Re: New Connection Greyed Out

Kentucky wrote:
Sorry Malke, this article is nothing to do with the problem. I am talking about creating a new dial up connection before even entering Windows. There is an option to do this when selecting log on using dial up, but it is greyed out.

"Malke" wrote:

Kentucky wrote:
When selecting "Log on using dial up" from the stadard Windows xp login screen the "New..." option is greyed out. Why is this? Is it something controlled by the local group policy and if so where?
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320558 - Dial-up Modem or PPP0e Option in New Connection Wizard is Unavailable

Addendum - I just reread your original post and realized that you are trying to dial up to join a domain. Sorry for my misreading and please disregard my previous post. I've never used this dialup function because all the domains I've set up use broadband networking for a WAN. I did Google for "cannot set connection to dial up to a domain" and got a few possible links to follow.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=cannot+set+connection+to+dial+up+to+a+domain&btnG=Google+Search

If they aren't helpful, then all I can suggest is:

1. Ask your IT Dept. to deal with this.
2. Call Microsoft tech support for servers - expensive but excellent.
3. Post in one of the server newsgroups - http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups


I'm sorry that I was unable to help you.


Malke
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