error 667 The system was unable to read the media .INI file Help please

I have a win me laptop trying to use verizon winpoet dialer application to
connect to westell wirespeed modem via linksys switch.

3 other pc's do this at present, for some reason this laptop (which all
other network functions ,netbuei, tcpip, ping are working) keeps getting
"error 667 The system was unable to read the media .INI file"
I have uninstalled, and re-installed the app, still gets the error.

Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

MMJII