XP and 98SE

HI, I have a 98SE computer setup for ICS on a network at
home and at work. Just bought a laptop with XP home and
set it up to connect to the LAN at either place, but when
the laptop is booted up on either network it causes the
ICS computer to dial up the internet. I can not find any
program that causes this or anything in networking. This
doesn't happen with the 98 systems. Any help. thanks

Your Win98 ICS host is using a dial-on-deman interface, so what that means
is that it will dial the ISP anytime a computer on the network tries to
reach the Internet. On XP there are a few things which can cause this, most
notably Windows Update.

You can check your windows update settings by right clicking MyComputer,
select Properties. On the SYstem Properties dialog, select "Automatic
Updates" and if the "Keep my computer up to date" is checked, that is
probably your culprit.

There may be others but start there first.

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Paul.


"Phil" wrote in message
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HI, I have a 98SE computer setup for ICS on a network at
home and at work. Just bought a laptop with XP home and
set it up to connect to the LAN at either place, but when
the laptop is booted up on either network it causes the
ICS computer to dial up the internet. I can not find any
program that causes this or anything in networking. This
doesn't happen with the 98 systems. Any help. thanks