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Modem dials for no apparent reason
I have a wireless network, 1 PC using XP SP2 another running ME, this one is
the print and dial in server, and finally a Mac G3on OS9. I have the modem set for auto dial so that I do not have to leave my living room if I suddenly need to look up a topic on the Web. There is however one annoying glitch, the modem will fire up even if there are no Apps running on any machine. This leads me to believe there is something else doing it such as an auto update process. I would appreciate input on anything that could be doing these rather than waiting for me to be online before checking whatever it is programmed to. I have tried turning off modem auto dial without any luck. Any ideas anyone? Thanks Clive |
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Modem dials for no apparent reason
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 19:19:03 -0800, "Clive"
wrote: I have a wireless network, 1 PC using XP SP2 another running ME, this one is the print and dial in server, and finally a Mac G3on OS9. I have the modem set for auto dial so that I do not have to leave my living room if I suddenly need to look up a topic on the Web. There is however one annoying glitch, the modem will fire up even if there are no Apps running on any machine. This leads me to believe there is something else doing it such as an auto update process. I would appreciate input on anything that could be doing these rather than waiting for me to be online before checking whatever it is programmed to. I have tried turning off modem auto dial without any luck. Any ideas anyone? Thanks Clive Clive, To find out what program is making the modem dial, get Port Explorer (free) from http://www.diamondcs.com.au/portexplorer/index.php?page=home to show you what network connections your computer is actually opening, and what processes are opening them. Then to find out about any interesting process, get Process Explorer (free) from http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml. Provides way more information than Task Manager. -- Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. |
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Modem dials for no apparent reason
Chuck,
Many Thanks, I will check it out, Clive "Chuck" wrote: On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 19:19:03 -0800, "Clive" wrote: I have a wireless network, 1 PC using XP SP2 another running ME, this one is the print and dial in server, and finally a Mac G3on OS9. I have the modem set for auto dial so that I do not have to leave my living room if I suddenly need to look up a topic on the Web. There is however one annoying glitch, the modem will fire up even if there are no Apps running on any machine. This leads me to believe there is something else doing it such as an auto update process. I would appreciate input on anything that could be doing these rather than waiting for me to be online before checking whatever it is programmed to. I have tried turning off modem auto dial without any luck. Any ideas anyone? Thanks Clive Clive, To find out what program is making the modem dial, get Port Explorer (free) from http://www.diamondcs.com.au/portexplorer/index.php?page=home to show you what network connections your computer is actually opening, and what processes are opening them. Then to find out about any interesting process, get Process Explorer (free) from http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml. Provides way more information than Task Manager. -- Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. |
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