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Posted by Steve Rainbird on August 31, 2005, 9:13 pm
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> | After a stupid error by me I cannot get IE to keep the "never dial a
> | connection" option.
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> | This is what happened.
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> | I ran a scan of the registry using REGSEEK and deleted a load of keys it
> | said were not used.
> |
> | After this Norton AV would not work, so I reinstated the registry and
> | it still would not start up.
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> | So I uninstalled Norton and installed it (3 times) until it installed ok
> | and auto-updated correctly.
> |
> | While doing this and rebooting in safe mode 2 or 3 times all my services
> | got disabled! I have set these back to what I think they should be to
> | the best of my ability, but now whenever I reboot the internet
> | connections insist on resetting themselves to "dial whenever an internet
> | connection is not present".
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> | Anybody any idea how to get this selection to persist after a reboot?
> |
> | TIA
> |
> | Steve
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> It sounds like you screwed up the PC by your actions using REGSEEK and
deleting keys. If
> you are using WinXP then you should restore the OS using a Restore Point prior
to using
> REGSEEK and deleting said keys.
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If I had one I would! I do have a Norton Ghost backup but don't really
want to go down that route until I have exhausted other possibilities.
Steve
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