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by bobhighland

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After working fine for years, my Win 98 PC is doing something I don't understand and am not sure where to look. Haven't changed the system in any way lately, but the problem started about two week ago. When I'm online to Internet (56K dialup to ISP)if I print anything (from Explorer browser, Word, anything) it screws up the connection - my modem continues to send but will not receive. It leaves dial up networking in a dodgy state (can't 'end task' properly) and I have to restart to be able to dial-up again. Any ideas much appreciated.

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by hotshot3000

It's possible that your dial-up networking settings have been corrupted. Make sure you have your Win98 CD handy, jot down the settings under dial-up networking properties for the ISP account you are accessing. Then delete all the dial-up networking references under My Network Places. When you reboot, you will be prompted to reinstall dial-up networking, or you can go back to My Network Places and add it back in.

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