How do I remove VPN in XP?

I must have tried to create a VPN in a previous life (cause I don't remember doing it !). Now, intermittently but aprox 2-5 times a minute, I get a popup:

"error 623: the system could not find the phone book entry for this connection "

how do I rip a VPN out of XP?

 

didn't see that

In network connections, I have 3 items: my DSL connection for home, a local area connection for the office (ISDN) , and a dialup I use at the hotels. Checked the properties for all 3 and didn't see any reference to VPN. I do see "Service Advertising Protocol" under all 3 and suspect that I should remove it but don't think it is causing my problem. Also see "Network Monitor Driver ".
Thoughts on removing the 2 things I mentioned & further thoughts on where to look for VPN remnants?

 

Wish I could

Tony,
I saw that from M$ before, and wpuld dearly love to delete that bugger. Problem is, none of my 3 connections: my DSL connection for home, a local area connection for the office (ISDN) , and a dialup I use at the hotels; have the "Dial another connection first" check box t ll. Not checked, not unchecked. It simply isn't there for any of them.

 

nope, don't have it !

Sorry, I realize the symptoms point to me having that VPN in the connection/networking properties, but it isn't there!
Here's what I do have, these are not in ALL 3 of my connections, but are in at least one:

Network Monitor Driver - 3 of 3
NW IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol - 2 of 3
TCP/IP - 3 of 3
QoS Packet Scheduler - 3 of 3
File & Printer Sharing for MS Networks - 2 of 3
Service Advertising Protocol - 3 of 3
Network Monitor Driver - 1 of 3

I even popped a wireless card in my laptop (I use wierless NW at home) . Properties there only show the same 7 items in the list above.
note - when I pop the card in, the connection is registered as "wireless network connection 3 ". Could my problem lie in the UNSEEN wireless connections 1 & 2 ?

 

Look at your network connections in detail.

9x/ME do start~run~winipcfg and ask for details when the GUI window pops up.

NT/2K/XP - start~run~cmd and then ipconfig /all.

 

here's what returned

First - thanks to you & Tony for sticking with me on this!
Here's what ipconfig / all returned:

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Laptop

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-09-6B-D0-51-E4

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.41.18.69

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.41.18.2

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 209.144.50.127

209.144.50.126

198.6.1.10

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ASUS 802.11g Network Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-6E-64-26-77

 

probably not virus

I have up-to-date NAV and Gri-soft so I don't think the worm/virus angle is at play here.
I only (I think) have this trouble on the road. It doesn't seem to matter if my hotel has dial-up or hi-speed, the error box shows up.
On the ISDN at work & wireless/DSL at home - no problems!

Just weird!

 

hotel hi-speed

Actually, I usually luck out & get hi-speed in my hotels. I think that's where I first encountered this VPN thing. I vaguely remember a hotel in suburban DC where the setup instructions mentioned a VPN.

So, I'm thinking it has to be the Local Area Connection. Here's what's installed for it:

Network Monitor Driver
NW IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol
TCP/IP
QoS Packet Scheduler
File & Printer Sharing for MS Networks
Service Advertising Protocol
Network Monitor Driver

I just connected from a different hotel than the one I was in this morning - same deal. And I got the error at least 10 times while typing this! OUCH

 

Do you have any other programs open that access the Internet, like Outlook? May be your mail program is using the wrong dialup as a connection when the LAN is unavailable.

 

Since this isn't a simple issue (else we would have gotten it cured by now), it may be time for trying a few odd things.

IPX - do you need the protocol installed? If you have Novell in the mix somewhere, certainly you do. If you are only using it as a more secure way of sharing files/printers on a local network (at home maybe) then I'd try using NetBeui and removing IPX/SPX.

Thanks for the Ipconfig info. Nothing odd there but it always helps to take a look just to be sure.

 

Not using Novell

I don't use any Novell, so I'll rip IPX out and see what happens. Will report back!

 

here's the latest

Took out IPX, well actually when I tried it said it couldn't because Service Advertising Protocol relied on it. So I removed SAP and along with it went IPX and one of the 2 instances of Network Monitor Driver.
The problem however still remains!

 

SOLVED - here's the fix

In Control Panel > Internet Options > Connections, setting was "Always dial my Default connection ". Changed it to "Never dial a connection ". No more pop-up!

Stumbled onto this fix when connecting to MSN Broadband Player to listen to NHL game online. My DSL connection's username/password box popped up, I didn't know why so I hit the "settings" button and noticed the "always dial" selection.

Thanks to all for their input !

 

Glad you got it cured. And IPX gone should improve network performance a little.