Access oddity - right newsgroup?

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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 said:
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.
Click to expand...

The very first thing to do is scan for viruses/malware. Be thorough and do
not skip the prep work:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

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

Malke
 
JimL said:
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.
Click to expand...

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

Click "Connection" tab and select "Never dial a connection" then OK.
 
Malke said:
The very first thing to do is scan for viruses/malware. Be thorough and do
not skip the prep work:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

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

Malke
Click to expand...


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
 
Lem said:
JimL said:
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.
Click to expand...

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

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


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 said:
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.
Click to expand...

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/Too_Much_Security.pdf

Malke
 
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.
 
David B. said:
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.
Click to expand...


I did that last night, and while I was at it I discovered what application
was dialing out - IE. I had turned it off long ago, but something or
someone turned it back on in the last day or so. In fact I recall that it
did that a lot when I first turned it off. It kept getting turned back on.
I blamed Willy G.

I don't get the obsession that everybody must BE ONLINE! Even when I select
to find a program with which to read some esoteric file, the popup
_defaults_ to GO ON THE INTERNET TO FIND IT, or words to that effect.

I can't unplug the telephone line yet. I still have some essentials tied to
it. But the Never-Ever setting has killed the dial-outs.

Thanks
 
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