will get several of them to appear on the screen, so
that when I close one, another one displays immediately
behind it.

[Ramesh [MS-MVP]]

A program or spyware might initializing the dial-up connection.

SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for Spyware and Adware
http://security.kolla.de/

and

Adaware (similar)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
* Perform a Webupdate to have the latest definitions installed *

To disable automatic dial completely (means no program can automatically
dial, however you can do manually.)

1. Right click the My computer icon (Desktop), open Manage/Services and
Applications/Services.
2. In the right pane scroll down to Remote Accces Auto Connection Manager
and double click it.
3. Use the Startup type drop box and choose Disabled.

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Regards,
Ramesh [MS-MVP]
Aim: SRamesh2k

http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

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"jay" > wrote in message
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Every tinme I start up my computer it tries to connect to
the internet, even if I haven't opened anything yet.
When I close the dial up connection window, it comes back
again in a little while. I tried setting all of my
applications to not look for updates automatically, but
taht didn't seem to help.

If I let it dial out, I don't see that any application
starts or tries to use the connection.

What gives? If I ignore the connection request sometimes
I will get several of them to appear on the screen, so
that when I close one, another one displays immediately
behind it.

[Nick Burns]

Check your network connection and make sure it is not set to, "connect when
a connection is not present".


"jay" > wrote in message
...
> Every tinme I start up my computer it tries to connect to
> the internet, even if I haven't opened anything yet.
> When I close the dial up connection window, it comes back
> again in a little while. I tried setting all of my
> applications to not look for updates automatically, but
> taht didn't seem to help.
>
> If I let it dial out, I don't see that any application
> starts or tries to use the connection.
>
> What gives? If I ignore the connection request sometimes
> I will get several of them to appear on the screen, so
> that when I close one, another one displays immediately
> behind it.