Microsoft KB Archive/140208

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Cannot Use Both Dial-Up Networking and Direct Cable Connection

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Q140208

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95

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SYMPTOMS
You may experience either of the following symptoms:

  When you try to connect to a server or provider using Dial-Up Networking, you may receive the following error message:

Another Dial-Up Networking connection is active.

Disconnect the other connection, and then try again.

  When you try to establish a connection using Direct Cable Connection, you may receive the following error message:

Cannot connect to host computer. Make sure you have run Direct Cable Connection on the host computer and you have connected your cable to both computers.



CAUSE
Both Dial-Up Networking and Direct Cable Connection use the same network interface (Pppmac.vxd). You cannot have more than one instance of Pppmac.vxd running at one time.

RESOLUTION
Close Dial-Up Networking to run Direct Cable Connection, or close Direct Cable Connection to run Dial-Up Networking. You cannot run both at the same time.

Additional query words: dcc

Keywords : dun win95

Issue type :

Technology : kbWin95search kbWin95