Error message in "My Computer"

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I will be installing broadband next week - I am very happy to say!

But doing a test run for activation I note with alarm that when I access "Internet connections" - Dial-Up connections etc., in My Computer. I get a pop-up under the heading Error - simply says "catastrophic failure" with a click to OK. Which just clears it.

Any ideas what it might be? I am using XP Pro. I need the link so that I can install and activate.

Thanks,

PPP