I am having the same problem but am a step or two ahead
The issue is a known problem and is because you need to re-
install SP1 for XP (see the knowledge base Q329441). That
will fix the problem. The next problem I have run into is
that now the DSL modem is lost and wont re-install. As
soon as SP1a is uninstalled - it all comes back again but
no remote connection!!
Hope it helps you and if you can get beyond the bit I am
at - please post

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi David -
>
>Try starting those services. Go to Start --Run--type in
services.msc, click
>ok and in the right side panel, navigate to those two
services. If it says
>they're stopped, start them by right-clicking or double-
clicking. I'm not
>sure that this is the problem, but it's worth a try.
>
>Post back and let us know.
>Newtechie
>
>"David" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>> After an XP reinstall reccommended by Dell I lost all my
>> dial-up-networks and am unable to start Remote Access
>> Connection Manager (get error message 5: Access denied)
>> or Remote Access Auto Connection Mananger (Error 1086)
>> under services. This means I am unable to use the
>> connection wizard to set new dial-up-connection. Can
>> anyone help with this Thanks, David
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