dial up window

[Larry Dessner]

The dial-up window, the one I use to start my telephone
call to my internet provider, keeps popping up uncalled
for. This is a nuisance only, except when trying to run a
game, like Myst, which crashes when that dial-up window
appears. The popping up seems to be, maybe, a response to
my movement of the mouse. It's as if whatever calls up
that window has a nervous trigger finger. This unwanted
popping up occurs, mostly, when preparing to go on line,
as when Internet Explorer and/or Outlook express is
running. Thanks for any help. Larry D

[Noel Paton]

Such errors are often caused by spyware - download AdAware from
www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to remove spyware, adware,
and other such nasties from your system.



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar27pmvp.asp
"Larry Dessner" > wrote in message
...
>
> The dial-up window, the one I use to start my telephone
> call to my internet provider, keeps popping up uncalled
> for. This is a nuisance only, except when trying to run a
> game, like Myst, which crashes when that dial-up window
> appears. The popping up seems to be, maybe, a response to
> my movement of the mouse. It's as if whatever calls up
> that window has a nervous trigger finger. This unwanted
> popping up occurs, mostly, when preparing to go on line,
> as when Internet Explorer and/or Outlook express is
> running. Thanks for any help. Larry D

Thanks. I found the culprit. McAfey's spamkiller
automatically checks for updates, but that option can be
deselected. ljd
>-----Original Message-----
>Such errors are often caused by spyware - download
AdAware from
>www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to
remove spyware, adware,
>and other such nasties from your system.
>
>
>
>--
>Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)
>
>Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
>http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
>
>Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
messages to NG's
>or
>http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar
27pmvp.asp
>"Larry Dessner" >
wrote in message
...
>>
>> The dial-up window, the one I use to start my telephone
>> call to my internet provider, keeps popping up uncalled
>> for. This is a nuisance only, except when trying to run
a
>> game, like Myst, which crashes when that dial-up window
>> appears. The popping up seems to be, maybe, a response
to
>> my movement of the mouse. It's as if whatever calls up
>> that window has a nervous trigger finger. This unwanted
>> popping up occurs, mostly, when preparing to go on line,
>> as when Internet Explorer and/or Outlook express is
>> running. Thanks for any help. Larry D
>
>
>.
>

[Noel Paton]

Thanks for the feedback - nice to know these things<g>

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar27pmvp.asp
> wrote in message
...
> Thanks. I found the culprit. McAfey's spamkiller
> automatically checks for updates, but that option can be
> deselected. ljd
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Such errors are often caused by spyware - download
> AdAware from
> >www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to
> remove spyware, adware,
> >and other such nasties from your system.
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)
> >
> >Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> >http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
> >
> >Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
> messages to NG's
> >or
> >http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar
> 27pmvp.asp
> >"Larry Dessner" >
> wrote in message
> ...
> >>
> >> The dial-up window, the one I use to start my telephone
> >> call to my internet provider, keeps popping up uncalled
> >> for. This is a nuisance only, except when trying to run
> a
> >> game, like Myst, which crashes when that dial-up window
> >> appears. The popping up seems to be, maybe, a response
> to
> >> my movement of the mouse. It's as if whatever calls up
> >> that window has a nervous trigger finger. This unwanted
> >> popping up occurs, mostly, when preparing to go on line,
> >> as when Internet Explorer and/or Outlook express is
> >> running. Thanks for any help. Larry D
> >
> >
> >.
> >