May thanks again, PA Bear. I had worked it out, eventually.

OE7 should read IE7.

Used to be able to configure OE6 to connect automatically, but can't now see
that facility . Ideas?

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
OE Tools | Accounts | Mail | [account(s)] | Properties | Connection |
Always connect using... (uncheck).

Your recent & related (IMHO) thread in IE General newsgroup:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...0e9c16c06d7194

And calling attention to this reply of mine in that thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...7fb3a6b3d84529

The fact that you probably did NOT disable (a) Comodo anti-virus &
firewall, (b) any/all real-time "system protections" afforded by Trojan
Hunter (if any), Ad-Aware, and/or Spybot and (c) did not enable the
Windows Firewall prior to installing IE8 may have caused your current OE
problem.

NB: There is no OE7 or OE8.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Ahscot wrote:
I run IE8 on a XP SP2 PC. Perhaps connected therewith, perhaps not,
whereas
before with OE7, on first booting the PC, the two television screens
appeared in the task bar, or if not, when I clicked on OE6, it connected
as
instructed automatically, I now find that nothing happens
connection-wise,
the reason being that when I look into my network connections/dial-up, I
find to my surprise it is 'unconnected,' this despite the fact my
Speedtouch
modem is showing its two green lights. When I right click on the
connection, and click connect, I get connected, the two screen appear and
away I go. I have tried various permutations with associated settings,
but
for the life of me, I can't figure out how to stop this happening.
Advice/solutions gratefully received.