Cannot Use Both Dial-Up Networking and Direct Cable Connection

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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.

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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.

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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.

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows 95

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kbdialup KB140208

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