XP dial-up problem

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Philip Andrews wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Looking for advice and help, please: I can't get the Internet
> Connection
> wizard to allow me to create a new dial-up connection in Windows XP
> Home, because both of the dial-up options that follow 'Make a manual
> connection' are greyed-out. Similarly, I can't make a connection using
> an automatic program on a British Telecomm CD, presumably for the same
> reason.
>
> The modem is showing OK in the Device Manager ... Hardware list;
> the
> driver seems to be loaded OK; dialling into pcAnywhere activates the
> modem, so I think that the hardware is all OK. I have no idea where to
> look in the settings, but am computer literate in Wind98SE so will/may
> at least understand what I'm told.
>

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320558 - Dial-up Modem or PPP0e
Option in New Connection Wizard is Unavailable

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"

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Hi Malke,

----- Original Message -----
From: "Malke" <notreally@invalid.com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 2:45 AM
Subject: Re: XP dial-up problem



> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320558 - Dial-up Modem or PPP0e
> Option in New Connection Wizard is Unavailable

Thanls for that link - I followed the instructions, and re-installed
after deleting the specified Registry keys, but still there's no modem
dial-up available. Is there any chance that spyware or a virus has zapped
the thing and left something set wrongly elsewhere in the Registry?
Ad-Aware, Spybot and McAfee all swear that the thing is clean, so I'm a bit
stuck.

Cheers,

Philip

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Philip Andrews wrote:

> Hi Malke,
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Malke" <notreally@invalid.com>
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 2:45 AM
> Subject: Re: XP dial-up problem
>
>
>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320558 - Dial-up Modem or PPP0e
>> Option in New Connection Wizard is Unavailable
>
> Thanls for that link - I followed the instructions, and
> re-installed
> after deleting the specified Registry keys, but still there's no modem
> dial-up available. Is there any chance that spyware or a virus has
> zapped the thing and left something set wrongly elsewhere in the
> Registry? Ad-Aware, Spybot and McAfee all swear that the thing is
> clean, so I'm a bit stuck.
>

Did you have a virus or other malware? If you didn't, then your Winsock2
is probably fine. You can always reset it, though. If you have pre-SP2
then use the WinsockXPFix:

ttp://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html

Otherwise, go to Start>Run and type

netsh winsock reset catalog [enter]

Check out the links on MVP Kelly Theriot's website here:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm

Click on "M" and scroll down to the Modem entries and see if anything
there helps.

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"

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Hi Malke,

"Malke" <notreally@invalid.com> wrote in message
news cYLFZXkFHA.3148@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Philip Andrews wrote:
>
> > Hi Malke,
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Malke" <notreally@invalid.com>
> > Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
> > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 2:45 AM
> > Subject: Re: XP dial-up problem

> Did you have a virus or other malware? If you didn't, then your Winsock2
> is probably fine. You can always reset it, though. If you have pre-SP2
> then use the WinsockXPFix:

> http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html

> Otherwise, go to Start>Run and type

> netsh winsock reset catalog [enter]

I ran the WinsockXPFix program, and then found that couldn't get into
the Connection Wizard at all - oops! but maybe SP2 was already in place

Next, I tried installing WinXP Service Pack 2 - and wa-la! all was well,
dial-up is back and everything else seems to work OK too.

I finished off the job by defragging the beast 4 times in a row, and
both boot-up and operating speeds have now also come back to normal.


Many thanks for your help - whatever you're paid, it's not enough  )

Regards,

Philip

PS

> Check out the links on MVP Kelly Theriot's website here:

> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm

> Click on "M" and scroll down to the Modem entries and see if anything
> there helps.

Also extremely helpful, and bookmarked for future reference.



> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic"

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Philip Andrews wrote:

> Hi Malke,
>
> "Malke" <notreally@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news cYLFZXkFHA.3148@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Philip Andrews wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Malke,
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Malke" <notreally@invalid.com>
>> > Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
>> > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 2:45 AM
>> > Subject: Re: XP dial-up problem
>
>> Did you have a virus or other malware? If you didn't, then your
>> Winsock2 is probably fine. You can always reset it, though. If you
>> have pre-SP2 then use the WinsockXPFix:
>
>> http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
>
>> Otherwise, go to Start>Run and type
>
>> netsh winsock reset catalog [enter]
>
> I ran the WinsockXPFix program, and then found that couldn't get
> into
> the Connection Wizard at all - oops! but maybe SP2 was already in
> place
>
> Next, I tried installing WinXP Service Pack 2 - and wa-la! all was
> well,
> dial-up is back and everything else seems to work OK too.
>
> I finished off the job by defragging the beast 4 times in a row,
> and
> both boot-up and operating speeds have now also come back to normal.
>
>
> Many thanks for your help - whatever you're paid, it's not enough
>  )

I'm happy that I was able to help you and that things are working now.
All the people who help in these newsgroups are volunteers; there is no
pay involved.

Take care and stay safe,

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User