# Gah! CompuServe hosed my internet connection set-up...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-compuserve-hosed-my-internet-connection-set-up/216817>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 3, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-compuserve-hosed-my-internet-connection-set-up/216817 "2003-12-03T23:42:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-compuserve-hosed-my-internet-connection-set-up/216817/1 "2003-12-03T23:42:45Z")

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… and I can’t seem to fix it.

This is an older machine running Win98 2d Ed. that normally has cable internet access. I was looking for some mail sent to an old (now defunct) CompuServe account, and thought I would just fire it up to get access to the old inbox. However, CompuServe 2000 attempted to set up a dialup connection when I started it, and now I can’t get back to what I had before. I have gone through the Internet Connection wizard to set up access through a LAN but still no cable connection. Do I need to get into the registry to fix this? If so, how to I do it without wrecking something else? Thanks for any advice you can give.