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by mmerritt

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I have two stand alone Win98SE PCs that intermitently display the dial-up connection screen to logon and connect to the internet after Windows has started. It may somehow be related to Norton AntiVirus 2003 Pro which will also bring up the connect screen sometimes when starting the Configure Norton AntiVirus Applet. I have the latest Win98SE updates, no virus/spy infections and have configured each PC for running any program or O/S updates manually, no automatic anything! Any Ideas?

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by bassbrett

More than likely you have Internet options set to dial a connection whenever a network connection is requested. You can disable this by opening "Internet Options" from the control panel and then clicking on the "connection" tab. Place a dot in "Never Dial a connection", this will disable the dialer from coming up when a connection is requested. If you not want to disable this feature then you will need to find and disable whichever program(s) are requesting a connection.

by mmerritt

Both PCs have always been set to "always dial my default connection" without the little problem I'm having now. Setting the dialer to "Never Dial a Connection" in my case is a cure that is worse than the disease because it creates other issues. I want fo find and disable what ever it is trying to make a connection. Thanks for your help!

by walid sabra

Agree with Answer 1:
you might also have a shortcut for the Dial-up connection on the Startup folder.

by pierrejamme

I don't use Norton, but I know there is a "Check for Updates" option and it may be on a scheduler that needs to be turned off.
You also might have a worm or trojan that is trying to call home. Klez and Bugbear are just a couple that are excellent at disabling you ability to find them.
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by don

Dial UP VPN on? If you don't use it turn it off (in "network properties",) VPN can cause you to log on by dialer if your other network connections are dropped (LAN card going to sleep will cause this, a useless feature diabled in the device manager.)

DM
Indianapolis

by mmerritt

I have no VPN/LAN/NIC in network properties or installed in either PC. This is an excellent guess considering the limited information I provided in my question. Your answer deserves some points but is not the one I need. Post another answer and I'llaccept it along with the correct answer I need.

by mdjameerp

i am also agree with ans 1 .but i want give some extra chek in startup .remove unesasry option

by mmerritt

See my comment to answer # 1. There are no programs in the startup folder in either PC.

by briantruitt

I agree with Answer #3. If you installed NAV with all the default settings it will automatically try to update itself every four hours and if that's not possible the next time the machine boots it tries then. Next time it happens, let the pc connect to the internet and check the task bar for the little Norton Update icon doing it's thing.

by jdvann

If you have your desktop set to activedesktop it will cause the dialer to appear on startup. Yuo can rigth click on the desktop> Left click on properties and disable active desktop.

by mmerritt

I ended up un-installing NAV and replaced it with another free AntiVirus program recomended by PC Magazine named AVG 6.0 from grisoft.com. The problem as seems for now to be fixed.

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