Dialup appears insesently

look at tools->internet options->connections in explorer. Make sure the "never dial" option is selected. Also check the settings for any dialups you have, make sure none are set to default.

If this is happening primarily on boot, it means you have a program that is trying to access the internet when it starts.

If this is the case:
Start>Run>"msconfig"
Then select "Selective Startup" and take the check out of "Load startup group items" apply and ok, reboot when asked.

If the problem goes away, go back to msconfig and goto the Startup tab. Add checks to items you think are not internet related, apply, ok and reboot. If you only picked non internet items, it should not appear, if it does, remove one at a time and reboot each time till it stops. If it was not happening, add checks to the left over items one at a time till you figure out which one is the cause.

Once you know the offending program, you can either remove it and not use it again. Or try going into your registry to remove it from starting and hope the program will only enable when you activate it.
To remove from registry you will want to move msconfig back to "normal startup" and reboot.
Then:
Start>Run>"Regedit"
goto:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run or RunServices
FOR SAFETY select highlight the entire Run(RunServices) key on the left side and then click Registry>Export and save a backup, just in case you need to return the value.

You can delete the individual value and see how things go.

Hope this helps, good luck.

I have read the suggestions very quickly from the others and would like to add that it would be very advisable to export a copy of the registry before you make any changes in it. That way if you make a mistake, you should be able to recover.

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