re: Question about 'How do I stop Windows from connecting to the Internet every time I open my browser?' Wednesday, November 26, 2003 at 9:05 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Paul (1 messages posted) 1. Check no programs are requesting a connection eg for updates. Turn off if not necessary. 2. Move programs that may be requesting a connection from the startup folder (right click start then open>programs. Place them outside the startup folder. 3. (Submitted by Bruce M. Cosden, Alexandria, Virginia to the Devil's own troubleshooting pages): [...] To turn off AutoDial follow these steps a) Open Control Panel, and then click Performance and Maintenance. b) Click Administrative Tools, and then double–click Services. c) Double–click Remote Access Auto Connection Manager. d) Click Stop to shutdown the service, then set the Startup type at Disabled, and then click OK. Now your computer will never try to automatically dial up an Internet connection. To connect to the Internet manually, use whatever Internet connection you specified in Network Connections. Written in response to: re: Question about 'How do I stop Windows from connecting to the Internet every time I open my browser?' (Joe: Tuesday, May 6, 2003 at 9:43 pm) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'How do I stop Windows from connecting to the Internet every time I open my browser?' (Jared: Saturday, November 4, 2006 at 11:49 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'How do I stop Windows from connecting to the Internet every time I open my browser?' (Mike: Tue, May 6, 2003, 7:27 pm) re: Question about 'How do I stop Windows from connecting to the Internet every time I open my browser?' (triplate: Tue, May 6, 2003, 7:42 pm) re: Question about 'How do I stop Windows from connecting to the Internet every time I open my browser?' (Joe: Tue, May 6, 2003, 9:43 pm) re: Question about 'How do I stop Windows from connecting to the Internet every time I open my browser?' (Mike: Wed, May 7, 2003, 12:53 am) re: Question about 'How do I stop Windows from connecting to the Internet every time I open my browser?' (Paul: Wed, Nov 26, 2003, 9:05 am) re: Question about 'How do I stop Windows from connecting to the Internet every time I open my browser?' (Jared: Sat, Nov 4, 2006, 11:49 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 XP Discussion Forum