It's your "Automatic Update" setting in Security for critical Windows
updates. It is by design that any update not override your choice to be
offline on dialup. After you go online the update will continue. It will
stop if you make all update settings in your system 'manual'
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"mataeux" <> wrote in message
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>I HAVE VISTA SET TO AUTOMATICALLY DIAL UP TO THE INTERNET
>
> oops sorry,
>
> I have Vista set to automatically dial up to the internet when I start a
> program which utilizes the internet.
>
> How do I determine what program is trying to dial up to the internet
> without my permission AND WHY WOULD ANY PROGRAM THAT DOESN'T HAVE
> PERMISSION
> TO DIALUP, CHANGE MY SETTING SO I NO LONGER DIAL UP AUTOMATICALLY ???
>