Cannot create VPN connection anymore

[Guest]

I once had a stable, useful VPN connection to work. One day the icon
disappeared, and when I went to reconfigure for a new VPN connection, the
options are greyed out. That is, I following the instructions on how to
create a VPN--create a new connection | connect to the network at my
workplace--the option for VPN is not selectable (incidentally, neither is
dial up). I unfortunately have no idea what changed. I have uninstalled SP2
because of the bad press about VPN and SP2, but still no improvement.

I am running XP Home with SP1 and several Hotfixes on an AMD Athlon 2200+
with 512MB of memory and plenty of HD space. I connect without a glitch to
the internet via a netgear router and cable modem. I have opened and
forwarded port 1723 to the machine I am using to try to make the connection.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

I once had a stable, useful VPN connection to work. One day the icon
disappeared, and when I went to reconfigure for a new VPN connection,
the options are greyed out. That is, I following the instructions on
how to create a VPN--create a new connection | connect to the network
at my workplace--the option for VPN is not selectable (incidentally,
neither is dial up). I unfortunately have no idea what changed. I
have uninstalled SP2 because of the bad press about VPN and SP2, but
still no improvement.

I am running XP Home with SP1 and several Hotfixes on an AMD Athlon
2200+ with 512MB of memory and plenty of HD space. I connect without
a glitch to the internet via a netgear router and cable modem. I have
opened and forwarded port 1723 to the machine I am using to try to
make the connection.

I don't mean to bounce you around, but you might get a faster answer if you
post this question to the
news://microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web newsgroup.