Loging on to the internet

Original Message

Name: yellowbelt
Date: December 24, 2006 at 15:11:23 Pacific
Subject: Loging on to the internet
OS: Win 98se
CPU/Ram: 200MMX / 96 Mb
Model/Manufacturer: NEC 9734

Comment:

I had this annoying issue with this pc. To log online I have to open IE6 then a dial up login pop up window appears, this only happens on IE6 not Firefox. I would like an icon for my isp on my desktop so I can just log on and telnet or jump into my email without opening IE. I have tried going through the setup in control panel to no avail.
Any ideas?
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of
thinking we used when we created them.
-Albert Einstein 1879-1955

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Response Number 1

Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: December 24, 2006 at 19:17:00 Pacific
Subject: Loging on to the internet

Reply: (edit)

START--PROGRAMS and then to your ISP program. Right click on the icon that starts your ISP. Choose 'create shortcut'. Then drag the shortcut to the desktop.
Anyway, that's all you need to do to create a shortcut on the desktop. I don't know if that'll stop the necessity of opening IE first.

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Response Number 2

Name: yellowbelt
Date: December 24, 2006 at 22:03:33 Pacific
Subject: Loging on to the internet

Reply: (edit)

Thanks, DAVEINCAPS but I manually put the dial up info in. My isp is not listed in the programs because it not an application like with aol or netzero.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of
thinking we used when we created them.
-Albert Einstein 1879-1955

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Response Number 3

Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: December 25, 2006 at 08:08:13 Pacific
Subject: Loging on to the internet

Reply: (edit)

Right click on an unoccupied spot on the desktop and choose NEW, then SHORTCUT, then BROWSE and navigate to the location of the command that opens your particular dialing program. The default windows program is at C:\WINDOWS\DIALER.EXE.

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Response Number 4

Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: December 25, 2006 at 17:35:12 Pacific
Subject: Loging on to the internet

Reply: (edit)

Go into your Dial-up Networking and copy your dial-up connection to your desktop as a shortcut.
Life is more painless for those who are brainless.

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Response Number 5

Name: yellowbelt
Date: December 27, 2006 at 10:30:47 Pacific
Subject: Loging on to the internet

Reply: (edit)

Thanks everyone, that last one did it. I can't believe that I could not think of that. Just like one of those moments you can't remember simple things like how to spell the word "who".
Thanks again everyone!
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of
thinking we used when we created them.
-Albert Einstein 1879-1955

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