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Chuck
Flightless Bird
On 10/13/2010 80 PM, Valorie *~~ wrote:
> "NQ" <NQ@midwest.com> wrote in message
> news:i95bup$i53$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> On 10/13/2010 3:48 PM, Valorie *~~ wrote:
>>> Both laptop and desktop Vista PCs, including the new W-7 will no longer
>>> work with dial-up. What MS update did this to our 3 PCs? Yes, it still
>>> works on XP but we don't use the old XP PC anymore. How do we get
>>> dial-up back on Vista and W-7?
>>
>> What updates did you install ? nobody in here knows exactly which
>> updates you installed so how can anybody tell you which one might of
>> caused your problem.
>
> The PC is set to auto-update MS security updates. We didn't install
> anything on any of the non-XP machines in weeks. The XP machines are fine.
>
>>
>> If you don't know where to find the latest updates installed then go
>> to your Start search box and type in Windows Update,after that window
>> open click onto View update history and then post which updates were
>> installed yesterday.
>
> We already did that and removed the MS updates but that didn't help, nor
> did system restores on the 2 Vista and 1 W-7 machine. Again, both XP PCs
> are fine and still see their modems.
>
>
This sounds like the user wants to use dial up networking. The modem
seems to work as a modem, based upon the log data.
It sounds like dial up networking was never setup.
It's been a bit since I got into this, but as I remember there was some
strangeness in the setups when Both ethernet/USB networking and dial up
networking were used on the same P/C.
When our cable ISP still had standby dialup, we used a router with an
external modem that automatically did all the work. Only some of the
laptops were setup for ethernet, wireless, or dial up.
Some of the older laptop internal modems and even USR internal card P/C
modems just don't work well with win 7 and vista. Some newer laptops had
new modem drivers (mostly registry entry changes)for Vista/Win7.
I have one HP laptop running Vista that I'd really like to change to
Win7, but Win 7 drivers were never released for things like the display,
modem, touchpad, wireless, and the ethernet I/O.
It supposedly can be reverted to WinXP, but I'd have to get a full copy
of XP with a new key for it. Supposedly, the XP drivers are still
available.The XP Disks/CDs I have are all original release, and
difficult to install & update with Sata HDs. Even the keys are so old
that they will not work with a new install of XP SP2? versions.
As far as Vista goes, if the system was supplied with Vista, and the
modem worked, it should still work. You may have redo the network setup.
Also, with Satellite ISPs via a modem, you can run into timeout
problems, and need to do custom modem setups to overcome the problems.
> "NQ" <NQ@midwest.com> wrote in message
> news:i95bup$i53$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> On 10/13/2010 3:48 PM, Valorie *~~ wrote:
>>> Both laptop and desktop Vista PCs, including the new W-7 will no longer
>>> work with dial-up. What MS update did this to our 3 PCs? Yes, it still
>>> works on XP but we don't use the old XP PC anymore. How do we get
>>> dial-up back on Vista and W-7?
>>
>> What updates did you install ? nobody in here knows exactly which
>> updates you installed so how can anybody tell you which one might of
>> caused your problem.
>
> The PC is set to auto-update MS security updates. We didn't install
> anything on any of the non-XP machines in weeks. The XP machines are fine.
>
>>
>> If you don't know where to find the latest updates installed then go
>> to your Start search box and type in Windows Update,after that window
>> open click onto View update history and then post which updates were
>> installed yesterday.
>
> We already did that and removed the MS updates but that didn't help, nor
> did system restores on the 2 Vista and 1 W-7 machine. Again, both XP PCs
> are fine and still see their modems.
>
>
This sounds like the user wants to use dial up networking. The modem
seems to work as a modem, based upon the log data.
It sounds like dial up networking was never setup.
It's been a bit since I got into this, but as I remember there was some
strangeness in the setups when Both ethernet/USB networking and dial up
networking were used on the same P/C.
When our cable ISP still had standby dialup, we used a router with an
external modem that automatically did all the work. Only some of the
laptops were setup for ethernet, wireless, or dial up.
Some of the older laptop internal modems and even USR internal card P/C
modems just don't work well with win 7 and vista. Some newer laptops had
new modem drivers (mostly registry entry changes)for Vista/Win7.
I have one HP laptop running Vista that I'd really like to change to
Win7, but Win 7 drivers were never released for things like the display,
modem, touchpad, wireless, and the ethernet I/O.
It supposedly can be reverted to WinXP, but I'd have to get a full copy
of XP with a new key for it. Supposedly, the XP drivers are still
available.The XP Disks/CDs I have are all original release, and
difficult to install & update with Sata HDs. Even the keys are so old
that they will not work with a new install of XP SP2? versions.
As far as Vista goes, if the system was supplied with Vista, and the
modem worked, it should still work. You may have redo the network setup.
Also, with Satellite ISPs via a modem, you can run into timeout
problems, and need to do custom modem setups to overcome the problems.