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Windows XP Pro/SP2 and dialup adaptor
I'll try to keep this concise while giving as much info as I can.
I'm a college student and just wasted a chunk of money and an even larger chunk of time today upgrading my WindowsME system to Windows XP SP2 so I could install and run software needed for a class I'm taking (Access 2003, Visual Studio .NET, Visio and Project 2003). After installing XP, I can no longer connect to the internet. I have a dialup internet service (Netscape), which can either connect directly through dial-up networking or by using their "toolbar" dialer program. I use the dial-up networking normally. After installing XP, I noticed that the "handshake" when dialing up sounded different. When connecting through the dialup networking service, I get an error message that says something to the effect of the remote computer is not responding or the remote computer cannot establish a connection. The handshake seems very short and actually locks up the machine while it attemps to connect. When trying to connect through the "toolbar" dialer, I get the error message that there is no dialtone (and there is a dialtone, I can hear it and the connection wouldn't even dial unless there was one since it's set to wait for a tone). I've tried the usual tricks for modem connection problems, including changing my modem/port speeds to 9600 bps and such, but nothing works. The closest I've gotten to a connection is "Verifying user name and password," but then always get an error code in the upper 600 range that basically says no connection can be made, no response, etc. My modem is set to COM3, my system settings only list COM1 and COM2 properties. By default, these are set to 115200 max speed, max buffers incoming/outgoing, XON/XOFF flow controls and all that good stuff. Since I couldn't get online with XP, I've uninstalled it and am back to ME for the time being (and that means I can't use the class specific software that drove me to upgrade in the first place). My port settings for COM1, COM2 and the modem's own COM3 have all remained at the Windows XP settings of 9600bps after re-setting my machine back to Windows ME. Those settings did not revert to the pre-upgrade states after uninstalling XP. Since reverting, I'm having no problems at all getting online (obviously). One thing I did notice when poking around in Windows XP is that there is no dial-up adaptor, and I was unable to install one or even find a mention of it in the Windows XP help file. Right now it's 12:07 AM on Monday morning. Happy Labor Day, everybody. If anyone can explain to me how to get dial-up networking to work through XP, given what I've said above, I'd appreciate it. I'm not in the mood to either drive to campus every day to do my homework, or drive to campus every day to check my email since XP won't let me get online. Damned if I do, damned if I don't. And here I thought Windows ME was bad :-) |
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