Error 6 Dial Up Vista
Gaming Smartphones Tablets Windows 8 PSUs Android Your question Get the answer Tom's Hardware>Forum>Windows Vista>Windows Vista - Dial-up gives "Invalid Handle" error?> Closed Windows Vista - Dial-up gives "Invalid Handle" error? Tags: Dial Up Connection Windows Vista Last response: 2 November 2010 06:32 in Windows Vista Share shaitan00 29 May 2007 07:28:40 Using a DELL Windows Vista Desktop (with dial-up modem) we started getting a really odd behavior out of the blue (supposedly)... For the past few months there have been no issues connecting to the internet (dial-up) but two days ago (coincidentally after a power outage, mind you I am being told this started to occur prior to that) our connection stopped working. Specifically we still dial-in (I hear the modem and all the handshakes all the way to the end) and once it is finished I get "connection failed" - the error code is "Error #6 - Handle is Invalid" (which caught me off guard). I tested the dial-up account from another PC and it works fine (so it is not the username/password or the ISP), there is something up with this VISTA machine (for some odd reason) that it won't complete the Dial-Up connection anymore (nothing new was installed, nothing was added/removed hardware or software), looks like it was turned off (correctly) and back on 24-hours later and bam - doesn't work anymore. I did some research online and found that this can typically be solved by removing any 3rd party software (have none), removing the modem drivers, running a repair tool ("RArepair.exe"), and then re-installing the drivers and software (have none). I found many copies of RArepair.exe for 2K/XP but am unable to track downa a VISTA copy and I hesitate to run the 2K/XP copy blindly (obviously). Other then that the only solution I see is re-install fresh (which would kill me right now)... Any thoughts, suggestions, hints would be much apprec
6 Handle invalid New 30 Jun 2008 #1 ronkleim View Profile View Forum Posts Junior Member Join Date : Jun 2008 Posts : 12 vista Home Premium 32 bit Local Time: 21:33 Error 6 Handle invalid Get "Error 6 Handle invalid" when using dial up. Has worked for months, suddenly i get this error message. Tried unistall modem and re-boot to re-install but that didn't work. I saw this fix on onther forum concerning 2000 pro OS: "I resolved this problem by removing the modem thru Control Panel > Phones and Modems and then I unistalled the modem in Device manager. Once the reboot was complete and it was reinstalled it was working again. When you look on Control Panel > Phones and Modems http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/235810-44-windows-vista-dial-invalid-handle-error you will notice that you see the modem is "not present" on any ports. If you try just unistalling thru Device Manger it won't work." Since the OS is different than VISTA, you can't follow the path exactly, but I thought this may help. Others have tried a restore to time before the problem but that apparently didn't work (Although I haven't tried it myself yet) Okey, if anybody knows what to do, PLEASE let me know here! My System Specs http://www.vistax64.com/network-sharing/164833-error-6-handle-invalid.html You need to have JavaScript enabled so that you can use this ... OS vista Home Premium 32 bit Reply With Quote New 30 Jun 2008 #2 sidney1st View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message Member Join Date : Apr 2008 Paris Posts : 968 Ultimate SP1 x64 & x86 Local Time: 05:33 Re: Error 6 Handle invalid Hi and welcome to the Vista forums! Can you go in device manager, display hidden devices, have a look in network and modems to check if all device seem to work fine. My System Specs You need to have JavaScript enabled so that you can use this ... OS Ultimate SP1 x64 & x86 Reply With Quote New 01 Jul 2008 #3 ronkleim View Profile View Forum Posts Junior Member Join Date : Jun 2008 Posts : 12 vista Home Premium 32 bit Local Time: 21:33 Re: Error 6 Handle invalid Originally Posted by sidney1st Hi and welcome to the Vista forums! Can you go in device manager, display hidden devices, have a look in network and modems to check if all device seem to work fine. Not sure what you are getting at with the above. Anyway, ran modem test; tested fine. Set up another dial -up with phone #, password and username, that didn't work! I use the same account info to get on line with my old MAC so I can post here today. Uninstalled modem an
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