Dialup auto start

[jazaya]

Please help:

I've Windows XP running. Recently anytime I start my computer, it'll automatically connects to internet. I've dialup connection with 56K modem. I have checked the startup menu from Start -----> Programs as well as MSCONFIG. There is nothing in there to kick the internet on its own. Any suggestions would be appreciated.


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[zenzen123]

Check your settings for 'Automatic Updates', as well as your 'IE ---> Properties ---> Connections' settings.

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[bcastner]

1. Check the dialup properties sheet itself, including in Internet Options.

2. Check the Provider Order under the Advanced tab in Network Connections. Make Microsoft Windows Network the first in the order.

3. Do you have a web page defined as your Active Desktop?

4. This may be innocent behavior. An example is a program that is set to "Autoupdate", such as an antivirus program.

There are actually two autodial mechanisms in XP. One is configured through IE and is triggered by calls to the wininet API. The other is the "rasauto" service which is triggered by when certain network events occur.

IE's autodial usually pops up and dials when applications are launched.

The rasauto service pops up the following prompt at any time: &quot;You or a program has requested information from <location>. Which connection do you want to use?&quot;

To prevent auto-dialing from IE, use the Internet Options settings in IE.

To prevent rasauto's prompts, just stop and disable the &quot;rasauto&quot; service.
You can do this through the computer management console, or by entering the following two commands via cmd.exe:

sc config rasauto start= disabled
net stop rasauto

One thing to be aware of is that the rasauto service is used by connection sharing. If you have connection sharing enabled on your computer (e.g. your computer is being used as the home network's Internet gateway), then you should not disable or stop the rasauto service.

To view the list of names and addresses recorded by AutoDial, type the following command at a command prompt:
rasautou -s

To delete a name or address entry from the list: Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses

You can delete any TCP/IP addresses that you see under this key. Note that AutoDial can use IP addresses, DNS fully qualified domain names (FQDN), and NetBIOS names.