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Internet Options not saved after reboot

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by oridley

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Hi,

I am having some problems configuring a Dell Dimension 4100 P3 933Mhz desktop for DSL connectivity. I have everything working fine, but the problem is that when I happen to reboot the computer, the Internet Options revert to "Never Dial a Connection" instead of the previously stored "Dial whenever a network connection is not present". This means that I have to manually go into the Internet Options each time and set the connection in order to get the connectivity on demand. This has come after a fresh installation of Win ME, with Office 2000, with a copy of Norton AntiVirus 2001 and the latest free Zonelabs software. I noticed the problem with IE 5.5, and upgrading it to v 6.0 had no effect on the system. Am completely baffled -can anyone suggest any circumstances where internet options are not saved on the reboot? Please let me know if I need to provide any further info such as ISP details.

Happy holidays!

Oliver

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by dmiles

A third party software is re-setting your dialup connection
Do a complete inventory that is internet related or which may require a connection and disable all
This is known to happen,if you are using Norton Anti-Virus with the Auto-Protect turned on,turn off the Auto-Protect and set to scan program files only.

by oridley

Thanks Soulrider. I uninstalled the LiveUpdate part of Norton, and reinstalled it, and the problem seemed to go away. Defintately something in that program was messing with the settings - but all is rosy now.

Thanks all - Happy Christmas.

Oliver

by b_pope

if your using high speed than you want it to be checked as "never dial a connection" in your internet options. dsl doesn't use dialup it's always on.

any software you installed with your high speed modem will keep resetting your dialup option, onreboot.

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