[ale] Strange diald trigger

[Raylynn A. Knight]

I am at work on a Win95 system right now, but I remember there being an icon
on the bottom right for scheduled tasks and Win 98 had scheduled a task to
check every 30 minutes for updates.  When I get home this evening I'll look
at my daughter's system and let you know exactly what it was.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary S. MacKay [mailto:Gary at edisoninfo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 1:17 PM
> To: Jim Kinney; Raylynn A. Knight
> Cc: Ale
> Subject: Re: [ale] Strange diald trigger
>
>
> From watching tcpdump, this is exactly what is happening. I turned off the
> "auto update" flag in Internet Exploder 5 but that didn't seem to fix it.
> Where else can I look?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Kinney <jkinney at teller.physics.emory.edu>
> To: Raylynn A. Knight <rayk at clientlink.com>
> Cc: Ale <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 11:37 AM
> Subject: RE: [ale] Strange diald trigger
>
>
> > And I thought _my_ explanation was pure fiction!!
> >
> > James Kinney M.S.Physics jkinney at teller.physics.emory.edu
> > Educational Technology Specialist 404-727-4734
> > Department of Physics Emory University http://teller.physics.emory.edu
> >
> > On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Raylynn A. Knight wrote:
> >
> > > My Win98 box was checking Microsoft for Updates every 30
> minutes.  Could
> > > this be what is triggering your diald?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf
> Of Gary S.
> > > > Mackay
> > > > Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 8:44 AM
> > > > To: ale at ale.org
> > > > Subject: [ale] Strange diald trigger
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know what a Win98 box would be sending out every half
> > > > hour that
> > > > triggers diald? I have working just fine for NT, Win98 and a Win95
> box. I
> > > > recently added another win98 box and to the best of my knowledge, it
> is
> > > > configured just like the rest. But, while it is powered on, diald
> triggers
> > > > every half hour. Turn it off, and diald only triggers when I want
> > > > it to. I've
> > > > compared all the settings, hosts file, etc. between it and
> the rest of
> the
> > > > boxes and can not find any difference. What else could it be?
> > > >
> > > > - Gary
> > > >
> > > >
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