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by nhughes79 Mar 21, 2001 last reply Apr 2, 2001

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There is probably a quick and easy solution to this, but its been bothering me for a while.

When I connect to the internet through dial up networking, i need to double click on Internet explorer after a connection is made. Is there a setting, whereby Internet Explorer boots once a connection has been made???
Any help would be appreciated
Kind Regards

Neil Hughes

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by russ werner Mar 21, 2001

You apparently are using the dial up networking to connect to the internet then starting IE. Go to IE/Tools/Internet Options/Connections and set the "always dial my connection". Then instead of using the dial up networking to connect simply start IEand the connection will be made for you.

by nhughes79 Apr 2, 2001

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by aronya1 Mar 25, 2001

The first posted answer will work, but may cause another annoying problem. Anytime you open an app that is MAPI compliant, your system will dial your ISP. You'd be surprise what will trigger this.

Another suggestion is a small shareware app called Dunce. It starts at bootup and lives in your system tray. The free version will start up IE and anything else you like (up to 4 programs) after connecting, automatically. Very easy to use & very stable & dependable. I have been using it for years.