Access oddity - right newsgroup?

I just got a cable ISP (Comcast) a few days ago, and find some weirdities
going on. After solving some of them I have a real puzzler.

I can be going along just fine, surfing the internet, reading a newsgroup,
checking email - when out of nowhere my dial-up will dial up!

Not having all the bugs out nor the email all set, I haven't stopped dial-up
yet. But I'd really like to find out what keeps dialing the land line. I
seem to be able to run on both at once - sort of. I found my anti-virus
program was updating awful slowly. I looked at the sys tray and had a
phone connection running?! Same with something on my browser. It got slow
and I found the dial-up connected.

I don't even know where to look or for what. Altho I seem to recall some
place seeing a Never Dial setting. Haven't found where.

Thanks for any help.

--
JimL

JimL wrote:

I just got a cable ISP (Comcast) a few days ago, and find some weirdities
going on. After solving some of them I have a real puzzler.

I can be going along just fine, surfing the internet, reading a newsgroup,
checking email - when out of nowhere my dial-up will dial up!

Not having all the bugs out nor the email all set, I haven't stopped
dial-up
yet. But I'd really like to find out what keeps dialing the land line. I
seem to be able to run on both at once - sort of. I found my anti-virus
program was updating awful slowly. I looked at the sys tray and had a
phone connection running?! Same with something on my browser. It got
slow and I found the dial-up connected.

I don't even know where to look or for what. Altho I seem to recall some
place seeing a Never Dial setting. Haven't found where.

The very first thing to do is scan for viruses/malware. Be thorough and do
not skip the prep work:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

This may solve the issue entirely. The "never dial a connection" can be
found in Control PanelInternet PropertiesConnection. You will see where
you can set "never dial a connection". Do so but don't neglect to scan for
malware anyway.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

JimL wrote:

I just got a cable ISP (Comcast) a few days ago, and find some weirdities
going on. After solving some of them I have a real puzzler.

I can be going along just fine, surfing the internet, reading a newsgroup,
checking email - when out of nowhere my dial-up will dial up!

Not having all the bugs out nor the email all set, I haven't stopped
dial-up
yet. But I'd really like to find out what keeps dialing the land line. I
seem to be able to run on both at once - sort of. I found my anti-virus
program was updating awful slowly. I looked at the sys tray and had a
phone connection running?! Same with something on my browser. It got
slow and I found the dial-up connected.

I don't even know where to look or for what. Altho I seem to recall some
place seeing a Never Dial setting. Haven't found where.

The very first thing to do is scan for viruses/malware. Be thorough and do
not skip the prep work:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

This may solve the issue entirely. The "never dial a connection" can be
found in Control PanelInternet PropertiesConnection. You will see where
you can set "never dial a connection". Do so but don't neglect to scan for
malware anyway.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

JimL wrote:
I just got a cable ISP (Comcast) a few days ago, and find some weirdities
going on. After solving some of them I have a real puzzler.

I can be going along just fine, surfing the internet, reading a newsgroup,
checking email - when out of nowhere my dial-up will dial up!

Not having all the bugs out nor the email all set, I haven't stopped dial-up
yet. But I'd really like to find out what keeps dialing the land line. I
seem to be able to run on both at once - sort of. I found my anti-virus
program was updating awful slowly. I looked at the sys tray and had a
phone connection running?! Same with something on my browser. It got slow
and I found the dial-up connected.

I don't even know where to look or for what. Altho I seem to recall some
place seeing a Never Dial setting. Haven't found where.

Thanks for any help.


In IE Tools Internet Options [or Control Panel Internet Options]

Click "Connection" tab and select "Never dial a connection" then OK.
--
Lem -- MS-MVP

Apollo 11 - 40 years ago this month:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html

JimL wrote:
I just got a cable ISP (Comcast) a few days ago, and find some weirdities
going on. After solving some of them I have a real puzzler.

I can be going along just fine, surfing the internet, reading a newsgroup,
checking email - when out of nowhere my dial-up will dial up!

Not having all the bugs out nor the email all set, I haven't stopped dial-up
yet. But I'd really like to find out what keeps dialing the land line. I
seem to be able to run on both at once - sort of. I found my anti-virus
program was updating awful slowly. I looked at the sys tray and had a
phone connection running?! Same with something on my browser. It got slow
and I found the dial-up connected.

I don't even know where to look or for what. Altho I seem to recall some
place seeing a Never Dial setting. Haven't found where.

Thanks for any help.


In IE Tools Internet Options [or Control Panel Internet Options]

Click "Connection" tab and select "Never dial a connection" then OK.
--
Lem -- MS-MVP

Apollo 11 - 40 years ago this month:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html

"Malke" wrote in message
...
JimL wrote:

I just got a cable ISP (Comcast) a few days ago, and find some weirdities
going on. After solving some of them I have a real puzzler.

I can be going along just fine, surfing the internet, reading a
newsgroup,
checking email - when out of nowhere my dial-up will dial up!

