no dial-up connection dialog in XP Pro SP2

[sybernut]

Hello

My 1st post here, this site sure has many XP posts...

I have set up for DSL access on both my old XP Home Ed and new XP Pro SP2 computers, as per the following link: http://service.sympatico.ca/index.cfm?method=content.view&category_id=98&conte nt_id=1158, which seems a pretty standard method. I have specified 'dial whenever a network connection is not present' in e.g. IE > Tools > Internet Options > Connections. This gives me a 'not always on' DSL connection which I prefer for security reasons.

Now, whenever a pgm like IE or Outlook needs the net, on my XP Home Ed I manually connect via a 'Dial-Up Connection' prompt. This has worked flawlessly for years. This behaviour is flaky under XP Pro SP2, however: most of the time the pgm (I have tried IE and Outlook only) just sits and waits w/o any prompt... at other times, it works. If I 1st activate the connection via the ISP's shortcut (Connect), everything is fine but I do prefer the prompt (I can also auto-logout an idle connection in this way).

Of course, both the computer mfg. and ISP help lines are clueless...

Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any and all help.

regards,

Sy

[Zero]

Uninstall SP2, its nothing but trouble
If that still doesn't work, put a shortcut of the connction on you desktop, which would make it almost effortless to connect.