If your ISP takes more than 100 rings to answer, I would recommend that you find another ISP! However, if you must persist with endless dialling, help is on its way in the form of a freeware program called Dunce. You can find it at the Vector Development Web site at http://www.vecdev.com/dunce.html. The current version (Dunce v2.52) will go way beyond 100 redials and will automate your connection to run at specified times and will even run applications for you. Dunce also removes those annoying Dial-Up Networking dialogue boxes and will minimise the connection box once a session has been established.
- Tony Locke

Dunce automates many aspects of the dial-up process