dial up networking went away

[charlescpc]

I just put in a new motherboard and reloaded windows XP.
I had been running on it for about a week no errors.
I adjusted the fsb from 166 to 200.
I booted into xp and got an error message that it had to load a backup
copy of my register.
Everything seemed ok but I noticed when I checked my network connections my dial up connection was gone.

I was going to add it again manually, but in going through the wizard it dialed out and connected for me but there was no connection showing in network places.
When I go throught the wizard I have no option to make another dial up connection. I have the option to use a msn connection .

I can get on the internet but I can't make another dial up network connection.
I ran a restore to an earlier point but no luck.

Oh yea, I changed the fsb back to where it was before this happened.

I looked at microsoft knowledge and didn't see anything to help.
Any suggestions ??

Mother board is asus 17n8x-x xp2500

[NooNoo]

Uninstall the modem - preferably remove modem. Run SFC /scannow then reinstall modem with updated drivers.

[charlescpc]

ok thanks will give it a try when i get home.
Thanks

[craigmodius]

are you having the same sorta problem this guy in this other thread is describing.

I would say reinstall XP Service Pack 1, because it sounds like what you might get when someone does a system restore to a point previous to when service pack 1 was installed. (where you are not seeing network connections)

As linked in that other thread, see this mskb article.

[charlescpc]

hey,
That sounds exactly like the problem that im having. THANKS!
It shows up in device manager ok. But when I look in network places there are no other dial up icons available. And when I try to add a network place the options are greyed out. However then it does dial my dial up network and I connect.

And it did happen after I did a restore. I didn't think to mentions that I did'nt think that was a problem.

I have a dsl modem that connects like a dial up so I will just download sp1 or reload it.

Hey Thanks you guys!! You all are great and have saved me a bunch of time and headaches.... I appreciat it..

[charlescpc]

Hey,
I had downloaded sp1. Can I just reload it from my disk or do I need to download it again from microsoft ?
And what do I need to do to reload it. I see the directory that sp1 is in.
I can do it either way but doing it from my drive would be a bit faster..

[NooNoo]

It should reload from your hard disk ok.

[slgrieb]

I do believe craigmodius has most likely nailed the cause of the problem. But, I would also suggest running Ad Aware or Spybot. I just finished removing 3 different porn dialers from a computer, and all the conflicts caused a similar prblem to the one you described. Ah, the joys of drive-by downloads.

[charlescpc]

Well, that didn't fix it.
I tried what NOO NOO said first.
THen I tried the registry hack from the link craig sent me.
Then I unistalled service pack one.
I had downloaded service pack one and was in the process of the install when my system got rebooted by my daughter when I stepped away.

So, I have a mess now. It won't even go into safe mode or I can go to a "last know restore point.

I'll just start reloading windows from scratch.

But thanks for the help. I thought this one was figured out.....

Thanks again

[NooNoo]

ouch
Just install inplace... and then apply sp1 and the other hotfixes.