re: Question about 'Dial-up Connection box pops up repeatedly Friday, February 6, 2004 at 6:35 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Jane (1 messages posted) My dial up connection box pops up on the desktop constantly! Need instuctions "for dummies" to disable it. I also have been unable to scan disk. Restarts 10 times. Is the connection box problem affecting that also? On Sunday, January 25, 2004 at 1:23 pm, Bill wrote: >I had the same problem after installing McAfee VirusScan and Firewall 2004. It seems >that it is trying to connect to the internet for updates, but can't since I have >not allowed for automatic connections. By disabling the software while OFFLINE only, >the problem seems to have stopped. Check your utility tray for programs that can >do that. Right click on them, select the specific program, look for disable, click. >Remember to enable them the same way when you need them to work. > > Written in response to: re: Question about 'Dial-up Connection box pops up repeatedly (Bill: Sunday, January 25, 2004 at 1:23 pm) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'Dial-up Connection box pops up repeatedly (Bazza: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at 1:27 am) re: Question about 'Dial-up Connection box pops up repeatedly (Tom Hering: Sunday, July 18, 2004 at 5:33 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Windows won't save my password when I try to connect to the Internet' (Bevan Miller: Mon, Jun 3, 2002, 7:39 am) re: Question about 'Windows won't save my password when I try to connect to the Internet' (JmC: Mon, Jun 3, 2002, 12:07 pm) re: Question about 'Dial-up Connection box pops up repeatedly (Jim Reese: Sun, Aug 4, 2002, 11:28 am) re: Question about 'Dial-up Connection box pops up repeatedly (Suzanne Ewing: Sun, Sep 28, 2003, 10:07 pm) re: Question about 'Dial-up Connection box pops up repeatedly (Bill: Sun, Jan 25, 2004, 1:23 pm) re: Question about 'Dial-up Connection box pops up repeatedly (Jane: Fri, Feb 6, 2004, 6:35 am) re: Question about 'Dial-up Connection box pops up repeatedly (Bazza: Wed, Mar 31, 2004, 1:27 am) re: Question about 'Dial-up Connection box pops up repeatedly (Tom Hering: Sun, Jul 18, 2004, 5:33 am) re: Question about 'Dial-up Connection box pops up repeatedly (jeff: Fri, Dec 24, 2004, 11:03 pm) re: Question about 'Dial-up Connection box pops up repeatedly (Dan Weisberg: Mon, Mar 20, 2006, 9:33 pm) re: Question about 'Dial-up Connection box pops up repeatedly (Bob L. Durden: Tue, Feb 3, 2004, 5:00 pm) re: Question about 'Dial-up Connection box pops up repeatedly (Eric: Fri, Feb 13, 2004, 6:35 am) re: Question about 'Dial-up Connection box pops up repeatedly (ron woo: Thu, Dec 9, 2004, 9:10 pm) re: Question about 'Windows won't save my password when I try to connect to the Internet' (CrookedRain: Mon, Jun 3, 2002, 4:49 pm) re: Question about 'Windows won't save my password when I try to connect to the Internet' (CrookedRain: Mon, Jun 3, 2002, 5:00 pm) re: Question about 'Windows won't save my password when I try to connect to the Internet' (Don: Wed, Aug 7, 2002, 6:56 pm) re: Question about 'Windows won't save my password when I try to connect to the Internet' (j.harvey: Sat, Aug 27, 2005, 6:00 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum