FAQ General

How do I update my address information?

QUESTION

How do I update my address information?

ANSWER

Ask the client to call VCN’s Helpdesk to update their address information.

Note:
We usually ask people between the months of February and March, to update their addresses if they have moved recently. We’ll need their correct address for mailing their tax receipt.

FAQ General

Where can I refer users if I am unable to assist them?

  • QUESTION

    Where can I refer users if I am unable to assist them?

    ANSWER
    • See the software/manufacturer’s help manual
    • See the software/manufacturer’s online support
    • free online sources of information
    • online discussion groups
    • buy-sell groups
    • the person who sold/gave them their computer
    • yellow pages
    • computer books at library
    • computer courses at educational institutions
    • Free Geek
      A non-profit community organization that provide low-cost and no-cost computer technology and training . For more information please go to http://www.freegeekvancouver.org/.
  • FAQ General

    Scope of Helpesk Service: What services and issues is VCN not able to help with?

    QUESTION

    What services and issues is the VCN Helpdesk not able to help with?

    DETAILS

    VCN does not help with…

    • fix computers
    • install hardware, modems, printers, etc for users
    • troubleshoot hardware/software
    • teach how to use windows, word, excel and other software not related to VCN services.
    • debug/fix/write webpages
    • debug/fix/write cgi/php programs
    • setup advanced features in internet programs.

    Note: VCN volunteers have the right not to provide assistance to issues outside the scope of VCN services.

    Give user’s broad referral’s of help:

    • See the software/manufacturer’s help manual
    • See the software/manufacturer’s online support
    • free online sources of information
    • online discussion groups
    • buy-sell groups
    • the person who sold/gave them their computer
    • yellow pages
    • computer books at library
    • computer courses at educational institutions
    • Free Geek

    FAQ General

    Scope of Helpesk Service: What services and issues can VCN help with?

    QUESTION

    What services and issues is the VCN helpdesk able to to help with?

    DETAILS

    VCN can help with…

    • Register Users
    • setup dialup connection to VCN
    • setup email program to send and receive VCN email
    • help users access VCN services like:
      • help them send/receive email using webmail
      • connect using telnet/putty
      • access the mailing lists
      • get onto VCN IRC server
      • VCN Help Desk Volunteer should ask the walk-in User sign “User Release and Waiver of Liability” before helping the User to set up dial up on their computer/laptop (a form is available in Document Library)

    VCN Help Desk Volunteer should ask the walk-in User sign “User Release and Waiver of Liability” before helping the User to set up dial up on their computer/laptop (a form is available in Document Library)

    Note: VCN volunteers have the right not to provide assistance to issues outside the scope of VCN services.

    Sources of help:

    • Search the volunteer manual
    • Search VCN Help Pages
    • Search the problem on google.com, eg “error 691? or “Relaying denied”. You can try other search engines, computer-related forums, since millions of people use internet programs, so someone online is bound to have run into the same problem.
    • Ask and work it through with your co-workers
    • Send an e-mail: [email protected] or create a request in Request Tracker with as much relevant info as possible.

