Thanks, but he want to stay connected while he does his banking after checking his mail.
Right now I have him start IE and then use the tool bar link for mail.
But I still hear from his wife about him leaving the phone connected after he leaves.
Of course he did close OE and IE.

"Ricky" wrote in message
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I'm not sure if this is what you want but in tools..options..connection tab there is a check box
for 'hang up after send and recieve'..maybe that will work.

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I think this is a Windows XP issue and not an IE or OE, but maybe both.

I have a senior friend with a fairly new Dell Laptop. All updates installed.
Antivirus, Antispyware software, and Windows Defender report no problems.
Spybot and SuperAntiSpyware reports no problem.
He uses IE6 and OE6 with a dialup connection.

If he starts IE first, and then the dialer comes up and connects.
He can then go to OE and read mail.
When he closes IE and OE, the phone line connected warning works.

If he starts OE first, and then the same dialer comes up and connects.
Now it does not matter if he goes to IE or not,
when he closes, the phone line connected warning does not appear.

I have gone through the connection setting several times.
including making a new dialer connection with his ISP.
I have also checked the registry and all the Dwords appear there and with correct settings.
(I have the same ISP and use the dialer on shop computer and the registry key matches)

He only has one phone line and family peace would be helped if he had that disconnect reminder.