Frankly, I'd be suspect of some virus/trojan-dialer has been added in. Are you free from all pests?
Read http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/
You may also have Office set to automatically check for an Office Update. Look around to turn it off.
Bob
Am running XP. When I launch Word the internet dial up box starts up and begins dialing. How do I remove this function -- Anyone?

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