Shop puter, Win ME. The screen was freezing after some random time after reboot. On reboot from the freeze, the Bios clock was still showing correct time. I reseated the cables, cpu and memory, swapped memory with known good-no joy. Even swapped MB with a new spare I have. No go. Finally replaced the video card. Problem solved. Just goes to show it's not always the obvious. There's some auto-dial program that's driving me nuts. This 'puter does not and never has had internet access, just an old dial-up setup. Every reboot, or if I launch a program, the dial-up window pops up, trying to connect. How can I tell which program is trying to dial out? JR Dweller in the cellar
OT: 'Puter prob and Q
Oct 25, 2010
11 Replies
Hit to see which programs are running?
press control, alt +delete and look at the running programs?
Works on XP and ME
Gunner
I am the Sword of my Family and the Shield of my Nation. If sent, I will crush everything you have built, burn everything you love, and kill every one of you. (Hebrew quote)
As the others said, start the Task Manager and start up programs until you see the dialer program come up, too.
Also check the windows dialer program (forgot what it was with all this new Win7 crap in my brain) to see if it's automated.
-- If you're looking for the key to the Universe, I've got some good news and some bad news.
The bad news: There is no key to the Universe.
The good news: It was never locked. --Swami Beyondananda
It might be a cryptic name like jusched (Java Update Scheduler)
jsw
JR North wrote in rec.crafts.metalworking on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:25:27 -0700:
I'm not sure if it works in WIN-ME, but it might...
[start][run] "msconfig" [enter] will bring up a system configuration utility that will show you what is set to run on startup.Why not go to the "internet options", "connections" tab, and simply check off the check box that says "Never dial a connection"?
LLoyd
It sounds like ME is calling home to register itself.
If you have ever installed a dubious copy of any software on there, it could be a trojan auto-dialer trying to open a connection to its evil master. Dave
This enhanced substitute for Task Manager may be helpful:
formatting link
jsw
Most excellent, sir!
-- If you're looking for the key to the Universe, I've got some good news and some bad news.
The bad news: There is no key to the Universe.
The good news: It was never locked. --Swami Beyondananda
Having swapped motherboards and video cards could well have triggered windows into think that it needs re-registration.
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