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skydivetoday
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I am a retired man who is doing volunteer work for a 501 nonprofit ISP, with an all volunteer staff, for our small community in Florida. It provides lower cost monthly DSL (outsourced) for our community and uses the money to provide free dial-up for those in need. We are not computer people.

For the install or set up of the dial up I give a step by step instruction sheet. Many of our older users can not seem to follow the instructions and thus can not look up their medications, appointments, use family email ect.

These are the 16 steps that I was hoping can be automated to a .exe file that I could give them on a CD.

1. Click Start. 2. Click Control Panel 3. Click Network and Internet Connections. 4. Click Set up or change internet connction 5. Click SETUP. 6.New Connection Wizard, then NEXT. 7. Click in the Set up my Connection Manually button, then NEXT. 8. Click in the Connect Using a Dial-up Modem button, then NEXT. 9. Type NFN (Naples Free-Net) in the box for ISP Name, Then NEXT. 10. Enter 417-1474 in the phone number box, then NEXT. 11. Type your User Name. 12.  Type in your Password. 12. Retype paaword in the confirm box .13. Make this the default Internet Connection and turn on the internet connection Firewall for this connection the NEXT. 15 Click in the box Add a Shortcut to this connection then FINISH. 16. Close the Network and Internet Connections dialog box.

If this can be automated I will copy and make it .exe file on a CD and we can help some people.

Thank you.

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Re: Dial-up setup for nonprofit ISP in Florida.

Hello,
Is there a single OS that is being used? If we are talking only for Windows XP for example, I think that I have a direct solution to your problem. 

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Re: Dial-up setup for nonprofit ISP in Florida.

We are seeing mostly XP, some Vista, and now the begining of windows 7. Any help would help maybe I can play with the code and make three versions. By the way, thank you for helping.

 

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Re: Dial-up setup for nonprofit ISP in Florida.

The solution for Windows XP is rather simple. I am using the basic idea that is described here. The information about all connections are saved in a file that you can find in the location:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Connections\Pbk\Rasphone.pbk

I have created a sample connection with the information that you described and I have appended this connection's information to the rasphone.pbk file.

Attached you can find a sample job.

This solution will only work for Windows XP. 

Test it and let me know if it suits your needs.

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Create Network Connection Sample.waj 17 KB
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Re: Dial-up setup for nonprofit ISP in Florida.

I am sorry I can not go to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Connections\Pbk\Rasphone.pbk because I am on a Windows 7 OS. I can not even open the waj file?  However the reason I was hoping to use Winautomation is I could allow for input for username and password when the cd ran so they would have no other requirement.

Thank you for you good deed.

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Re: Dial-up setup for nonprofit ISP in Florida.

The waj file that I attached is a very simple job that will create the connection on a Windows XP machine. You can import it through the "File - Import Job" menu in WinAutomation's console window. I will try to find a solution for Windows Vista and 7. I'll keep you posted as soon as I find anything.

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Re: Dial-up setup for nonprofit ISP in Florida.

When I try to import the waj file from winAutomation console window, the import window only allows  .xml files, no other options and does not see the waj file. No drag and drop either.

 

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Re: Dial-up setup for nonprofit ISP in Florida.

The xml file format was used by the previous version of WinAutomation. Are you sure that you are using the latest release available from the download page?

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Re: Dial-up setup for nonprofit ISP in Florida.

codex, thanks for the that information. It made all the difference.