[touch-this-pro]

I just followed almost all the steps of the OP on post 1 and it worked!!!
thank you

When it came to the 3rd registry value, there was no value:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\InternetSharing]
MaxCMCon=0

in that folder, but rather in the folder [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\InternetSharing\settings]
maxCMConnectRetries=0

so I figure its the same thing and I left it alone without creating this key value.

Works like a charm

thanks