Stop IE from dialing out

XP Home. Just had a new hard drive go out. Exchanged it and reinstalled XP, and it's running fine- But: I think CRS has kicked in big time. Whenever I click on IE, it dials my ISP. I've disabled auto update, set OE never to check for messages, set IE to never dial a connection, and disabled Remote Access Auto Connection Manager. Would someone please tell me what I've missed? I've been messing with this thing for hours. Thanks a lot for any ideas/help.

 

You might try downloading SpyBot Search-n-Destroy and scanning for spyware/malware.

 

Thanks, Johnwill, it's a brand new drive. But I will install all my regular programs, which includes SpyBot, once I get it on the net.

 

I suspect, since it's brand new, that IE is configured to check for updates, and it's trying to do that. Tools, Options, Advanced, and uncheck automatic updates.

 

Well. Johnwill, that was the first thing I disabled. Besides what I've listed in my original post, I've disabled the other programs that call out in XP:

www.xp-antispy.de/depth.htm

I'm stuck- I don't know what else to try. But, really, it's not a big thing, I guess. It's just that sometimes I want to go to IE Tools when I'm not connected. Guess I don't have to do that. I've just never heard of this before. Maybe someday when I have 3-4 hours, I'll call MS Support?.

 

you'll hve better luck with email support from ms than phone.

 

You'll probably have a LOT better luck not bothering to get an answer out of Microsoft!

 

Johnwill, I was just going to add to this thread. The problem seems to have disappeared. I just tried it 3 times and it didn't call out. Maybe it took more than a few reboots to configure, I don't know.