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Dial up connection opens when it shouldn't

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by Marty525, 2003/05/06.

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    Marty525

    Marty525 Inactive Thread Starter

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    The dial up connection box pops up looking to connect whenever I open folders on my desktop. I don't know what I did to cause this, but I am at a loss on how to stop it. Anyone have any ideas?
    Thanks,
    Marty 525
     
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    PeteC

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    Hi Marty,

    This is a long shot, but early versions of Zone Alarm have a bug which causes the Dial up box to appear at odd times - can't remember exactly when. Of course, if you don't have Zone Alarm firewall then this is not a likely solution. :confused:
     
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    Marty525

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    Thanks for the thought, Pete. I don't have zone alarm and I did check to make sure that any programs that try to update were set to not update. Thank you for your help.
    Marty
     
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    Schnozzle

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    Dial - Up

    It could be a couple of things:

    1) Are you sure you don't have a virus/worm trying to dial home?
    2) You might have a Windows or program updater trying to connect and update your system.

    Check the services under Task Manager as soon as it opens and see what service is trying to connect.
     
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    Marty525

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    For anyone that is interested, I found the problem. This problem started after I downloaded critical updates from Windows Update. I checked my add/remove under control panel and all the updates were not there. (I had checked installation history from the windows update site). I used windows explorer and found one of the updates in the internet explorer file - It was Q330994- I deleted it and the problem stopped. I can open any folder on my desktop now without the dial-up connection opening.
     
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