what i was talking about is the dial-up connection dialog box which has the
option """connect automatically""" . The option doesn't stay checked when i
check it and it had never in deed CONNECTED AUTOMATICALLY......... but since
the original post, vista did truely connect automatically one time! i'll
keep you posted of all the times vista honors my preference to connect
automatically (referring to the dial-up connection dialog box) and YES i
will definitely keep this thread pure and free of off topic, worthless posts