In a message dated 5/18/2006 3:00:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, JRAYMOND651@aol.com writes: Are you using v9.0 Security Edition SE? If so, try going to msconfig, select the "startup tab" and deselect the AOLDial file. I'm using AOL 9.0 Second Edition--not the Security Edition. And AOL isn't in the startup menu--which is what puzzles me and it isn't just at bootup that AOL tries to load. It is ANYTIME the program is shut down that it tries to reload and sign on. Since I'm on a laptop that travels with me I don't have my password programmed in which keeps it from actually signing on--I get a nag message to enter my password and if I don't want AOL open I just click out of that and shut it down--but then two minutes (or less) later it tries to load again. <sigh> Joan