In a message dated 5/18/2006 8:08:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, Jthowie@aol.com writes: I would like to know about the AOL Connectivity Service. The Remote access dialer automatically launches AOL to access the Internet. I didn't have that before. Can someone give me some guidance about that.I have Windows XP. --- If anyone has a solution to this problem I'd like to know the answer also. This automatic connecting to AOL is driving me crazy. It started when I downloaded the new AOL Spyware detection program. It tries to load and connect to AOL when I bootup and even when I sign off it restarts the program within a minute or two! It even plays havoc when I'm trying to shut down the computer each night--I'll be telling Windows to shut down and in the middle a box will popup telling me I can't start AOL because I'm shutting down Windows. I've done all the things AOL said to do--checking off "never dial a connection" and such--and STILL AOL tries to continuously load itself whenever I sign off and close the program. Has anyone found a solution to this? Joan