Windows xpe dial up networking problems
- From: "sildargod" <sildargod@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 6 Feb 2006 05:37:20 -0800
Hi all,
having started work in the thin client systems arena, i have
encountered a wonderful bug in a large section of the thin clients
being produced - the networking has been cut and slashed to shreds.
my initial problem was simply, trying to install a generic modem driver
in order to attach my wavecom gprs modem. the problem? there is no
generic modem driver on xpe.. there are NO modem drivers. at least not
on this version (this is manufacturer standard incidently, i had
changed no settings by this point)
finally, after battling to get a modem installed, i got one up and
running, setup on com3 without any complaints, conflicts or major
issues. it recognised in the device manager as active and was able to
be used.
upon creating a dial up connection using the windows wizard, it
immediately became unavailable - the error message being "unavailable -
device missing." this was before i got to check or change any settings
on the account. when i checked the properties of the dial up
connection, in the modem field it read "modem removed - missing device
(com 1)"
this, despite there being a functional modem set up on com3.
i then went to the groups and have had no luck finding any solutions to
this problem.. my suspicion is that the networking has not been
installed properly, which would result in a reload of xp. however, this
is not xp, this is xp embedded.. no way i can do a recovery install.
this happens on every unit i've tried so far, so it's not isolated.
in desperation, i followed a microsoft support base articles advice
which had a step requiring the clearing of the autodiscovery/autopurge
information in the registry, which landed up in a unit bluescreening on
boot! the exact stop message being 0x0000007f (faulty drivers - always
a possibility, though i haven't done any driver installations beyond
the modem, overclocking - not possible as none had been done, or faulty
components - unlikely due to it occuring after a software change)
so, i'm one thin client pc less, and no joy yet. my apologies for the
long post, but i wanted to detail the fact that i have taken steps to
resolve this without joy, including having a look at many posts on the
board.
further information -
modem is external wavecom fastrack gprs radio
have connected to com1 with no joy (modem detects, dun doesn't)
have connected to com3 via a usb to rs232 converter with no joy (modem
detects, dun doesn't)
have connected the modem to a pc, running xp sp2 and it connects
perfectly.
tried to create a pppoe connection, but it yields the same problem
(unavailable device on com1)
have checked registry entries in telephony, searched for entries
containing modem com port.
have used the gpe to check the default internet connection settings
ensured that the appropriate services were running.
ensured that tcpip connections were working on the onboard lan
anything beyond this is beyond me.
help!
Regards,
Kaleem
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