Unable to create new dial-up connection
For some strange reason after a re-boot my dial-up connection icon no longer exsists! I tried re-creating the connection but when i get to step three where it wants me to name the connection it wont accept the default name or any name i attempt to enter.
For some strange reason after a re-boot my dial-up connection icon no longer exsists!
I tried re-creating the connection but when i get to step three where it wants me to name the connection it wont accept the default name or any name i attempt to enter.....it wont accept anything.
It responds "'blah' is not a valid name. The entry name must contain at least one character that is not a space and cannot begin with a period. Choose a different name."
I have recently added SP2.
Help!
I tried re-creating the connection but when i get to step three where it wants me to name the connection it wont accept the default name or any name i attempt to enter.....it wont accept anything.
It responds "'blah' is not a valid name. The entry name must contain at least one character that is not a space and cannot begin with a period. Choose a different name."
I have recently added SP2.
Help!
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Win2k.
But never mind, i finally worked it out......
Interesting to....
I turned off my event logging service and thats when my dial-up icon dissappeared (after a re-boot). I found out it was the event logging service completely by mistake.
I did a text search on 'chello2k' (the name of the missing icon) on my system drive and it turned up a file name called 'rasphone.pbk' thinking my answer layed in this file i tried to run it and it wouldn't let me because the event logging service was not running. So i turned it back on so i could access the file and lo-and-behold my icon magically re-appeared. Strange huh? (i'll find out why one day so it wont seem so strange)
Anyone know why rasphone.pbk is dependant on event logging running?
But never mind, i finally worked it out......
Interesting to....
I turned off my event logging service and thats when my dial-up icon dissappeared (after a re-boot). I found out it was the event logging service completely by mistake.
I did a text search on 'chello2k' (the name of the missing icon) on my system drive and it turned up a file name called 'rasphone.pbk' thinking my answer layed in this file i tried to run it and it wouldn't let me because the event logging service was not running. So i turned it back on so i could access the file and lo-and-behold my icon magically re-appeared. Strange huh? (i'll find out why one day so it wont seem so strange)
Anyone know why rasphone.pbk is dependant on event logging running?
Well, MS wants you to do an in place upgrade, but I got the problem AFTER I did an in-place upgrade (because of a new motherboard). Here's the fix that worked for me: "garethcummings" solution to the same problem on experts-exchange.com http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Q_20803479.html
Deleting these two keys - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RasMan\PPP\EAP\25
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RasMan\PPP\EAP\26
did the trick. Read the whole solution, though.
One caveat: it took literally a couple of minutes after I rebooted before the machine responded - it seemed to "freeze", although I still had mouse movement. After this period, though, my previously "lost" connection reappeared, and I didn't have to set up a new connection.
Deleting these two keys - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RasMan\PPP\EAP\25
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RasMan\PPP\EAP\26
did the trick. Read the whole solution, though.
One caveat: it took literally a couple of minutes after I rebooted before the machine responded - it seemed to "freeze", although I still had mouse movement. After this period, though, my previously "lost" connection reappeared, and I didn't have to set up a new connection.
