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Subject: Off topic- another techie question

Date: Thu 01/01/04 13:28:13 GMT

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I have DSL... About a year ago I started noticing that often when I powered down windows 98 it would say another computer was connected to mine. So I got some freeware called "Net Sentinel" that apparently detects when these other computers connect, and lets me disconnect them.

So, now, several times while I am online, Net Sentinel plays its warning tone, and I must boot "someone" off. I don't think these other "people" are able to download anything, or access my HD in any way (it's not shared), but they are still apparently connected in some sense. Whenever I boot someone, they reconnect again, usually around 5 minutes later, under a different "role"- user, admininstrator, owner, [person's name], [blank], etc. This usually continues 5 or 6 times, then the connector gives up. This is really more of an annoyance than a danger IMO, but I am a bit curious-

Are these actual "people" who are attempting connect for some purpose, or is it some automatic function of some machine(s) somewhere?

Any good ideas of good software I can use to block this nonsense without excessively loading up my HD/ eating up my CPU's resources/ causing bugs/ problems with my web access?

Any hints from the tech savvy would be appreciated!

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