How do you kill dial up when DSL loaded?

MY DSL ISP supplies a dial up connection for use if DSL line goes down.

All worked fine until a couple of days ago. Now, when opening Outlook Express, clicking a link there, or opening Internet Explorer, the popup for dialup appears, wants to know if I want to connect, cancel or continue working offline.

Well, I'm connected to DSL.

In dial up properties, connections, I have reset the connection options to "Never Dial a Connection" so many times it is getting really tedious. It just keeps resetting itself to "Dial whenever an network connection is not present "

Somewhere, something is not recognizing that the machine is connected. Or maybe some program that wants to connect can't see the DSL line. I've looked everywhere I can think of and can't find anything specific.

In event properties I found the following:

"Source: Service Control Manager
Category: None
Type: Error Event Id: 7000
User: N/A
Computer: Catastrophy (I named it correctly)
Description:
The Aspi32 service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified. "

And:

"Service Control Manager
Category: None
Type: Error Event ID: 7000
User: N/A
Computer: Catastrophy
Description:
The UDNT service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the device specified. "

Get these two each time I re-boot and on a prior boot, in addition:

"Source: Userenv
Category: None
Type: Warning Event ID: 1517
User: NT AUTOHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: Catastrophy
Description:
Windows saved user CATASTROPHY\my name registry while an application or service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account. try configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or NetworkService account. "

I don't know if these errors have anything to do with what's going on in Dial Up, but I'd like to fix them too if possible.

As ever, any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

Martin

 

ASPI32 explanation and driver sources.

UDNT service failure should mean the system is trying to load a umax scanner and not having much luck.

The userenv error should clear if you log on as a different user than you usually do. If necessary create a new user and then log on as that user.

If you are running a good firewall, the firewall log files should show exactly what application/service/whatever is trying to connect when you get the dial-up attempt.

 

Thanks Newt, I downloaded the ASPI.dll file and copied it into my system 32 folder. Got message: do you want to replace existing with this one? Selected yes. Rebooted machine, same error message. Downloaded their ASPI_YOU file, unzipped and ran. Get a dos screen which appears to list all the drives on this machine, goes by very fast, %of a second, ran it 10 times to get the gist only, pause key does not stop it. I don't see any error messages on it.
What am I doing wrong now??

Scanner: have HP scanner, this is the second scanner I have owned. Last one was an HP also. But I remember a long time ago seeing something about loading umax drivers. Too long ago, since I can hardly remember what I did this morning!

Device manager says HP scanner, driver files windows system 32\DRIVERS\usbscan.sys I don't know of any leftovers from umax or where to even look.

Will have to reload Zone Alarm again, uninstalled as I could not access other computers on network with it running, could not get it configured to allow network. Using native Windows firewall only + the D-Link access point, supposed to be pretty secure?

As to the userenv error, If I set up a different user account, log on as that user, then go back to my own, will that do away with the error there?

Thanks again for your help.

Edit: Searching for UMAX on machine, found in registry:

Left Pane:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
System
Control Set 001
Control
ScsiPort
Special Target List
Scanner umax_Astra_1200

Right Pane:
(Default) Reg_SZ (value not set)
SetLunInCdb Reg_DWORD 0X00000001(1)

There are multiple entries for Scanner umax_Astra_XXXX along with other scanners listed, all with the same right pane entries.

Then did a system seach and found 7 .dll files and 1 .sys files like this: umaxxxx.dll the last 3 xs being various numbers or letters in the driver cache and duplicated in "last good system "




Martin

 

Taking things slightly out of order here.

Control Set 001 is a safety copy and the one that will load if you boot and select 'last known good ... ". The one you are using at any given time is Current Control Set. When you reboot, the present Current Control Set will be saved as Control Set 001 and your present Control Set 001 will be renamed to Control Set 002.

But my guess is that you would find the same trash in your CCS. If so, I'd make a safety copy of the registry and then get rid of any references to the umax critter from wherever you find them. Just delete the key from the left side.

Likewise and for safety, I'd rename any umaxxxx files to something like trash-umaxxxx (same name but with the trash- added to the front so you can find and rename them if something blows up.

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Open a DOS window with start~run~cmd and then run the ASPI_YOU utility. You will see the list. If you want, piping the output to a text file rather than the screen will give you plenty of time to look it over.
ASPI_YOU > c:\aspi.txt will do it.

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ZA has been behaving badly on some XP systems for some reason that is either unknown or else known only to the ZA folks and they ain't talking. Were it me I'd change firewalls. Kerio behaves well and from what I'm told they still offer a free version and a "pro" version for around $45 or so. I'm in the process of buying a new router/switch just to get the built-in hardware firewall. I will then do away with all software firewall products. Faster, fewer errors, much harder for a virus to disable, yada, yada, yada (to quote one of my offspring).

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If you log on as a different user, the OS can do any needed housekeeping on your real user profile so when you log back on as you, all should be well.

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I'll bet you expected a short answser when you posted this topic.

 

Newt: I do not think you are long winded at all!

I do miss the picture of the fish. But got a pond with Rainbows almost that big. If you're in the neighborhood, come by and catch a couple.

Anyhow, I'm missing something in start~run~cmd, can't figure out how to phrase the command to make it run from that mode. File burried in Desktop~Icons~Downloads~ASPI_YOU. A little more help? Trade for fish?

Didn't do registry yet, will after I figure out what is causing ASPI error message. Will also let user problem go 'till after.

I have Nero Burning Rom on this machine, figure the ASPI problem the most serious, notice when using Nero, seems lots slower recording to DVD than previously, don't know if this ASPI deal is an influence.

You said your new router/switch will enable you to do away with software firewall. What about your previous advice about outgoing, will it be handled??

Thanks Newt

Martin

 

Martin,

Might want to be careful about advertising that! You may have a van load of folks from Indiana show up at your place, poles in hand.

As for the troubles with start~run~cmd. Click start then run and type in cmd.........hope that's what you meant. (I had a bit of trouble following Newts instructions where he uses the ~ at first also. You'll get accustomed to it. No offense Newt! )

 

Hey Dave: You guys will make a geek out of me yet.

I have no problem getting the command window open to a C prompt, it's what comes next after>

Tell those Indiana folks to come on down, weather is a little better here.

Martin

 

You'll probably need to put in the entire path name to the file rather than just the file name so if it's
c:\program files\strange stuff\ASPI_YOU.exe
then use that.

Lots of the newer SOHO router switches have a good two-way stateful firewall built in. Linksys has a version almost identical to mine but with the firewall and with better VPN pass-thru handling and I'm in need of both right now. I just got high speed remote access to work but I gotta unhook my router and plug the dang laptop directly into the DSL modem for it to work. Grrrr

 

Newt: Hope you get your new router/switch soon before some nasty catches you unguarded. But I'll bet you're running a software firewall for now.

Anyhow, I was able to open the ASPI_YOU file through command prompt, it listed all of the drives on this machine, but that's it, did not indicate any errors. I was under the impression it was a repair tool, but I guess not. I restarted the machine after running it, no change, same error message in system event properties.

As you know, I had downloaded the ASPI.dll from that site and replaced the existing one in system32. I wonder if I need to put a copy somewhere else?

Thanks for your help, I'm beginning to doubt if this is worth all the effort being put into it.

Martin

 

Newt, as you advised, I created a new user, logged on as that user, logged him off, shut down, restarted, error message gone.

Thanks.

I'm still struggling with the ASPI error and udnt error though.

One down, two to go.

Martin