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WinXP Connectivity Issues
Getting the Network Wizard to Run to Completion by bcastner
Posted: 4 Jun 04 (Edited 6 Jun 04)
The Network Wizard is an often maligned aspect of XP. While you can do manually everything the Wizard accomplishes, it does do a competent job of setting up a new network connection. Unfortunately, it is cranky at times. The following are workarounds developed by myself and others (notably Ken Wickes) for common problems with the Wizard running to completion:. Call the Wizard directly: Start,Run, rundll32 hnetwiz.dll HomeNetWizardRunDll. Try re-registering some key .DLLs: Start, Run, cmd (type these entries one at a time) regsvr32 %windir%\system32\atl.dll regsvr32 %windir%\system32\netshell.dll regsvr32 %windir%\system32\netcfgx.dll regsvr32 %windir%\system32\netman.dll And then reboot. Test.. The Spooler service can sometimes interfere with the Wizard. Start, Run, net stop spooler Now try the Wizard. At the end, restart the Spooler Service: Start, Run, net start spooler. Missing files It does happen. Start, Run, sfc /Scannow Have your XP CD handy. Best, Bill Castner
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