Re: How to replace a 1394 connection by a DialUp connection

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From: Jack (www.ezlan.net)
Date: 10/14/04 

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:41:28 -0400

Hi
Disable it in the Device Manager.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"P. Jayant" <pjayant@sancharnet.in> wrote in message
news:#qQqFmZsEHA.3320@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> I have a totally different problem but this posting tells me that my
problem
> may have something to do with the 1394 connectivity. So I am posting this
as
> a comment and a question.
>
> I have not been able to use the Dialup Connection icon for connecting to
my
> I S P. But if I open O. E. and ask it to connect, it can open the Dialup
> Connection dialog and I get connected too my I S P alright. I have tried
to
> use the Network connection for setting up an Internet Account with my I S
P
> but Windows XP does not allow me to proceed with that approach.
>
> However, in the Network Connections dialog, there are no Properties for
the
> I S P entry, even though it is there. But there are Properties for the
1394
> connection. The device Manager shows a 1394 Network Adapter of Microsoft.
> But there is no firewire card installed by me on my computer. Is this
> Microsoft activated 1394 device not letting the Dialup Connection become
> active?
>
> I am wondering if I could remove the 1394 connection from the list of
> Devices and whether by doing so, would Windows XP then automatically
> recognize my Network Connection as a Dialup connection? Or would it permit
> me to configure a new Dialup connection to my I S P?
>
> P. Jayant
>
>

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