I'm trying to be a good customer and register my Windows XP. Here's
the problem though...my computer has a modem, but is hooked up to DSL.
I can use the internet and email with no problems. I fill out the
registration information and go through the registration wizard and
when it comes to the last page, it wants to dial a 1-800 number. My
computer is using DSL, not the modem! If I disable the modem in
computer manager, the registration wizard fails on the first page
saying:

"To use the online registration process, you have to do one of the
following:
-Install a modem
-Set up an Internet connection
-Configure a proxy connection

If you already have a modem, check to make sure the modem is working
properly."

Why does it insist on using the modem? I already have an internet
connection. The regwiz.exe application is allowed through my firewall.
This is 2006, who is expected to use a dial-up modem anymore? I don't
even have a land-line!! Get with the times Microsoft!! Does anyone
have any suggestions?

ajhoop wrote:
> I'm trying to be a good customer and register my Windows XP. Here's
> the problem though...my computer has a modem, but is hooked up to
> DSL. I can use the internet and email with no problems. I fill out
> the registration information and go through the registration wizard
> and when it comes to the last page, it wants to dial a 1-800
> number. My computer is using DSL, not the modem! If I disable the
> modem in computer manager, the registration wizard fails on the
> first page saying:
>
> "To use the online registration process, you have to do one of the
> following:
> -Install a modem
> -Set up an Internet connection
> -Configure a proxy connection
>
> If you already have a modem, check to make sure the modem is working
> properly."
>
> Why does it insist on using the modem? I already have an internet
> connection. The regwiz.exe application is allowed through my
> firewall. This is 2006, who is expected to use a dial-up modem
> anymore? I don't even have a land-line!! Get with the times
> Microsoft!! Does anyone have any suggestions?

Registration is optional and gains you no additional benefits what-so-ever.
You can register over ANY Internet connection.

Activation is required and can also be done over the Internet and/or you can
call a phone number and go through an automated system and/or speak to an
actual human being.

Sounds like something is not setup correc tly in your Internet Connection
Settings - and there is no reason for you to 'register' anyway.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

ajhoop******.com wrote:
>
> I'm trying to be a good customer and register my Windows XP. Here's

Be a guy and call them.

--
http://www.bootdisk.com/

If you have the internet connection setup (via modem OR high speed DSL)
then selecting internet as the means of registration should work (works
for me).
Alternatively you can do it using the toll free telepnone number shown
and key in the codes as instructed by the voice message ( I've done
that too, works well)

BTW I have am using a modem to connect to the internet, as there is no
other service available where I live.

Duke


ajhoop******.com wrote:
> I'm trying to be a good customer and register my Windows XP. Here's
> the problem though...my computer has a modem, but is hooked up to DSL.
> I can use the internet and email with no problems. I fill out the
> registration information and go through the registration wizard and
> when it comes to the last page, it wants to dial a 1-800 number. My
> computer is using DSL, not the modem! If I disable the modem in
> computer manager, the registration wizard fails on the first page
> saying:
>
> "To use the online registration process, you have to do one of the
> following:
> -Install a modem
> -Set up an Internet connection
> -Configure a proxy connection
>
> If you already have a modem, check to make sure the modem is working
> properly."
>
> Why does it insist on using the modem? I already have an internet
> connection. The regwiz.exe application is allowed through my firewall.
> This is 2006, who is expected to use a dial-up modem anymore? I don't
> even have a land-line!! Get with the times Microsoft!! Does anyone
> have any suggestions?

<ajhoop******.com> wrote

> I'm trying to be a good customer and register my Windows XP. Here's
> the problem though...my computer has a modem, but is hooked up to DSL.
> I can use the internet and email with no problems. I fill out the
> registration information and go through the registration wizard and
> when it comes to the last page, it wants to dial a 1-800 number. My
> computer is using DSL, not the modem! If I disable the modem in
> computer manager, the registration wizard fails on the first page
> saying:
>
> "To use the online registration process, you have to do one of the
> following:
> -Install a modem
> -Set up an Internet connection
> -Configure a proxy connection
>
> If you already have a modem, check to make sure the modem is working
> properly."
>
> Why does it insist on using the modem? I already have an internet
> connection. The regwiz.exe application is allowed through my firewall.
> This is 2006, who is expected to use a dial-up modem anymore? I don't
> even have a land-line!! Get with the times Microsoft!! Does anyone
> have any suggestions?

Activation is mandatory, registration is optional and is of no benefit to
you, the user, so don't bother with it.

ajhoop******.com wrote in news:1166845092.899264.266950@
42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com:


> This is 2006, who is expected to use a dial-up modem anymore?

I believe an article I just read said that 70% of internet users are still
on dial-up.

Plato wrote:
> ajhoop******.com wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to be a good customer and register my Windows XP. Here's
>
> Be a guy and call them.
>
> --
> http://www.bootdisk.com/

That is not the point. The point is that Windows should know that I'm
using DSL and not a modem. That is what I'm trying to figure out.

Rock wrote:
> <ajhoop******.com> wrote
>
> > I'm trying to be a good customer and register my Windows XP. Here's
> > the problem though...my computer has a modem, but is hooked up to DSL.
> > I can use the internet and email with no problems. I fill out the
> > registration information and go through the registration wizard and
> > when it comes to the last page, it wants to dial a 1-800 number. My
> > computer is using DSL, not the modem! If I disable the modem in
> > computer manager, the registration wizard fails on the first page
> > saying:
> >
> > "To use the online registration process, you have to do one of the
> > following:
> > -Install a modem
> > -Set up an Internet connection
> > -Configure a proxy connection
> >
> > If you already have a modem, check to make sure the modem is working
> > properly."
> >
> > Why does it insist on using the modem? I already have an internet
> > connection. The regwiz.exe application is allowed through my firewall.
> > This is 2006, who is expected to use a dial-up modem anymore? I don't
> > even have a land-line!! Get with the times Microsoft!! Does anyone
> > have any suggestions?
>
> Activation is mandatory, registration is optional and is of no benefit to
> you, the user, so don't bother with it.

Rock,
I know that activation is what is mandatory and registration is not.
I am just trying to figure out why Windows insists on using a modem
that is not hooked up. I am able to surf the net and check email. My
internet connection is set up correctly. It is no longer about
registering. It is about figuring out why Windows is acting this way.

Thanks.

DanS wrote:
> ajhoop******.com wrote in news:1166845092.899264.266950@
> 42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com:
>
>
> > This is 2006, who is expected to use a dial-up modem anymore?
>
> I believe an article I just read said that 70% of internet users are still
> on dial-up.

Dan,
I know that sarcasm isn't always conveyed well in online messages,
but that's what that line was. I know there's a large market of
dial-up users. Microsoft and the rest of the world, however, is
pushing to have more and more applications use the speed of more than
dial-up. Graphic intensive websites, online application hosting, etc.
etc. That is not the point of this discussion though. The point is, i
do not use a modem, i even disabled my modem, yet the registration
still insists on using said modem. This issue was not really about
registering after I tried 3 times with no success. The point of asking
for help on this issue is to figure out why Windows is being so (not to
sound like a geek) but illogical.