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Re: .. Finally after years of techno speak regarding error messages such as Error 678 the truth comes out! (From an old dialup tech.) Error 678 just means you can't connect--period. And that is all it means! Big help in trouble shooting the problem, huh! The stupidity of things such as Error 678 was only exceeded by the ulitmate "This machine has performed an illegal operation....."
Imagine, they actually pay people to come up with this stuff.
PS: "Error 678" is not OS specific--it has been around on all versions of Windows since 95. I don't know if it was part of 3.1 or not.
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 MashikiBalking The Enemy's Plans
join:2002-02-04
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·TekSavvy Cable
| said by Net Force:
Imagine, they actually pay people to come up with this stuff.
PS: "Error 678" is not OS specific--it has been around on all versions of Windows since 95. I don't know if it was part of 3.1 or not.
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*chuckle* I remeber that! Actually it was used in windows 3.1x as well for the attempted add in of internet access to it. Man what a mess that was, imageing trying to configure a win 3.x system to work on a modem hard locked to com4.
I remeber spending hours trouble shooting old 3.x machines, man what a pain. |
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said by Net Force:
Error 678 just means you can't connect--period. And that is all it means! Big help in trouble shooting the problem, huh! The stupidity of things such as Error 678 was only exceeded by the ulitmate "This machine has performed an illegal operation....."
Actually, I don't remember it in 3.1. But I have to add 3 more of my favorite error codes to this list of all time useless codes.
Ranked in no particular order:
619: Port Disconnected.
629: Port Disconnected by Remote.
718: PPP Timeout.
So far 619 is a catch 22 for XP. I've seen it used for almost every possible error from LCP extention problems, to "Multi-Link Negotiation for Single Link Connection" problems, to bad passwords.
I almost set up a dartboard on my desk to help choose the first thing to change when getting the good ol' 619.
I still am a Dial tech.
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I miss my dial-up modem... It was an error correcting modem... I seem to have so many typo's lately..... |
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| Thanks for mentioning those errors--it brings back "pleasant" memories! |
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