Windows ME internet pop up window

It may be possible that you have a program in the start up menu that requires a connection to the internet. The box will still pop up even if the connect automatically is not checked. It may be a virus program looking to be updated or possibly another software program.

Good Luck.

I agree with Mindcrazy, you might also want to check your startup folder to see what is running at startup. There seems to be alot of programs when installed that are configured to run at startup. Most of the time you can safely remove them from your startup folder. You might also want to go start, run, and type msconfig and look at the startup tab to see a list of all programs that are running at startup, but beware because some of the programs listed here are required. Msconfig might giveyou a hint at the reason why the internet dialog box is coming up. Hope this helps, Ryan.

I'm not sure what you mean "connect automatic is checked off ".

This might be different than:
Tools menu in IE5 (View in IE4)
-->Internet Options
---->Connections
------>Never Dial a Connection

Use the System Configuration Utility to check what apps are starting automatically. This allows you a kinder way of seeing what's happening in the registry on Start.
If you're old school and like that kind of thing... check for unwanted programs/services in the registry under (run regedit then goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> Software -> Microsoft -> Windows -> "Run" down through "RunServicesOnce") There are not many things you can do wrong just in removing these values that will wreck anything. Just Pay attention to what you are deleting.

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