Dial-up Components for Windows XP Machine

[Larry R Harrison Jr]

I have a machine of my mother-in-law's that has Windows XP. When I try to
create an internet connection under, the part where it asks how you get on
the Internet & so forth, and I say I am doing it manually etc etc, then when
it gets to the spot where it gives the options as to how, the ones for
connecting via a dialup modem are "dimmed out," not allowed.

I looked everywhere to see how to install dial-up networking components,
couldn't find a thing. Doing some searching at Google it mentions that XP
doesn't have an "installation" for dialup, and one person mentioned
downloading and running a program called WINSOCKXPFIX. I'm flat-out
confused.

Tips?

LRH

 

[Larry R Harrison Jr]

Maybe this is the fix?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q320558#appliesto

LRH

 

[Chuck]

I have a machine of my mother-in-law's that has Windows XP. When I try to
create an internet connection under, the part where it asks how you get on
the Internet & so forth, and I say I am doing it manually etc etc, then when
it gets to the spot where it gives the options as to how, the ones for
connecting via a dialup modem are "dimmed out," not allowed.

I looked everywhere to see how to install dial-up networking components,
couldn't find a thing. Doing some searching at Google it mentions that XP
doesn't have an "installation" for dialup, and one person mentioned
downloading and running a program called WINSOCKXPFIX. I'm flat-out
confused.

Tips?

LRH

Larry,

An LSP / Winsock corruption is a distant possibility, and if that's it, there
are several possible repair tools, only one being WinsockXPFix.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html

But checkout this article, and linked articles, first.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/11/lost-ability-to-create-new-network.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/11/lost-ability-to-create-new-network.html