Yes. Things like a mail check, or an update are going to share the IE
connection, and act just like it.
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"weedfrog" <weedfrog@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I have Windows Updates turned off and Windows Defender is off. When I
> select never dial a connection then it does not automatically dial. Does
> this setting apply to all applications that might be trying to access the
> internet? Is the thing to do find all possible applications and turn
> them
> off from accessing the internet?
>
> Thanks
> Weedfrog
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
> Quote:
>> It's probably checking for automatic Updates for Windows, IE, and perhaps
>> apps like Media Player, and Defender. They all have update settings in
>> the
>> Options. It would all depend on what, exactly, you run that does that.
>> There
>> are thousands of possibilities.
>>
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>> "weedfrog" <weedfrog@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:6BBCC9D9-CC5B-4664-A722-8516B5A82527@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > I have a laptop that automatically keeps on trying to access the
>> > internet
>> > via
>> > the dial up connection. I would perfer that it only creates a dial up
>> > connection when I manuall double click on the Internet Explorer Icon.
>> > I
>> > have tested different setting in the Internet Options/ Connections Tab.
>> > I
>> > have set it to 1. never dial a connection. (when I select this option
>> > then
>> > when I double click on Internet Explorer to make a connection it does
>> > not
>> > work) 2. dial whenever a network connection is not present.
>> > and 3. always dial my default connection. When I select the options 2
>> > or
>> > 3
>> > my dial up connection window automaticlly appears and tries to dial my
>> > dial-up number when I actually do not want to connect to the internet.
>> > Is
>> > there any way to stop dialup connection from dialing when I dont want
>> > it
>> > to?
>> > When it does this then I have to cancel and close the dial up window.
>> > It
>> > seems my laptop did not do this before, is some other application
>> > causing
>> > the
>> > dial up to try to dial? If so how can I turn it off?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Weedfrog
>>