You’ve probably experienced this if you’re on dial-up: if remote connections are enabled, your computer initiates an Internet connection— at startup or when an application demands it—and you find your modem dialling all on its own. Here’s how to disable that behaviour. Navigate to:
HLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
Create a new String value (or modify the existing value) called EnableRemoteConnect. Set it to N to disable your modem stealing control. Of course, you can always set it to Y if bad things happen after you do this. A restart is required for the change to take effect.
