In a message dated 5/18/2006 11:23:50 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: 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, Do you have a systray icon for AOL? If so open it by right-click and select the auto dialer or connectivity option and Turn the auto dialer/auto-launch OFF. I have no systray icon right now and so cannot give better directions, I'm sorry. Sharon