How do I get rid of "Enter Network Password" pop-ups? (laptop, dsl)

[PalmBch]

On my laptop, every 5 min or so a pop-up box appears on the screen "Enter Network Password". It has both username and password on it. Even though I click OK, Cancel or "X", it still pop ups after every 5 min or so, which is very annoying.

How do I get rid of it?
Thanks.

[Nic.]

How are you connecting to the internet? You may have another network connection set up and Windows will try to use that connection when it detects an internet connection. Happened on a laptop here at work. I had to go in a remove the extra Internet Connection that wasn't needed.

Look at your Network Connections Start/Control Panel/Network Internet Connections/Network Connections

Should look something like this.

[PalmBch]

Yes it only appears at work but not at home :S

[NHDave]

This should have been posted in the computers section
If you are using DSL at home, with no router, and your ISP uses PPPOE, then it may be your DSL connection trying to connect to your home DSL account while at work. Open up Internet Explorer, go to tools, then options, then the connections tab, and change the setting there to never dial a connection.

[slyFOX77]

Hi! I am actually trying to resolve the EXACT same issue for my boss's laptop...Unfortunately, it seems as though the internet/network settings doesn't hold the key. I was wondering if you had actually taken to resolve this issue?

Thanks!
Stephanie L Young

[dkf747]

Originally Posted by slyFOX77

Hi! I am actually trying to resolve the EXACT same issue for my boss's laptop...Unfortunately, it seems as though the internet/network settings doesn't hold the key. I was wondering if you had actually taken to resolve this issue?

Thanks!
Stephanie L Young

See the last sentence of NHDave's post above yours? Do that.

[ComputerGuy]

It could also be a network share that is set to reconnect, a password may have been changed, and now the network connection is trying to establish the new credentials.