scottygio Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 I'm a newbie so please forgive if i don't do the norm.I have a small problem with my internet connection. Basically for 3 or 4 days i gain access to the internet no problem. Then i get an error message stating i don't have a connection. When i then go into TOOLS - INTERNET OPTIONS - CONNECTIONS ,the radio button NEVER DIAL A CONNECTION is selected. So i change the radio button to ALWAYS DIAL MY DEFAULT CONNECTION and i then apply it. This gets me online but a few dayls later the same old problem occurs with NEVER DIAL A CONNECTION being selected. Anybody help me, I have up to date anti virus software,thanks,scott rennie :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 I am sending this back to the top, so that one of our experts will see it when they wake up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest be@vis Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 I believe Never Dial a Connection to be the correct option anyway, particularly with Dial-up, - if I'm wrong in this I hope someone will correct me. A scan with "Adaware" - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ or "Spybot" - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html wouldn't go amiss though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt James T. Kirk Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 i use dial up and mines set to never dial a connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottygio Posted December 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 But that means everytime before i go online i must change the internet connection which is an inconvenience. I just want to click 'connect' and then go online,scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don't ask Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 I had loads of 'funnies' lately - turned out to be a faulty modem - not saying that is the case with you, but is it worth thinking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt James T. Kirk Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 But that means everytime before i go online i must change the internet connection which is an inconvenience. I just want to click 'connect' and then go online,scottas i said, mine is set to never dial and all i do is hit my netzero icon and the start and im online. i never had a prob. it sounds like theres something else giving you a prob. have you run any spyware prgs? adaware SE spybot S&D ans use spywareblaster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 The problem I think is related to convenience. The "Always dial my default connection" works an average of 30% or the time. You should ALWAYS open your connection, click connect, then open IE. In all actuality, you shouldn't use internet explorer period, as it's a security risk, but that's another story for another time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt James T. Kirk Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 yes we all know bout ie and its probs. heck i tried firefox once and when it reset things i di not tell it to i dumped it. it made changes that i did not tell it to make. and there are some places you have to have ie to go to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 yes we all know bout ie and its probs. heck i tried firefox once and when it reset things i di not tell it to i dumped it. it made changes that i did not tell it to make. and there are some places you have to have ie to go to.I tried it once and couldn't get on with it. Oner mans meat is another mans poison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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