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204651 2004-01-01 01:48:00 Why in "New connection Wizard" the "Dial-up connection" is disabled,(grayed out)? Can anyone help? Thanks, Taly. Taly (4598)
204652 2004-01-01 02:10:00 try going into control panel, system, device manager. make sure your modem is installed and doesn't have a yellow circle with a black exclimation mark in it. that means it doesn't have drivers, or the drivers or the device itself isn't compatible with the os. also try getting the latest drivers from the net. it can be a little hard without a connection so get a friend to download them and put them on cd/floppy. Megaman (344)
204653 2004-01-01 02:39:00 What OS are you using. Jim B (153)
204654 2004-01-01 04:56:00 Hi Megaman and Jim-B! Thanks! OS is WinXP Home, on Pent2 450MHZ, 192RAM. All worked ok, then Blast worm got in, but after was removed and sys was repair reinstalled, lots of things dont work. Taly (4598)
204655 2004-01-01 05:02:00 This has popped up here before and i have experienced it as well,Some causes are after appliing sp1,installing an update,going back to a restore point and/or choosing last good settings from the boot menu.

The windows database lists it as a corupt registry and has instructuioins for finxing it,ill go see if i can track it down.
metla (154)
204656 2004-01-01 05:08:00 I think this may be the relevent info...

support.microsoft.com
metla (154)
204657 2004-01-01 06:14:00 I have yet to see that MS KB article fix that problem but you never know your luck.

You may have to reinstall XP
Jim B (153)
204658 2004-01-01 09:15:00 Lol.

I agree.

Stiil,just trying not to make the first bit of advice a call for a re-install.
metla (154)
204659 2004-01-01 10:42:00 try google " create new dailup connection greyed out" or Ms support site
I had the same problem and found the solution there but im sorry I cant remember the url or the fix, But I do remember it was a currupt system file which had to be renamed, which is then recreated on bootup of the machine
good luck
beama (111)
204660 2004-01-01 11:40:00 Try a reformat or reinstall Dial-up Connections.

Or am I thinking of windows 98...?:|
hamstar (4)
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