    FAQ VCN Dialup

    List of Dial up Errors

    List of dial up errors

    Error code Description
    2 The system cannot find the file specified
    5
    • Access denied
    • Invalid procedure call
    6 Stack overflow
    20 The system cannot find the device specified
    71 No more connections allowed.
    380 Invalid property value
    600 An operation is pending
    601 The port handle is invalid
    602 The port is already open
    603 Caller’s buffer is too small
    604 Wrong information specified
    605 Cannot set port information
    606 The port is not connected
    607 The event is invalid
    608 The device does not exist
    609 The device type does not exist
    610 The buffer is invalid
    611 The router is not available
    612 The router is not allocated
    613 Invalid compression specified
    614 Out of buffers
    615 The port was not found
    616 An asynchronous request is pending
    617 The port or device is already disconnecting
    618 The port is not open
    619 The port is disconnected
    620 There are no endpoints
    621 Cannot open the phone book file
    622 Cannot load the phone book file
    623 Cannot find the phone book entry
    24 Cannot write to phone book file
    625 Invalid information found in the phone book
    626 Cannot load a string
    627 Cannot find key
    628 The port was disconnected
    629 The port was disconnected by the remote machine
    630 The port was disconnected due to hardware failure
    631 The port was disconnected by the user
    632 The structure size is incorrect
    633 The port is already in use or is not configured for remote access dialout
    634 Cannot register your computer on the remote network
    635 Unknown error
    636 The wrong device is attached to the port
    637 The string could not be converted
    638 The request has timed out
    639 No asynchronous net available
    640 A NetBIOS error has occurred
    641 The server cannot allocate NetBIOS resources needed to support the client
    642 One of your NetBIOS names is already registered on the remote network
    643 A network adapter at the server failed
    644 You will not receive network message popups
    645 Internal authentication error
    646 The account is not permitted to log on at this time of day
    647 The account is disabled
    648 The password has expired
    649 The account does not have remote access permission
    650 The remote access server is not responding
    651 Your modem (or other connecting device) has reported an error
    652 Unrecognised response from the device
    653 A macro required by the device was not found in the device .INF file section
    654 A command or response in the device .INF file section refers to an undefined macro
    655 The <message> macro was not found in the device .INF file section
    656 The <defaultoff> macro in the device .INF file section contains an undefined macro
    657 The device .INF file could not be opened
    658 The device name in the device .INF or media .INI file is too long
    659 The media .INI file refers to an unknown device name
    660 The device .INF file contains no responses for the command
    661 The device .INF file is missing a command
    662 Attempted to set a macro not listed in device .INF file section
    663 The media .INI file refers to an unknown device type
    664 Cannot allocate memory
    665 The port is not configured for remote access
    666 Your modem (or other connecting device) is not functioning
    667 Cannot read the media .INI file
    668 The connection dropped
    669 The usage parameter in the media .INI file is invalid
    670 Cannot read the section name from the media .INI file
    671 Cannot read the device type from the media .INI file
    672 Cannot read the device name from the media .INI file
    673 Cannot read the usage from the media .INI file
    674 Cannot read the maximum connection BPS rate from the media .INI file
    675 Cannot read the maximum carrier BPS rate from the media .INI file
    676 The line is busy
    677 A person answered instead of a modem
    678 There is no answer
    679 Cannot detect carrier
    680 There is no dial tone
    681 General error reported by device
    682 ERROR WRITING SECTIONNAME
    683 ERROR WRITING DEVICETYPE
    684 ERROR WRITING DEVICENAME
    685 ERROR WRITING MAXCONNECTBPS
    686 ERROR WRITING MAXCARRIERBPS
    687 ERROR WRITING USAGE
    688 ERROR WRITING DEFAULTOFF
    689 ERROR READING DEFAULTOFF
    690 ERROR EMPTY INI FILE
    691 Access denied because username and/or password is invalid on the domain
    692 Hardware failure in port or attached device
    693 ERROR NOT BINARY MACRO
    694 ERROR DCB NOT FOUND
    695 ERROR STATE MACHINES NOT STARTED
    696 ERROR STATE MACHINES ALREADY STARTED
    697 ERROR PARTIAL RESPONSE LOOPING
    698 A response keyname in the device .INF file is not in the expected format
    699 The device response caused buffer overflow.
    700 The expanded command in the device .INF file is too long
    701 The device moved to a BPS rate not supported by the COM driver
    702 Device response received when none expected
    703 ERROR INTERACTIVE MODE
    704 ERROR BAD CALLBACK NUMBER
    705 ERROR INVALID AUTH STATE
    706 ERROR WRITING INITBPS
    707 X.25 diagnostic indication
    708 The account has expired
    709 Error changing password on domain
    710 Serial overrun errors were detected while communicating with your modem
    711 RasMan initialisation failure. Check the event log.
    712 Biplex port is initialising. Wait a few seconds and redial
    713 No active ISDN lines are available
    714 Not enough ISDN channels are available to make the call
    715 Too many errors occurred because of poor phone line quality
    716 The remote access IP configuration is unusable
    717 No IP addresses are available in the static pool of remote access IP addresses
    718 PPP timeout
    719 PPP terminated by remote machine
    720 No PPP control protocols configured
    721 Remote PPP peer is not responding
    722 The PPP packet is invalid
    723 The phone number, including prefix and suffix, is too long
    724 The IPX protocol cannot dial-out on the port because the computer is an IPX router
    725 The IPX protocol cannot dial-in on the port because the IPX router is not installed
    726 The IPX protocol cannot be used for dial-out on more than one port at a time
    727 Cannot access TCPCFG.DLL
    728 Cannot find an IP adaptor bound to remote access
