[ale] Strange diald trigger

Gary S. MacKay gary at edisoninfo.com
Tue Jul 6 17:32:17 EDT 1999


Thank you. I did check that and it is there, but the 'enable' check box is
blank. Am I wrong in thinking that it is not causing it? I should just
delete it I suppose.

Thanks again,
- Gary


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On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Raylynn A. Knight wrote:

> 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
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Edison Information Technologies
> > > > > P.O. Box 554
> > > > > Milan, OH  44846-0554
> > > > > 419.499.7040
> > > > > www.EdisonInfo.com
> > > > > Gary at EdisonInfo.com
> > > > > --
> > > > >
> > > >
> >
> 






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