Microsoft KB Archive/267471

= Internet Connection Wizard Does Not Set Internet Properties Correctly =

Article ID: 267471

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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This article was previously published under Q267471



SYMPTOMS
When you click the Microsoft Internet Explorer icon to connect to the Internet, Internet Explorer may open immediately followed by the Dial-up Networking (DUN) connection although you have a cable or DSL connection, which does not use a DUN connection.



CAUSE
After you run the Internet Connection Wizard (ICW), and set up Internet Explorer to connect by using a local area network (LAN), the Internet Explorer connection may be set to Always dial my default connection.

If you have a cable or DSL connection (connecting through a LAN), and then you create a dial-up connection after the system is set up, you may find that Internet Explorer has set the connection to Always dial my default connection, even if the dial-up connection may not be used for Internet access.

This behavior may also occur if you use the Internet Connection Wizard, and select to connect by using a LAN for cable or DSL connections.



WORKAROUND
To change the setting to Never dial a connection for LAN, DSL, and cable connections, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) Double click Internet Properties, and then click the Connections tab.
 * 3) Select the option Never dial a connection, click Apply, and then click OK.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: ICW DUN

Keywords: kbprb KB267471

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