Not having all the bugs out nor the email all set, I haven't stopped
dial-up
yet. But I'd really like to find out what keeps dialing the land line.
I
seem to be able to run on both at once - sort of. I found my anti-virus
program was updating awful slowly. I looked at the sys tray and had a
phone connection running?! Same with something on my browser. It got
slow and I found the dial-up connected.

I don't even know where to look or for what. Altho I seem to recall some
place seeing a Never Dial setting. Haven't found where.

The very first thing to do is scan for viruses/malware. Be thorough and do
not skip the prep work:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

This may solve the issue entirely. The "never dial a connection" can be
found in Control PanelInternet PropertiesConnection. You will see where
you can set "never dial a connection". Do so but don't neglect to scan for
malware anyway.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ



Thanks. Maybe the Never Dial setting will help.

My mind is like a sieve nowadays, but apparently the virus check idea is a
big chunk! I've run 2 or 3 deep scans a day since this started and I'm
going to download one or two more free anti-malware programs. The question
is whether I can install them without all their tenacles. When even two of
them start checking system stuff out at the same time it can be a disaster.
If I can install at least one with ONLY the malware scans I will. Things
like application guards, web site checkers, etc., are verboten in multiples.

Thanks

--
JimL

"Malke" wrote in message
...
JimL wrote:

I just got a cable ISP (Comcast) a few days ago, and find some weirdities
going on. After solving some of them I have a real puzzler.

I can be going along just fine, surfing the internet, reading a
newsgroup,
checking email - when out of nowhere my dial-up will dial up!

Not having all the bugs out nor the email all set, I haven't stopped
dial-up
yet. But I'd really like to find out what keeps dialing the land line.
I
seem to be able to run on both at once - sort of. I found my anti-virus
program was updating awful slowly. I looked at the sys tray and had a
phone connection running?! Same with something on my browser. It got
slow and I found the dial-up connected.

I don't even know where to look or for what. Altho I seem to recall some
place seeing a Never Dial setting. Haven't found where.

The very first thing to do is scan for viruses/malware. Be thorough and do
not skip the prep work:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

This may solve the issue entirely. The "never dial a connection" can be
found in Control PanelInternet PropertiesConnection. You will see where
you can set "never dial a connection". Do so but don't neglect to scan for
malware anyway.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ



Thanks. Maybe the Never Dial setting will help.

My mind is like a sieve nowadays, but apparently the virus check idea is a
big chunk! I've run 2 or 3 deep scans a day since this started and I'm
going to download one or two more free anti-malware programs. The question
is whether I can install them without all their tenacles. When even two of
them start checking system stuff out at the same time it can be a disaster.
If I can install at least one with ONLY the malware scans I will. Things
like application guards, web site checkers, etc., are verboten in multiples.

Thanks

--
JimL

"Lem" lemp40@unknownhost wrote in message
...
JimL wrote:
I just got a cable ISP (Comcast) a few days ago, and find some weirdities
going on. After solving some of them I have a real puzzler.

I can be going along just fine, surfing the internet, reading a
newsgroup, checking email - when out of nowhere my dial-up will dial up!

Not having all the bugs out nor the email all set, I haven't stopped
dial-up yet. But I'd really like to find out what keeps dialing the land
line. I seem to be able to run on both at once - sort of. I found my
anti-virus program was updating awful slowly. I looked at the sys tray
and had a phone connection running?! Same with something on my browser.
It got slow and I found the dial-up connected.

I don't even know where to look or for what. Altho I seem to recall some
place seeing a Never Dial setting. Haven't found where.

Thanks for any help.


In IE Tools Internet Options [or Control Panel Internet Options]

Click "Connection" tab and select "Never dial a connection" then OK.


Thanks. I haven't _yet_ had any random dialouts since I checked that. I'm
still very curious what on earth could be doing the call. Altho I've
battled automatic internet connecting since the day I installed XP Pro.

Thanks

--
JimL

"Lem" lemp40@unknownhost wrote in message
...
JimL wrote:
I just got a cable ISP (Comcast) a few days ago, and find some weirdities
going on. After solving some of them I have a real puzzler.

I can be going along just fine, surfing the internet, reading a
newsgroup, checking email - when out of nowhere my dial-up will dial up!

Not having all the bugs out nor the email all set, I haven't stopped
dial-up yet. But I'd really like to find out what keeps dialing the land
line. I seem to be able to run on both at once - sort of. I found my
anti-virus program was updating awful slowly. I looked at the sys tray
and had a phone connection running?! Same with something on my browser.
It got slow and I found the dial-up connected.

I don't even know where to look or for what. Altho I seem to recall some
place seeing a Never Dial setting. Haven't found where.

Thanks for any help.


In IE Tools Internet Options [or Control Panel Internet Options]

Click "Connection" tab and select "Never dial a connection" then OK.


