I know, let's get Mikey, er, Herbert to do the test!

Let us know how it goes, OK, Herbert?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"glee" wrote in message
...
Yes, that appears the best solution, but I can't test it here either ATM.
--
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http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
I vote for Ingeborg's solution. Remove Dial-up Networking in the Network
applet of Control Panel. Will remove PPP and leave modem for FAX-only.
I'd
have posted the same yesterday, but I don't have a modem in this machine
so
I can't test.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"AlmostBob" wrote in message
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perhaps change all the settings in Internet Options Connections tab, to
'never dial a connection' so they always use the nic
and OE and any other installed program

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Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://www.safer-networking.org
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com
Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
Cool Web Shredder http://www.trendmicro.com/cwshredder/
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages
before
use
Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
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"Herbert Chan" wrote in message
...
Thanks for you guys' quick responses.

My motherboard is Asus CUSL2. The Realtek card is a standalone
network
card
that's plugged into one of the PCI slots, and the faxmodem is a
separate
card plugged into the PCI slot.

As I will want to receive fax using the faxmodem card, I will want to
be
able to keep this capability.

So could you explain again what I should do, now that you know more
about
my
pc's configuration.

Thanks.

Herbert

"glee" ¦b¶l¥ó
¤¤¼¶¼g...
If he's trying to get rid of the PPP Adapter, he would be looking
at
removing the
modem, not the NIC, wouldn't he? Or am I reading his post or your
reply
wrong
(wouldn't be the first time, eh?)?

Either way, the basis of your suggestion holds....whichever he
needs
to
remove, it
depends on whether it is integrated or not, as an integrated NIC
*or*
dial-up modem
will reinstall if only removed from DM instead of being disabled in
the
BIOS setup,
or in DM, IIRC.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Brian A" gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in message
...
I notice you mention the NIC being a network card, just to be
sure,
is
it an
adapter card or is it integrated on the motherboard? If it's
integrated
you may
need to see if you can disable PPP in the BIOS or try disabling
it
in
Device
Manager and see if it holds. If you simply unininstall it, I
believe
it
will only
reinstall if it's integrated.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375



"Herbert Chan" wrote in message
...
Hello,

My pc is win98se and I have a broadband internet connection.

I have been using the broadband for a few years. And since the
beginning of
this year, my internet connection will be intermittently lost.
At
first, I
thought something was wrong with the modem, which is terayon
TA-102.
I
have
called the ISP to replace it. However, the problem is still
there.
Then I
tried to get used to it. Whenever I lose the connection, I will
need
to
reboot my computer to get the connection back (the modem does
not
need
to be
flipped off then on).

I called the technical support again today, and we've looked at
the
modem
and it didn't appear that my modem was failing to provide a
signal
for
me.
Then I run winipcfg and see that there are 3 entries: PPP
Adapter.,
Microsoft TV/Video Connection and Realtek 8139-series PCI NIC.
PPP
adapter
is for dialup connection and Realtek is the network card for
broadband.
The
technical support girl said win98se will sometimes switch from
the
network
card to PPP adapter, although she doesn't know under what
circumstances
this
will happen. And the problem I've got is because my computer
has
switched
on its own accord from the network card to PPP adapter.

So are there any ways to force the computer to only use the
network
card so
that it will always use the network card to get online? Or how
can
I
uninstall ppp adapter so that the computer can't even choose to
switch
back
to it?

Thanks.

Herbert