# When loading website: Box always comes up **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 24, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-loading-website-box-always-comes-up/361934 "2006-06-24T00:51:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chefIL11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-loading-website-box-always-comes-up/361934/1 "2006-06-24T00:51:26Z")
whenever I attempt to load a web page A box appears with “network connections” in the title bar, then there is a drop-down box that says " choose a network connection": with choices: connect, cancel, new, properties… I click cancel and it loads the letter page. But it’s gotten to the point where it’s annoying the hell out of me…help me get rid of it!!! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-loading-website-box-always-comes-up/361934/2 "2006-06-24T01:10:09Z")
I’m not really sure what your talking about. Do you have a default internet connection choosen or are you talking about it asking if it can reconnect? What OS and type of internet connection along with browser is used. ---
**Author:** ![chefIL11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-loading-website-box-always-comes-up/361934/3 "2006-06-24T01:58:45Z")
> [@Harmonious Discord](#): > > I’m not really sure what your talking about. Do you have a default internet connection choosen or are you talking about it asking if it can reconnect? What OS and type of internet connection along with browser is used. I believe I have a default internet Internet connection chosen…but, you know what, I’m a complete idiot so I will just to the details: in the folder\* “network connections”\* under broadband I have two broadband connections, both disconnected under “dial-up connections”: I have one dial-up connection which I don’t use (except for maybe once a year but I haven’t used it in about a year and the message just recently appeared) under “Internet gateway”: there is an icon for Internet connection, which says disabled under “LAN or high-speed Internet” we have three choices: \*\*local area Connection, \*\*connected and firewalled \*\*local network connection 2, \*\*disabled, firewalled (looks like a wireless connection) \*\*local-area connection 5, \*\*network cable unplugged, Bluetooth PAN network adapter (I have bluetooth but not currently plugged in) finally: under virtual private network we have: **virtual private network** disconnected and firewalled **virtual private network 2** disconnected and firewalled I have cable Internet through mediacom… I recently had a virus on the computer that I got rid of… I am connected through a router… I think that’s the information you’re looking for… if there’s anything elseI would be happy to answer in detail ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-loading-website-box-always-comes-up/361934/4 "2006-06-24T03:10:45Z")
You should delete the old unused connections and then set the current provider connection as default. It sounds like the computer is unsure as to what connection to use. A right click on the icon for the connection you want to use brings up the options with “set as default”. Click it. I think that should fix you up. ---
**Author:** ![chefIL11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-loading-website-box-always-comes-up/361934/5 "2006-06-25T00:27:17Z")
> [@Harmonious Discord](#): > > You should delete the old unused connections and then set the current provider connection as default. It sounds like the computer is unsure as to what connection to use. A right click on the icon for the connection you want to use brings up the options with “set as default”. Click it. I think that should fix you up. it will not let me delete any of the connections for some reason. I right-click, click delete, and nothing happens. When I right-click on the connections that I’m using there is no “set as default” option. I know it is not the default option because it does not have the “check mark” it should as a default connection ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-loading-website-box-always-comes-up/361934/6 "2006-06-29T01:42:34Z")
I lost track of your thread for a while. Did things straighten out. Not deleting the other connection isn’t a big deal. You might try the internet options accessable from your browser tools menu. Go to the connections tab. some connections should be present and you may be able to set the default with that menu. ---
**Author:** ![chefIL11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-loading-website-box-always-comes-up/361934/7 "2006-06-29T03:20:55Z")
> [@Harmonious Discord](#): > > I lost track of your thread for a while. Did things straighten out. Not deleting the other connection isn’t a big deal. You might try the internet options accessable from your browser tools menu. Go to the connections tab. some connections should be present and you may be able to set the default with that menu. Actually, yes. I figured it out. It was just running through a maze of programs to find out which item to tweak. Thanks for the follow-up! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-loading-website-box-always-comes-up/361934/8 "2006-06-29T11:39:25Z")
Your welcome. I aim to please.