Entire "New Connection Wizard" greyed out

I am running XP Professional with Service Pack 3. The entire "New
Connection Wizard" is greyed out, so that I cannot create VPN connections. I
already tried the suggestions in KB 329441 and KB 320558 to no avail. It
does not matter if I am an administrator or not. I have no intention of doing
a repair installation of Windows to fix something like this. I want it fixed
but it is not worth the pain and risk of a repair installation. Does anyone
have any other ideas?

It could be 3rd party software issue. For troubleshooting, try clean boot.

It could be 3rd party software issue. For troubleshooting, try clean boot.
Also check this search results.
a.. xp sp
Jump to Connect using a dial-up modem or VPN option in the New
Connection ...?: ... Connect using a dial-up modem or VPN option in the New
...
www.chicagotech.net/xpsp.htm - Similar

a.. VPN connection unavailble
The option to create a VPN connection unavailable (grayed out) ...
Connect using a dial-up modem or VPN option in the New Connection Wizard is
unavailable ...
www.chicagotech.net/vpnissues/vpnunavailable.htm


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