Great info! I will definitely try this. It is amazing how we can fool the computer and we thought that they are smarter than us. I run into issues too where I can fool the computer as well and things work out. Anything is worth a shot.
Thanks, Cindy -----Original Message----- From: jcminer46 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 10:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Re: New Computer Issue, need help again! --- "Cindy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Got the New Hard Drive installed right and the OS installed > with minor problems. Computer runs great! Now I am just > trying to get the modem detected. I had to install a modem > (the part needed to connect to a dial up connection) but now > the computer is not detecting the part. This is the only > thing now that I am trying to get working so I can get the > computer connected online. Have any suggestions? > Cindy Assuming that you don't have any sort of mechanical or hardware problem, the good news is that I have exactly the same problem (3 times now) each time I reload the XP OS on my present system (originally Win98). My problem, I think, is that my ancient modem isn't recognized by XP. Be that as it may, with a lot of fiddling around, I always get it to work. I can't give you 'exactly' step by step, but if you still haven't got it working, I think this might get you on the right track to success. 1) First you have to get the computer to show that you have a modem when you go to Device Manager. You do that with the Install New Hardware feature, but since it won't automatically detect your modem, you have to pick the manual feature where you can specifically tell it that it is a modem you are installing, and later there is a list that asks about the modem, whether it's a 56K, 128K, or whatever, and after you do all that, it will then show that you have a modem when you go into device manager, but if it's like my system, it still won't work. 2) Now you go into Device Manager. One way is to right click on Start, choose Explore, right click on My Computer, click Properties, click Hardware, and then device Manager. Then find your modem in Device Manager, right click on it and choose Update Driver. Again you can't do it automatically. You have to manually work your way through until you click on some option that brings up a list of actual brand name modems. Yours hopefully will be in there and you can click on it and everything will work when you are finished with the steps. In my case it wasn't listed and so what I did was pick the Archtek modem that was listed, even though it wasn't the same model as mine. As I proceed, it always reaches a point where this big warning comes up indicating that the computer must be wise to my deception, and giving a strong warning that bad things are likely to happen if I continue, but I proceed anyway. And sure enough, the computer freaks out and soon totally locks up. Once I power off and back on again, I get another long message saying something really bad has happenened and wanting me to allow the computer to send a report to Microsoft, which of course I can't do because I haven't had a chance to enter any of the dial-up info for my ISP yet. But, when I do, the modem works like a charm, and even gets online MUCH faster than when I'm using 98. I told my computer teacher first time it happened, and she thought it was great. I guess in her book anything that works is acceptable. Jon :~) If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