    729 SLIP cannot be used unless the IP protocol is installed
    730 Computer registration is not complete
    731 The protocol is not configured
    732 The PPP negotiation is not converging
    733 The PPP control protocol for this network protocol is not available on the server
    734 The PPP link control protocol terminated
    735 The requested address was rejected by the server
    736 The remote computer terminated the control protocol
    737 Loopback detected
    738 The server did not assign an address
    739 The remote server cannot use the Windows NT encrypted password
    740 The TAPI devices configured for Remote Access failed to initialise or were not installed correctly
    741 The local computer does not support encryption
    742 The remote server does not support encryption
    743 The remote server requires encryption
    44 Cannot use the IPX net number assigned by the remote server. Check the event log.
    745 An essential file is missing
    746 An essential file failed to initialise
    747 MAC not found
    748 The system timed out while trying to load an essential file
    749 Invalid phone number
    750 Invalid authentication attempt
    751 The callback number contains an invalid character. Only the following characters are allowed: 0 to 9, T, P, W, (,), -, @, and space
    752 A syntax error was encountered while processing a script
    753 The connection could not be disconnected because it was created by the multi-protocol router
    754 The system could not find the multi-link bundle
    755 The system cannot perform automated dial because this entry has a custom dialler specified
    756 This connection is already being dialled
    757 Remote access services could not be started automatically. Additional information is provided in the event log.
    758 Internet connection sharing is already enabled on the connection
    760 An error occurred while routing capabilities were being enabled
    761 An error occurred while Internet connection sharing was being enabled for the connection
    763 Internet connection sharing cannot be enabled. There are two or more LAN connections in addition to the connection to be shared.
    764 No smart card reader is installed
    765 Internet connection sharing cannot be enabled. A LAN connection is already configured with the IP address required for automatic IP addressing.
    766 The system could not find any certificate
    767 Internet connection sharing cannot be enabled. The LAN connection selected on the private network has more than one IP address configured. Reconfigure the LAN connection with a single IP address before enabling Internet connection sharing.
    768 The connection attempt failed because of failure to encrypt data
    769 The specified destination is not reachable
    770 The remote machine rejected the connection attempt
    771 The connection attempt failed because the network is busy
    772 The remote computer’s network hardware is incompatible with the type of call requested
    773 The connection attempt failed because the destination number has changed
    774 The connection attempt failed because of a temporary failure. Try connecting again.
    775 The call was blocked by the remote computer
    776 The call could not be connected because the destination has invoked the Do Not Disturb feature
    777 The connection attempt failed because the modem on the remote computer is out of order
    778 It was not possible to verify the identity of the server
    779 To dial out using this connection, you must use a smart card
    780 An attempted function is not valid for this connection
    781 The encryption attempt failed because no valid certificate was found
    782 Network Address Translation (NAT) is currently installed as a routing protocol, and must be removed before enabling Internet Connection Sharing
    783 Internet Connection Sharing cannot be enabled. The LAN connection selected as the private network is either not present, or is disconnected from the network. Please ensure that the LAN adaptor is connected before enabling Internet Connection Sharing.
    784 You cannot dial using this connection at logon time, because it is configured to use a user name different than the one on the smart card. If you want to use it at logon time, you must configure it to use the user name on the smart card
    785 You cannot dial using this connection at logon time, because it is not configured to use a smart card. If you want to use it at logon time, you must edit the properties of this connection so that it uses a smart card
    786 The L2TP connection attempt failed because there is no valid machine certificate on your computer for security authentication
    787 The L2TP connection attempt failed because the security layer could not authenticate the remote computer
    788 The L2TP connection attempt failed because the security layer could not negotiate compatible parameters with the remote computer
    789 The L2TP connection attempt failed because the security layer encountered a processing error during initial negotiations with the remote computer
    790 The L2TP connection attempt failed because certificate validation on the remote computer failed
    791 The L2TP connection attempt failed because security policy for the connection was not found
    792 The L2TP connection attempt failed because security negotiation timed out
    793 The L2TP connection attempt failed because an error occurred while negotiating security
    794 The Framed Protocol RADIUS attribute for this user is not PPP
    795 The tunnel type RADIUS attribute for this user is not correct
    796 The service type RADIUS attribute for this user is neither framed nor callback framed
    797 A connection to the remote computer could not be established because the modem was not found or was busy
    798 A certificate could not be found that can be used with this Extensible Authentication Protocol
    799 Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) cannot be enabled due to an IP address conflict on the network. ICS requires the host be configured to use 192.168.0.1. Please ensure that no other client on the network is configured to use 192.168.0.1
    800 Unable to establish the VPN connection. The VPN server may be un-reachable, or security parameters may not be configured properly for this connection
    995 Operation aborted
    1382 Maximum length exceeded
    1793 Account expired
    2250 Network connection does not exist