Turning on Auto-redial in Dial-Up Networking Intended For Windows Me Windows 98 Windows 95 For some unexplained reason, auto-redial in Dial-Up Networking is turned off by default. Many readers have asked about this, so here are directions to turn this feature on: Solution #1: Open the Dial-Up Networking window (it's in My Computer and at the bottom of the tree in Explorer). Select Settings from the Connections menu. Turn on Redial, and set the desired parameters. Press OK. Solution #2: To automatically redial when disconnected, see Bypass the "Connect To" Dialog Box for more information. Written by: Annoyances.org Last updated: Thursday, August 9, 2001 Care to discuss this article with other Windows users? Select your operating system here, and click Continue to post your question. - Choose your OS -Windows 7Windows VistaWindows Server 2003Windows XPWindows 2000Windows MeWindows 98Windows 95 Previous discussions about this article: (open a message to see applicable responses, if any) [Windows 2000] Question about 'Turning on Auto-redial in Dial-Up Networking' (adrian: Saturday, April 27, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about 'Turning on Auto-redial in Dial-Up Networking' (Nutbar: Tuesday, July 9, 2002) [Windows 2000] Question about 'Turning on Auto-redial in Dial-Up Networking' (Carl L. James: Thursday, December 12, 2002) [Windows XP] Question about 'Turning on Auto-redial in Dial-Up Networking' (Frank Wiebe: Friday, November 5, 2004) Return to "Networking, Internet, & Administration"