Re-establish the "Do you want to close your connection?" message.
Stop the prompt "Do you want to close your connection?" message.
When you close the Internet Explorer browser or Outlook Express, and it's the last Internet Application you close, you will get a dialog box asking if you want to disconnect your connection.
If this doesn't work, first check:
In Internet Explorer, select Tools > Internet Options from the menu
Select the Connections tab
Select your connection in the Dial-Up Settings box and click the Settings button
Next to the Passwords box, there is a button Advanced, press this button
This will bring up the Advanced Dial-Up window for the current setting. Both check boxes Disconnect if idle for XX minutes and Disconnect when connection may no longer be needed need to be checked.
I find that when I leave my Internet Explorer 5.0 "Disconnect if idle for 59 minutes" or less the message "Do you want To close your connection?" message is presented when I close Internet Explorer. If I make the time greater than 59 minutes I have lost the message notification when I close Internet Explorer.
I hope that this procedure works for you. Like I said I am using Internet Explorer 5.0, I don't know if the same situation exits in IE 5.5 or IE 6. Let me know if it brings back your "Disconnect" message.
Generally, it is not recommended that you go into the Registry because incorrect changes will cause problems with the computer.
If this doesn't fix the problem (or both boxes are already checked), try this:
Start the Registry Editor
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Internet Settings
Look for a value Auto disconnect in the right-hand pane
If the value data reads 00 00 00 00 double-click this entry and change the value to 01 00 00 00
Exit Regedit, and restart your computer.
How to stop the prompt "Do you Want To Close Your Connection?"
When you close the browser or Outlook Express, and it's the last Internet Application you close, you will get a dialog box asking if you want to disconnect your connection.
To stop this from happening:
In Internet Explorer, select Tools > Internet Options from the menu
Select the Connections tab
Select your connection in the Dial-Up Settings box and click the Settings button
Next to the Passwords box, there is a button Advanced, press this button
This will bring up the Advanced Dial-Up window for the current setting. Here you can uncheck the box for Disconnect if idle for XX minutes and Disconnect when connection may no longer be needed
Additional Information
Some computer manufacturers (Compaq, Dell and others) use software to have you sign-up with their Internet services. This places an entry called Encompass_ENCMONTR in the Startup tab from msconfig (Select Start > Run and type msconfig in the Open: box).
You can remove this entry by deselecting it's check-box (Not recommended IF you are indeed connected with the ISP from your computer manufacturer), this has fixed the annoying prompt "Do you Want To Close Your Connection?" for many.
Last Modified on Saturday, August 31, 2002 09:13 AM