I have had this problem in Win 98 and finally concluded that with a network
card installed, the dial-up settings always revert to "never dial a
connection". So to dial under this situation, I manually dial, then initiate
IE or whatever browser. I put a shortcut to the dial-up on the desktop to
make it easier.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Mentzer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 5:45 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Network Card Trashes WinME DilaUp Networking


> Hi Listers,
>
> I recently installed a 3Com network card in my Compaq Deskpro PIII 500
> running WinME. The install went fine, but after all was well hardwarewise,
> my internet apps (Foxfire, IE, Foxmail, etc.) could not "see" the dialup
> internet connection after connecting to my ISP normally. I also got some
> error messages from Avast AV and ZoneAlarm also. I called tech support at
> my ISP and he was able to correct my problem by deleting the  Winsock
> registry "folder" via Regedit and removing and reinstalling Dial Up
> Networking. All is back to normal but I removed the network card and I
> would like to install the network card again, but I am afraid I will have
> to go through the same rigamorole again, and maybe without success this
> time because of the presence of the network card. Can somebody help me
> with this? TIA.
>
> Regards,
> Dale Mentzer
>
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