Thanks. I haven't _yet_ had any random dialouts since I checked that. I'm
still very curious what on earth could be doing the call. Altho I've
battled automatic internet connecting since the day I installed XP Pro.

Thanks

--
JimL

JimL wrote:

Thanks. Maybe the Never Dial setting will help.

My mind is like a sieve nowadays, but apparently the virus check idea is a
big chunk! I've run 2 or 3 deep scans a day since this started and I'm
going to download one or two more free anti-malware programs. The
question
is whether I can install them without all their tenacles. When even two
of them start checking system stuff out at the same time it can be a
disaster.
If I can install at least one with ONLY the malware scans I will. Things
like application guards, web site checkers, etc., are verboten in
multiples.

This short article I wrote for my clients will help you. Right-click on the
link and choose "Save Link As".

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...h_Security.pdf

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

JimL wrote:

Thanks. Maybe the Never Dial setting will help.

My mind is like a sieve nowadays, but apparently the virus check idea is a
big chunk! I've run 2 or 3 deep scans a day since this started and I'm
going to download one or two more free anti-malware programs. The
question
is whether I can install them without all their tenacles. When even two
of them start checking system stuff out at the same time it can be a
disaster.
If I can install at least one with ONLY the malware scans I will. Things
like application guards, web site checkers, etc., are verboten in
multiples.

This short article I wrote for my clients will help you. Right-click on the
link and choose "Save Link As".

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...h_Security.pdf

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Some application you have running is set to automatically dial a connection,
it will do this even if you have an active broadband connection, do as Lem
said and set to never dial, then unplug the phone cord from the wall.

--


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"JimL" wrote in message
...
I just got a cable ISP (Comcast) a few days ago, and find some weirdities
going on. After solving some of them I have a real puzzler.

I can be going along just fine, surfing the internet, reading a newsgroup,
checking email - when out of nowhere my dial-up will dial up!

Not having all the bugs out nor the email all set, I haven't stopped
dial-up yet. But I'd really like to find out what keeps dialing the land
line. I seem to be able to run on both at once - sort of. I found my
anti-virus program was updating awful slowly. I looked at the sys tray
and had a phone connection running?! Same with something on my browser.
It got slow and I found the dial-up connected.

I don't even know where to look or for what. Altho I seem to recall some
place seeing a Never Dial setting. Haven't found where.

Thanks for any help.

--
JimL

Some application you have running is set to automatically dial a connection,
it will do this even if you have an active broadband connection, do as Lem
said and set to never dial, then unplug the phone cord from the wall.

--


------
"JimL" wrote in message
...
I just got a cable ISP (Comcast) a few days ago, and find some weirdities
going on. After solving some of them I have a real puzzler.

I can be going along just fine, surfing the internet, reading a newsgroup,
checking email - when out of nowhere my dial-up will dial up!

Not having all the bugs out nor the email all set, I haven't stopped
dial-up yet. But I'd really like to find out what keeps dialing the land
line. I seem to be able to run on both at once - sort of. I found my
anti-virus program was updating awful slowly. I looked at the sys tray
and had a phone connection running?! Same with something on my browser.
It got slow and I found the dial-up connected.

I don't even know where to look or for what. Altho I seem to recall some
place seeing a Never Dial setting. Haven't found where.

Thanks for any help.

--
JimL

"Malke" wrote in message
...

This short article I wrote for my clients will help you. Right-click on
the
link and choose "Save Link As".


Well, I don't think I know a lot about computer security, but it looks like
a good article to me.

I have all the updates you mentioned. I keep one anti-malware suite updated
every day, although not the one you recommend. I also found that I could
install Avira's virus-scan-only (no shields or guards) and I occasionally
scan with that as a secondary check (and I update it before I use it). It
hasn't found anything that the other missed so far. (Secondaries _often_
found stuff that AVG missed back in the days.)

I also found that ZoneAlarm intercepts more hack attempts than windows
firewall. I DO NOT run them both at the same time. I do try to follow the
KISS principle. (That includes getting rid of as many as possible of the
dirty diapers both windows and windows programs usually leave piled around.)

Thanks

--
JimL

"Malke" wrote in message
...

This short article I wrote for my clients will help you. Right-click on
the
link and choose "Save Link As".


Well, I don't think I know a lot about computer security, but it looks like
a good article to me.

I have all the updates you mentioned. I keep one anti-malware suite updated
every day, although not the one you recommend. I also found that I could
install Avira's virus-scan-only (no shields or guards) and I occasionally
scan with that as a secondary check (and I update it before I use it). It
hasn't found anything that the other missed so far. (Secondaries _often_
found stuff that AVG missed back in the days.)

I also found that ZoneAlarm intercepts more hack attempts than windows
firewall. I DO NOT run them both at the same time. I do try to follow the
KISS principle. (That includes getting rid of as many as possible of the
dirty diapers both windows and windows programs usually leave piled around.)

Thanks

--
JimL