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problem with dial up connection

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/problem-with-dial-up-connection.80467/

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prakashr85 Original post #1
Feb 17, 2008 at 1:19 PM
am connecting internet through my mobile with winxp sp2 and now i formatted my system and installed winxp sp3 now dial up connection is not working show error as 718 remote computer is not responding in a timely manner but now i tried in winxp sp2 its connecting without any problem but not working in sp3 am sure that installed the proper driver and turned off firewall what may be the problem
ravi_9793
Feb 17, 2008 at 8:28 PM
Its because your windows XP SP3 is not genuine and contains many unwanted scripts.
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Feb 17, 2008 at 11:50 PM
any other way to over come this problem
ravi_9793
Feb 18, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Install windows SP2
The Outsider
Feb 18, 2008 at 5:57 AM
afaik, 718 is a serverside problem, it should fix itself.