3rd party toolbars that update themselves are a blight on the IE landscape... that goes for Google, MSN, and the rest of 'em as well.
Just to get the terminology straight, EnableAutoDial is a value. Keys are the things that look like folders. You can set permissions on a key that would prevent anything it contains from being changed by a particular user. Unfortunately, that would mean locking down "Internet Settings" and would prevent *you* and other programs from changing other things that are altered regularly. I don't know exactly what the side-effects would be but if you want to try, right-click InternetSettings and choose Permissions. You'll need to use the Advanced button to turn off inheritance before you can make the changes to allow yourself Read access only. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James David Byrne Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 11:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Dialup connection settings don't stick Well, it is caused by the eBay toolbar!! This certainly didn't do this at one time, so I'm attempting to get an answer from eBay to find out what has changed in recent months. For some reason, which I cannot understand the need of, the toolbar changes the EnableAutodial key to 0 and then back to 1 when it does its various operations. Only sometimes it leaves it at 0. If eBay don't help, is there a way of locking this key so that it cannot be changed by an application? There is no requirement on my PC for the change to ever occur. TIA James :-) -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
