Dialing on startup

Fabre

Can windows dial the dsl connection on startup?

moridin

Originally posted by Fabre
Can windows dial the dsl connection on startup?

yes

Fabre

how?

moridin

couple of things you could try

1. set it as the default connection, set IE to "always dial my default connection" and have some internet program run at startup.

2. Try sticking a shortcut to the connection in your startup folder

Fabre

hum... I don't use IE and I already tried putting a shortcut in the startup, didn't work.
I think it didn't work because it tried to connect before the ADSL becomes available (iol bt modem & driver)

Moonbeam

what browser do you use?
They mostly have similiar options

oneweb

Create a shortcut with the following command line:
rasdial "Connection name" username password
and put it into the Startup folder in Start|Programs

(AFAIR, this also works in Win98, it works in Win2k)

Fabre

oneweb is it possible to put a delay? otherwise it wants to dial before the adsl connection is available.

for now I have install ADSL autoconnect

oneweb

Originally posted by Fabre
oneweb is it possible to put a delay? otherwise it wants to dial before the adsl connection is available.

for now I have install ADSL autoconnect

That I don't know, soz :dunno:

[Edit]
Unless you put the command line into a batch file under a time-delay program command (try Googling for an app that'll delay)

for eg. in connect.bat in Startup:

delay.exe
rasdial "Connection...

[Edit 2]
Download this, and this (right-click, save as), edit the connect.txt file to fill in your connection details (delete either line as appropriate), rename to delayexec.jpg.old to delayexec.exe and connect.txt to connect.bat, put delayexec into the windows or winnt folder and connect.bat into the startup folder.

Fabre

Thanks a million for the help oneweb, this should work fine.

For now I realized that for some reasons the items I put in startup folder, well, doesn't start...

Had a look in msconfig but everythings looks alright.

/Edit

found out that shorcut needed to be in the all users startup folder, when I pasted it in staight in the menu it putted it in admin startup folder.

the bat works fine thanks again oneweb.

oneweb

Glad to be of assistance