I am having trouble creating a dial up connection on a windows xp machine.
Have run the Internet connection wizard (start > run > inetwiz), it goes through the motions asking for number to dial, username and password etc. On the last step 3of3 it asks for a name for that connection. Whatever I type it fails. I get the error "connection to XXX is not a valid name. The entry name must contain at least one character that is not a space and cannot begin with a period. Choose a different name". No matter what is inserted here it fails with the above error.
I have also tried start > control panel > network connections > create a new connection. The new connection wizard appears. It asks for network connection type (connect to the internet), setup my connection manually, the next step is to select how you want to connect to the internet. The only option that is available is "connect using a broadband connection" when I am trying to get it to dial using a 56k analog modem (device mangler shows it as installed and I have even tried a different modem and removing and re-installing the modems).
I have checked the microsoft knowledge base and it suggested deleteing the telephony key and repairing xp. Have done so but still the same.
Any help would be greatly appreciated on this one as I am stuck!
Have run the Internet connection wizard (start > run > inetwiz), it goes through the motions asking for number to dial, username and password etc. On the last step 3of3 it asks for a name for that connection. Whatever I type it fails. I get the error "connection to XXX is not a valid name. The entry name must contain at least one character that is not a space and cannot begin with a period. Choose a different name". No matter what is inserted here it fails with the above error.
I have also tried start > control panel > network connections > create a new connection. The new connection wizard appears. It asks for network connection type (connect to the internet), setup my connection manually, the next step is to select how you want to connect to the internet. The only option that is available is "connect using a broadband connection" when I am trying to get it to dial using a 56k analog modem (device mangler shows it as installed and I have even tried a different modem and removing and re-installing the modems).
I have checked the microsoft knowledge base and it suggested deleteing the telephony key and repairing xp. Have done so but still the same.
Any help would be greatly appreciated on this one as I am stuck!
