Pat,
 pb> JC> When I double click the Explorer icon, Explorer loads and then the
 pb> JC> dialer loads to dial my ISP.  The dialer then waits for me to input
 pb> JC> my password for my ISP before it dials.  Is there a way to have the
 pb> JC> password passed to the dialer automatically so that I do not need to
 pb> JC> input this info each time I bring Explorer up?  "Save password" and
 pb> JC> "Connect automatically" are not enabled in the the Windows dialer 
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 pb> JC> I can not place a check mark there to enable these items.  Is there
 pb> JC> a way to mark these items somewhere else?
 pb> 1.  You could get one of the keyboard stuffer programs that
 pb> will let you write a little script file with your password
 pb> in it that will run your dialer and supply it with the
 pb> password.
 pb> 2.  You could write a .bat file and use the echo command to
 pb> send your password to the program?  Or redirect a text file
 pb> containing only your password and a carriage return to your
 pb> dialer program?
Both of the above suggestions would be great but since Explorer runs the 
dialer after Explorer loads, I'm not sure if either of these would work.  To 
top it off I can't find under "Properties" the actual command that loads the 
dialer.  Until I installed Explorer, I never saw the dialer that is now being 
used.  So I'm assuming that the dialer is something that Explorer installed 
on the system and using the configuration that I had defined in my "Dial-Up 
Networking" configuration under "My Computer".
 pb> 3. Use ansi.sys and redefine one of your function keys so
 pb> you just have to hit one key to type in your password.
I've never done this before.  Where can I find instructions on how to do 
this? I suppose the key is defined in the Config.Sys file.
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