CMAK Profile Is Not Default Dialer if DUN Is Already Installed

ID: Q234564

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer Administration Kit version 5.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 95
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

After you install a Microsoft Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK) profile on a client computer with Dial-Up Networking (DUN) installed, this profile may not be set as the default dialer. Because of this, you may be unable to obtain access to the CMAK profile address books, and so on.

CAUSE

This problem can occur because of an error in the way that the Internet Connection Wizard (ICW) parses the CMAK profile. ICW actually creates two DUN entries for the CMAK profile, and the default dialer is not set to the CMAK profile, it is still set for DUN. Because of this, DUN starts instead of the CMAK profile.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem:

NOTE: This work around only works when the client performs a server-based signup. A registry change is made after the CMAK profile is downloaded and installed on your computer. The registry change sets CMAK as the default dialer during the branding process of the server-based signup. This is done by editing the .ins file used for the branding process and adding a custom entry at the very end of the .ins file (it must be the last entry in the file). You must also create a custom .cab file to contain a .inf file that is extracted and read during the branding process. The INF file has entries located in it to make the appropriate registry change needed to set CMAK as the default dial out utility to use when Internet Explorer is double clicked (dial out on demand). The .cab file must be downloadable and must have a valid Universal Resource Locator (URL) address. Note that typically you can place it where the .ins file is located. Use the Microsoft Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) Iexpress tool to create the .cab file.

WARNING: This procedure has only been tested with down-level clients, not Microsoft Windows NT-based clients.

The following list contains the entries that must be added to the .ins file and to the .inf file that goes into the custom .cab:

The .ins File Entries

[ExtRegInf] CMAK profile name=*,CMAK profile name.inf,DefaultInstall

[Custom Branding] Branding=http://customer/signup/CMAK profile name.cab

where CMAK profile name is your CMAK profile name.

The .inf File Entries for the .cab File

[Version]
Signature=$Chicago$
AdvancedINF=2.5

[DefaultInstall]
AddReg=example

[top]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER,"RemoteAccess",InternetProfile,0,"CMAK profile name"

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:


Keywords          : kbtool kbui dun msiew95 msient msiew98 
Version           : WINDOWS:5,5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: August 3, 1999