# Windows if Possesed.  HELP! HELP!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-if-possesed-help-help/58489>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 18, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-if-possesed-help-help/58489 "2001-03-18T19:04:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![muffinman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@muffinman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muffinman)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-if-possesed-help-help/58489/1 "2001-03-18T19:04:30Z")

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There’s something wrong with my computer. No matter what I’m doing, The computer pops up a new “Dial Up Networking” dialer window every 5-10 minutes. If I do nothing, it will keep opening more and more instances (my record was 28 at once). I can’t figure out what program is trying to dial in. As best I can tell, all winsock applications are fine. The problem, BTW, didn’t occur until I upgraded to a newer version of Microsoft WinSock.  
Any thoughts?

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2001, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-if-possesed-help-help/58489/2 "2001-03-18T19:11:03Z")

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If you’re using Internet Explorer, this might work:

Open IE, and open the “Tools” menu. Select “Internet Options” and click on the “Connections” tab. Make sure that the “Dial whenever a network connection is not present” button is unchecked for each connection you have.

If that doesn’t work, it might be something in software you’ve installed trying to dial up.