Shortcut For New Dial-Up Connection

[Tiziano]

Whenever I use the New Connection Wizard to set up a dial-up connection to
the internet, it will not allow me to create a shortcut of the connection on
the desktop. The error message says: "Unable to create the specified
connection. This can be caused by insufficient memory or not enough disk
space".

I have plenty of memory (1.52 GB) and disk space (20.8 GB free)...

Does anyone know what I need to do? I am using Win Xp Pro, SP 2.

Thanks.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

Whenever I use the New Connection Wizard to set up a dial-up connection
to the internet, it will not allow me to create a shortcut of the
connection on the desktop. The error message says: "Unable to create
the specified connection. This can be caused by insufficient memory
or not enough disk space".

Control Panel > Network Connections. Drag the created dial-up connection
onto the desktop.

 

[Tiziano]

Hi, Detlev.
My problem is that I get the error message when I try to save the
newly-created dial-up connection. As a result the Network Connections
window is blank...

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

Hi, Detlev.
My problem is that I get the error message when I try to save the
newly-created dial-up connection. As a result the Network Connections
window is blank...

Did you scan the system for malware?
Any Norton/Symantec products installed?
Are more detailled entries in the event viewer?

 

[Tiziano]

Detlev:
* Yes, I scan daily for malware;
* Yes, I have Norton Antivirus installed;
* I don't know how to use Event Viewer.

Thanks.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

Detlev:
* Yes, I scan daily for malware;
Okay.

* Yes, I have Norton Antivirus installed;

Not okay. Symantec software is well known to cause all kinds of
problems. If I were you, I'd uninstall any Norton software - to disable
is not sufficient in most cases.

* I don't know how to use Event Viewer.

Start > Run: eventvwr.exe

 

[Stan Weiss]

Whenever I use the New Connection Wizard to set up a dial-up connection to
the internet, it will not allow me to create a shortcut of the connection on
the desktop. The error message says: "Unable to create the specified
connection. This can be caused by insufficient memory or not enough disk
space".

I have plenty of memory (1.52 GB) and disk space (20.8 GB free)...

Does anyone know what I need to do? I am using Win Xp Pro, SP 2.

Thanks.

Have you ever been able to do this on that machine? If the answer is
yes, have you installed an service packs or updates recently
Stan

 

[Tiziano]

Well, I upgraded to Windows XP Pro SP2 from Windows 2000 Pro... The dialer
was working fine when I had Win2k.

 

[Joe]

Well, I upgraded to Windows XP Pro SP2 from Windows 2000 Pro... The dialer
was working fine when I had Win2k.

Here's from a post I found:

Some Network and Dial-Up Connections Icons May Be Missing
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q254631/