Your computer may "dial on it's own" if you have either set it to automatically reconnect when the connection is terminated abruptly, or if a program that you are using is trying to connect to the internet to perform a task.
Dial Up
Moderm modems (Dial-up, Cable, ADSL) are connected directly to the Ethernet port of the computer.
The Network Interface Card (NIC) or modem (Dial-up) controls the flow of data between your computer and the cable.
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Yes, modems can be both internal and external.
Dial-up modems either plugged into a personal computer slot or were self-contained devices that plugged into the computer's serial port
It is a system where a computer can use the phone lines to dial up to the internet
It is faster than dial-up, and for dial-up you have to connect, but broadband is connected automatically when you start a computer.
In general, laptop computers cannot dial telephone numbers.
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When you start the dial-up process, your computer must find the other computer. They then have to match. Once they match, you are connected. That takes a while. With broadband, you are always connected.
Verify the phone line has a dial tone by plugging in a telephone to the same line that goes to your computer. If that checks out, restart your computer. If you still get the same error uninstall your modem and restart your computer again.
Dual-boot and Multiple-Boot are pretty much synonymous.
If you have to dial a number on your computer to connect to the internet and cant make or receive calls while your using the internet then you are a dial up user. And of course your speeds will be very low.
ADDITIONAL INFO! I don't know how to add it to the question, soo... I have a very old computer running windows 2000 ME and it usually connects to the internet through dial up. We got rid of dial up a long time ago and recently I bought a NETGEAR WG111T wireless adapter. I downloaded the installation files onto my working computer and transferred them to the second non-internet computer via flash drive and installed all the needed software and drivers. The adapter is connected to my router but my computer wants to use dial-up to connect to the internet. Does anyone know a way to re-work the computer so that it connects to the internet with the adapter not dial-up?
Due to the program's large filesize, downloading GIMP on a dial-up connection can take a very long time. If the computer is disconnected or has to redial, the process can be interrupted. However, it's not impossible. When I had dial-up, I downloaded gimp using the Firefox browser and left my computer on all night. In the morning the file was finally done and I installed it.
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