Connection Setting Changed After Running Registration Wizard

ID: Q227147

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you run the Microsoft Windows 98 Registration Wizard, the "Dial-up settings" option may be changed from "Dial whenever a network connection is not present" to "Always dial my default connection" on the Connections tab in Internet properties.


CAUSE

This behavior occurs only if Internet Explorer 5 for Windows 98 is installed.


RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, reconfigure the "Dial-up settings" option to use the "Dial whenever a network connection is not present" setting:

  1. In Internet Explorer, click Internet Options on the Tools menu.


  2. Click the Connections tab.


  3. Click Dial whenever a network connection is not present.


  4. Click OK.



STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 


Keywords          : kbenv kbtool msiew98 
Version           : WINDOWS:5
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999