Jochen Spieker wrote:
[snip] But I still don't completely understand your situation. You said you are on dialup and want to prevent unnecessary traffic. Can't you just disable auto-dialling? Which specific programs use the network without your consent?
Auto dialing has been disabled for years ;)Adobe Reader wants to update itself and I haven't found a way to disable it. If view pdf with it when I also happen be connected it just barges in and consumes my bandwidth.