Stop IE from dialing out

[JohnO28356]

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.

 

[JohnWill]

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

 

[JohnO28356]

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.

 

[JohnWill]

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.

 

[JohnO28356]

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?.

 

[Jtoast]

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

 

[JohnWill]

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

 

[JohnO28356]

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.