Hi,

I have an IBM thinkpad running Win200 pro and show a modem installed and
functioning properly as shown in Device Manager. I cannot see the dialup
adapter
entry in the networking section and cannot create a dialup connection to my
ISP.

Any clues as to why I don't have dialup adapter in my network section ?

Bill

I don't believe the modem will show up there - you need to use the
connection wizard to make a dial-up connection.

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"Bill Lampman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23x$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> Hi,
>
> I have an IBM thinkpad running Win200 pro and show a modem installed
> and
> functioning properly as shown in Device Manager. I cannot see the dialup
> adapter
> entry in the networking section and cannot create a dialup connection to
> my ISP.
>
> Any clues as to why I don't have dialup adapter in my network section ?
>
> Bill
>
>

I've tried internet connection wizard- I get through the whole

thing until it asks for a name. ANYTHING I type gives me the

error: "any characters can be used except for a leading <space>;

name invalid." I'm sure that the name is valid, but nothing I

type is accepted. Why?

"Richard G. Harper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>I don't believe the modem will show up there - you need to use the
>connection wizard to make a dial-up connection.
>
> --
> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (E-Mail Removed)
> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
> * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
> * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "Bill Lampman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23x$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an IBM thinkpad running Win200 pro and show a modem installed
>> and
>> functioning properly as shown in Device Manager. I cannot see the dialup
>> adapter
>> entry in the networking section and cannot create a dialup connection to
>> my ISP.
>>
>> Any clues as to why I don't have dialup adapter in my network section ?
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>
>

I don't know why this would be, and would suspect that dial-up networking is
damaged. Nor am I sure how one could fix this. Perhaps someone else can
chime in.

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* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
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"Bill Lampman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've tried internet connection wizard- I get through the whole
>
> thing until it asks for a name. ANYTHING I type gives me the
>
> error: "any characters can be used except for a leading <space>;
>
> name invalid." I'm sure that the name is valid, but nothing I
>
> type is accepted. Why?
>
> "Richard G. Harper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I don't believe the modem will show up there - you need to use the
>>connection wizard to make a dial-up connection.
>>
>> --
>> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (E-Mail Removed)
>> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
>> * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
>> * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
>> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>> "Bill Lampman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%23x$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have an IBM thinkpad running Win200 pro and show a modem installed
>>> and
>>> functioning properly as shown in Device Manager. I cannot see the dialup
>>> adapter
>>> entry in the networking section and cannot create a dialup connection to
>>> my ISP.
>>>
>>> Any clues as to why I don't have dialup adapter in my network section ?
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Sounds like a virus infection. Or maybe one of those stupid hacks that
some internet providers include in their setup software that prevents
users from creating their own generic internet connections.

"Richard G. Harper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I don't know why this would be, and would suspect that dial-up networking is
> damaged. Nor am I sure how one could fix this. Perhaps someone else can
> chime in.
>
> --
> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (E-Mail Removed)
> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
> * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
> * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "Bill Lampman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I've tried internet connection wizard- I get through the whole
> >
> > thing until it asks for a name. ANYTHING I type gives me the
> >
> > error: "any characters can be used except for a leading <space>;
> >
> > name invalid." I'm sure that the name is valid, but nothing I
> >
> > type is accepted. Why?
> >
> > "Richard G. Harper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>I don't believe the modem will show up there - you need to use the
> >>connection wizard to make a dial-up connection.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (E-Mail Removed)
> >> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
> >> * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
> >> * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
> >> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >>
> >>
> >> "Bill Lampman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:%23x$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I have an IBM thinkpad running Win200 pro and show a modem installed
> >>> and
> >>> functioning properly as shown in Device Manager. I cannot see the dialup
> >>> adapter
> >>> entry in the networking section and cannot create a dialup connection to
> >>> my ISP.
> >>>
> >>> Any clues as to why I don't have dialup adapter in my network section ?
> >>>
> >>> Bill
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

Bill Lampman wrote:
>
> I've tried internet connection wizard- I get through the whole
>
> thing until it asks for a name. ANYTHING I type gives me the
>
> error: "any characters can be used except for a leading <space>;
>
> name invalid." I'm sure that the name is valid, but nothing I
>
> type is accepted. Why?
>
> "Richard G. Harper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I don't believe the modem will show up there - you need to use the
> >connection wizard to make a dial-up connection.
> >
> > --
> > Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (E-Mail Removed)
> > * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
> > * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
> > * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
> > * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >
> >
> > "Bill Lampman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:%23x$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have an IBM thinkpad running Win200 pro and show a modem installed
> >> and
> >> functioning properly as shown in Device Manager. I cannot see the dialup
> >> adapter
> >> entry in the networking section and cannot create a dialup connection to
> >> my ISP.
> >>
> >> Any clues as to why I don't have dialup adapter in my network section ?
> >>
> >> Bill
> >>

Do you have SP4 installed? I had a problem like this show up when I
installed SP4.
Stan