Monday, January 19, 2009

Firefox asks for VPU connection randomly

Firefox (or Thunderbird) in Windows XP may randomly ask for a VPN (Virtual Private Networks) connection once that is defined. In many case, the VPN is needed for accessing a private subnetwork such as campus or intranetwork, but not randomly. The popping up connection request windows bothers. How to fix the problem not to ask the VPN connection automatically?

Answer
You should access the settings by typing 'about:config' in the address bar, and search for 'network.autodial-helper.enabled'. Set this option to 'false' and then restart the browser.

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