Thanks for the info Zeiko, but no I do not have untagent.sys on my system. As a matter of interest what is
UNTAGENT.SYS. :-
Also suprise suprise check this out which I was just about to post :-
Follow up to “Never dial a connection” 24.05.03

As a matter of interest, the never dial a connection phenomenon I was experiencing with outlook express, is now happening on a normal dialup connection; for example, on bootup with only normal processes running.
No rain :)No clouds in the sky 8)