Article ID: 175915 - Last Review: November 15, 2006 - Revision: 1.1 Direct Cable Connection Cannot Connect to Windows 95 ComputerThis article was previously published under Q175915
IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry.
Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it
if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the
"Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a
Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.
SYMPTOMS
You may be unable to connect to another Windows 95-based computer with
Direct Cable Connection.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if CompuServe 3.0 is installed on your computer,
and the CompuServe software changed the first value (value "0") to
"CISPPP" in the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess\
Authentication\Drivers\PPPMAC
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, first try all of the resolutions in all of the
following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
159578
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/159578/EN-US/
)
Cannot Find Host Computer Using Direct Cable Connection
If the resolutions in these articles do not resolve the issue, use the
following method.
127136 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/127136/EN-US/ ) Direct Cable Connection Fails with Only NetBEUI Loaded 140208 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/140208/EN-US/ ) Cannot Use Both Dial-Up Networking and Direct Cable Connection 139204 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/139204/EN-US/ ) ECP Port with SMC Chip Set Does Not Transfer Data Properly 166340 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/166340/EN-US/ ) Direct Cable Connection May Not Work in Localized OSR2 WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. Use Registry Editor to change the first value to "PPP" and the last value to "CISPPP" in the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess\
Authentication\Drivers\PPPMAC
MORE INFORMATION
The default value order is as follows:
Name Value ---------------------------------------------- 0 "PPP" 1 "RAS" 2 "NWC" 3 "SLIP" (optional; may not be present) 4 "CSLIP" (optional; may not be present) 5 "CISPPP" (optional; may not be present) | Article Translations
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