[Pc_Support] Network Connections in Windows XP

[Aaron Morrison]

Try looking at the settings in:

control panel -> Internet Options -> Connections

There are options in there that I think will help your situation.

--am


On 26 May 2006 at 7:23, Tim McDonough wrote:

> In my home office I have wireless DSL service. During bad weather
> (heavy rain, etc.) it occasionally drops out for a second or so. When
> this happens XP tries to fire off my VPN connection to the office.
> This won't work because of course that happens over the WDSL.
> 
> The problem is it's really annoying when the connection box pops up
> for the password and I'm in the middle of writing a document, etc. Is
> there a way to tell the Windows VPN connection to ONLY try to open
> when I want it and not have it randomly open trying to find the
> machine a connection to the outside world? I did not see any obvious
> settings like an automatic/manual setting, etc.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Tim
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