# Dial-up settings and ME **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 30, 2001, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dial-up-settings-and-me/90554 "2001-10-30T17:21:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cheezit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@cheezit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheezit)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dial-up-settings-and-me/90554/1 "2001-10-30T17:21:56Z")
My question concerns IE5.5 and the dial-up settings in the _connections_ tab in the tools/internet options. I have to constantly re-check the option that says “always dial my default connection.” Whenever I reboot and at other times also, it reverts to the “never dial a connection” option. It is, in the grand scheme of things, a very minor annoyance, but there must be a reason for it happening. How come it won’t “remember” my setting? Nothing else changes. If it makes any difference, I am using Windows ME. [sub]If the answer is extremely obvious, be note my sig. :D[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![cheezit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@cheezit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheezit)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dial-up-settings-and-me/90554/2 "2001-10-30T17:24:16Z")
Oh and I always use the “apply” button first and then the “O.K.” button. I have no idea if that really makes any difference or not, but, well, you know how Windows is. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dial-up-settings-and-me/90554/3 "2001-10-30T18:12:58Z")
I’ve gotten around this by setting up the OS to ask me for a password when I first turn the machine on. That way I am logged in as a user, not as a generic “default”. From there on, all my personal passwords are saved in my numerous dialup applets. There might be another way to do this, but that is how I did it.