2nd August 2002
I've had a lot of people ask me why their Windows computer tries to dial their Internet connection whenever an application launches Internet Explorer. It could be because you need to turn off autodial in Internet Explorer. To turn off autodial you will need to open Internet Explorer, choose the Tools menus and click Internet Options. Once in Internet Options, click on the Connections tab and on each connection listed here choose "Never dial a connection" and then click OK. If you use Windows XP, then there may be another thing that is causing your automatic dialing problem. Click the Start button and go Control Panel \ Network Connections and from there click the Advanced menu and choose Dialup preferences. In the Dialup Preferences window you need to uncheck the checkbox next to "Enable autodial by Location". Now your computer will only dial your ISP when you tell it to.