Re: (PM) Off Topic, Win98 Redialing Automatically.

I don't work for Lucent RABU (livingston@iav.com)
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 14:43:13 -1000 (HST)

On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Mia's Virtual Post Office wrote:

> Hello, I have a dial up customer with Win98 and a USR External on a
> Comcrapy Presario who's computer automatically redials the connection
> after he disconnects. Also, whenever he restarts that puter, it
> automatically dials. Any ideas as to how to stop it from doing this?

Was it on this list or isp-tech... someone noted that Compaq has Backweb
installed on newer computers. Apparently it's configured to look for
updates and if it isn't online it'll start a connection to get them.

Hey Jer! One more item on your "I HATE Compaq" list. ;)

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