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by tas113

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First, the error I get is "It is impossible to disconnect at this time. The connection is currently busy with a connect or disconnect operation." Running Windows XP Home on all 3 computers on my home network. Client computers connect to the internetvia a dial-up connection through the host computer. Both clients can connect to the internet through their computers, but the one client computer comes up with the error when trying to disconnect.I have reinstalled the internet connection wizard forXP and still the same thing.I figure the problem must be on the client computer, but I am missing something. Any ideas?

TIA

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by qballrail

Make sure the client computer's modem does not have an open port. Also check the machine in question. If both can independantly connect, why are you sharing the connection with the host? There may be some obscure sharing violation. Did you try another modem? It may have not reset properly. Open a terminal window and enter the following command: atz --what that will do is reset the modem to original factory specs. Also, did you format your drives for NTFS or FAT32? Could make a difference. If you can obtain a copy of XP Pro, it might also be to your advantage. Oddly, XP Home has demonstrated many instabilities and bugs Pro has not.

Good luck!

by tas113

Neither of the client computers have a modem. They connect via the host computer's modem so all 3 can be on the net at the same time.Clients can control the dial-up connection through their computers. As for the formatted hard drives are all FAT32.Why the one client won't allow the disconnect is the problem. (Any clearer?) Thanks for your input!

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