Auto connect on bootup

[prof]

My computer used to connect to the internet when I switched on.
Now it's stopped doing it and I have to connect manually.
How can I set it to auto connect again?

I'm running Windows XP and use Pipex Broadband

Thanks

[lil_falco]

WHat do you mean? Broadband is online 24/7 

Just double click Internet Explorer

[prof]

I don't leave my computer on 24/7.

I switch it off at the end of the day.

[Calum]

Post the make/model of your modem and we can go from there, most have the ability to dial a connection when turned on.

[prof]

Hi

It's a Thompson Speedtouch  330 and I'm with Pipex Broadband.

The word 'Alcatel' is included in my broadband connection status

Thanks

[Calum]

This is not possible with that modem, sorry.
Lots of people have had the same thing happen, myself included.

[Fed]

Isn't this setup in IE>Tools>Internet Options>Connections?
I'm stuck on dialup and have never used broadband but I thought broadband was 'always connected' without having to dial in as such.
Broadband-->LAN-->Voodoo... 
Stop laughing Calum.

[Calum]

Not so sure, it's been a while since I threw that Speedtouch in the bin and got a real modem.
As far as I recall though, no amount of messing around could get around the fact that when I wanted to connect, it dialed in to my broadband connection (if you call it that, that's what it said it was doing anyway).
It surprised me as well, I thought it was always connected but apparently not.
I know with the modem/router we have now, there are options for it to connect when asked (for example when a program that connects to the internet tries to connect) or automatically when it's turned on.
So in that sense, mine is always on, as a connection is made when the modem/router is switched on.
I hope I'm making sense.

Stop laughing Calum.

Who?  Me?  I never said a word.  Just some minor chortles, no laughing.
Seriously, I know the feeling, I was stuck on dialup for a long time - AOL dialup, too - for around a year after everyone I knew had got broadband.