Re: trouble with win xp sp2

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From: pascal chantriaux (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/03/05


Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 08:08:23 -0800


>-----Original Message-----
>On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 07:09:07 -0800, pascal chantriaux wrote:
>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 06:19:49 -0800, pascal chantriaux wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I work with netmeeting connecting 2 computers by phone
line
>>>> and modems without internet. The first computer is
>>>> configured with a incomming connexion. The second computer
>>>> dials up to connect to the first computer. Then the second
>>>> computer establish the netmeeting connexion using the
first
>>>> computer name.
>>>>
>>>> I used this process hundred times with two windows xp sp1
>>>> computers and all worked fine every time.
>>>>
>>>> I've updated the first computer to windows xp sp2 and
now I
>>>> encounter big troubles. No problem with the computer
>>>> connexion but :
>>>> - the netmeeting connexion is slow
>>>> - sometines the connexion of the two whiteboards is
slow or
>>>> impossible
>>>> - when I disconnect netmeeting from the second
computer, it
>>>> seems that the first one doesn't know that the
connexion is
>>>> closed
>>>> - sound delay or losses
>>>> - etc...
>>>>
>>>> It seems that these troubles are not related to
windows sp2
>>>> firewall (I shut down firewall and nothing changed).
>>>> Moreover they are random troubles, sometimes they appear
>>>> sometimes no.
>>>>
>>>> I tried to change the services configuration but I didn't
>>>> find a sure solution : sometimes adding a service seems to
>>>> solve the problem but when I try again the troubles appear
>>>> again.
>>>>
>>>> So, my questions are :
>>>> - what services are necessary for netmeeting with sp2?
>>>> - what services are harmful to netmmeting with sp2 ?
>>>> - did the troubles come from the fact that one computer is
>>>> under sp1 and the other is under sp2 ? (but I worked with
>>>> success with netmeeting between xp sp1 and win 95 !)
>>>> - perhaps another configuration problem ?
>>>>
>>>
>>>A common problem on upgrade to SP2 is caused by the
>> enabling on the "QoS
>>>Packet Scheduler" for the connection. I am not sure if
>> that could be an
>>>issue here (I am not even sure if it can be used on a dial
>> up connection)
>>>but it might be worth looking at.
>>>(http://radio.weblogs.com/0127028/2004/10/18.html has some
>> information on
>>>disabling).
>>
>> I noticed that, in the incomming connection properties, the
>> QoS service box was shadowed. So I'm not sure that it's
>> possible to disallow it.
>
>
>And on the outgoing connection?
>

It's also shadowed for the outgoing connection. It seems
that QoS is needed for a direct connection by modem between
two computers : the box of QoS is checked and shadowed in
the connection properties window of the two computers.

Pascal



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