RE: Launching dail-up often freezes system (sp2)

[jtb11]

"Brenda" wrote:

> This is also happening to me. I have a new system running xp. Usually if I
> wait it will eventually work, but your right it is annoying. Did you ever
> find out how to fix the problem? Thanks
>
> "Jon" wrote:
>
> > I've noticed this since I upgraded to SP2. I launch a dial-up session
> > (with XP's internet connection dialer) and it dials but then hangs...I
> > can't even seem to kill the process with Task Manager (I ask it to kill
> > a process but it ignores the request.) and it won't reboot using
> > ctrl/alt/del...So I have to actually power down and restart everything.
> >
> > It seems to happen if I've started dialing and then am launching another
> > app in the meantime (IE/outlook/whatever). It seem that if I wait for the
> > dial-up process to finish than it doesn't freeze. (To me it's like the
> > proogram is being inturrupted because it wants more CPU cycles or
> > something)
> >
> > So first, is anyone else experiencing this and secondly, is there a way
> > to kill the dial-up process if it hangs midstream so I don't have to
> > power down my entire PC. This has happened a lot since I installed SP2. I
> > don't remember it even happening prior.
> >
> > Quite annoying.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jon
> >

[jtb11]

Sorry about the duplicate message ! I was wondering if anybody has found a
solution to the dial-up freeze problem. I have tried all kinds of hardware
and software solutions with no help. The only solution that actually works is
to un-install SP2 and the problem goes away. If I reinstall SP2 it's back. No
combination of fire-wall or security settings, etc. makes any difference.
Lots of time wasted trying different settings. Any ideas would be helpful.

Thanks, Jtb11

"Brenda" wrote:

> This is also happening to me. I have a new system running xp. Usually if I
> wait it will eventually work, but your right it is annoying. Did you ever
> find out how to fix the problem? Thanks
>
> "Jon" wrote:
>
> > I've noticed this since I upgraded to SP2. I launch a dial-up session
> > (with XP's internet connection dialer) and it dials but then hangs...I
> > can't even seem to kill the process with Task Manager (I ask it to kill
> > a process but it ignores the request.) and it won't reboot using
> > ctrl/alt/del...So I have to actually power down and restart everything.
> >
> > It seems to happen if I've started dialing and then am launching another
> > app in the meantime (IE/outlook/whatever). It seem that if I wait for the
> > dial-up process to finish than it doesn't freeze. (To me it's like the
> > proogram is being inturrupted because it wants more CPU cycles or
> > something)
> >
> > So first, is anyone else experiencing this and secondly, is there a way
> > to kill the dial-up process if it hangs midstream so I don't have to
> > power down my entire PC. This has happened a lot since I installed SP2. I
> > don't remember it even happening prior.
> >
> > Quite annoying.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jon
> >