ie6 Connection problems

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Steve Rainbird

After a stupid error by me I cannot get IE to keep the "never dial a
connection" option.

This is what happened.

I ran a scan of the registry using REGSEEK and deleted a load of keys it
said were not used.

After this Norton AV would not work, so I reinstated the registry and
it still would not start up.

So I uninstalled Norton and installed it (3 times) until it installed ok
and auto-updated correctly.

While doing this and rebooting in safe mode 2 or 3 times all my services
got disabled! I have set these back to what I think they should be to
the best of my ability, but now whenever I reboot the internet
connections insist on resetting themselves to "dial whenever an internet
connection is not present".

Anybody any idea how to get this selection to persist after a reboot?

TIA

Steve
 
From: "Steve Rainbird" <[email protected]>

| After a stupid error by me I cannot get IE to keep the "never dial a
| connection" option.
|
| This is what happened.
|
| I ran a scan of the registry using REGSEEK and deleted a load of keys it
| said were not used.
|
| After this Norton AV would not work, so I reinstated the registry and
| it still would not start up.
|
| So I uninstalled Norton and installed it (3 times) until it installed ok
| and auto-updated correctly.
|
| While doing this and rebooting in safe mode 2 or 3 times all my services
| got disabled! I have set these back to what I think they should be to
| the best of my ability, but now whenever I reboot the internet
| connections insist on resetting themselves to "dial whenever an internet
| connection is not present".
|
| Anybody any idea how to get this selection to persist after a reboot?
|
| TIA
|
| Steve

It sounds like you screwed up the PC by your actions using REGSEEK and deleting keys. If
you are using WinXP then you should restore the OS using a Restore Point prior to using
REGSEEK and deleting said keys.
 
David said:
From: "Steve Rainbird" <[email protected]>

| After a stupid error by me I cannot get IE to keep the "never dial a
| connection" option.
|
| This is what happened.
|
| I ran a scan of the registry using REGSEEK and deleted a load of keys it
| said were not used.
|
| After this Norton AV would not work, so I reinstated the registry and
| it still would not start up.
|
| So I uninstalled Norton and installed it (3 times) until it installed ok
| and auto-updated correctly.
|
| While doing this and rebooting in safe mode 2 or 3 times all my services
| got disabled! I have set these back to what I think they should be to
| the best of my ability, but now whenever I reboot the internet
| connections insist on resetting themselves to "dial whenever an internet
| connection is not present".
|
| Anybody any idea how to get this selection to persist after a reboot?
|
| TIA
|
| Steve

It sounds like you screwed up the PC by your actions using REGSEEK and deleting keys. If
you are using WinXP then you should restore the OS using a Restore Point prior to using
REGSEEK and deleting said keys.
Click to expand...

If I had one I would! I do have a Norton Ghost backup but don't really
want to go down that route until I have exhausted other possibilities.

Steve
 
From: "Steve Rainbird" <[email protected]>


| If I had one I would! I do have a Norton Ghost backup but don't really
| want to go down that route until I have exhausted other possibilities.
|
| Steve

I think restoring a Ghost image is your recourse if you don't have a system Restore cache
restore point that you can use.
 
Steve said:
After a stupid error by me I cannot get IE to keep the "never dial a
connection" option.

This is what happened.

I ran a scan of the registry using REGSEEK and deleted a load of keys it
said were not used.

After this Norton AV would not work, so I reinstated the registry and
it still would not start up.

So I uninstalled Norton and installed it (3 times) until it installed ok
and auto-updated correctly.

While doing this and rebooting in safe mode 2 or 3 times all my services
got disabled! I have set these back to what I think they should be to
the best of my ability, but now whenever I reboot the internet
connections insist on resetting themselves to "dial whenever an internet
connection is not present".

Anybody any idea how to get this selection to persist after a reboot?

TIA

Steve
Click to expand...

Regseeker took a backup of the keys it deleted which I have merged back
into the registry. Its still does not work. This suggests to me that
it has nothing to do with the registry.

Any ideas?


Steve
 
Steve said:
After a stupid error by me I cannot get IE to keep the "never dial a
connection" option.

This is what happened.

I ran a scan of the registry using REGSEEK and deleted a load of keys it
said were not used.

After this Norton AV would not work, so I reinstated the registry and
it still would not start up.

So I uninstalled Norton and installed it (3 times) until it installed ok
and auto-updated correctly.

While doing this and rebooting in safe mode 2 or 3 times all my services
got disabled! I have set these back to what I think they should be to
the best of my ability, but now whenever I reboot the internet
connections insist on resetting themselves to "dial whenever an internet
connection is not present".

Anybody any idea how to get this selection to persist after a reboot?

TIA

Steve
Click to expand...
Another question. Why does "dial whenever a network connection is not
present" not recognize a lan connection as a network connection?

Steve
 
David said:
From: "Steve Rainbird" <[email protected]>


| If I had one I would! I do have a Norton Ghost backup but don't really
| want to go down that route until I have exhausted other possibilities.
|
| Steve

I think restoring a Ghost image is your recourse if you don't have a system Restore cache
restore point that you can use.
Click to expand...

Just to update you I restored from a Ghost image and all is now fine.
Except of course I now have heaps of crap back in my registry!!

Steve
 
| Just to update you I restored from a Ghost image and all is now fine.
| Except of course I now have heaps of crap back in my registry!!
|
| Steve

So ?

If it works, why fix it (or break it) ?
 
David said:
| Just to update you I restored from a Ghost image and all is now fine.
| Except of course I now have heaps of crap back in my registry!!
|
| Steve

So ?

If it works, why fix it (or break it) ?
Click to expand...
Because it slows things down.
 
From: "Steve Rainbird" <[email protected]>

|>> Just to update you I restored from a Ghost image and all is now fine.
|>> Except of course I now have heaps of crap back in my registry!!
|>>
|>> Steve| Because it slows things down.

Not really. As you can see, more harm can be done than can be gained in speed.
 
David said:
From: "Steve Rainbird" <[email protected]>



|>> Just to update you I restored from a Ghost image and all is now fine.
|>> Except of course I now have heaps of crap back in my registry!!
|>>
|>> Steve


| Because it slows things down.

Not really. As you can see, more harm can be done than can be gained in speed.
Click to expand...
Agreed.
 
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