heh, no problem simon, I needed a reinstall of windows on them anyways, so I did just that, both are fine now.
there were no error messages other than can't detect modem, or port is allready in use so i can only assume (since the modem was in control panel, but wouldnt pass diagnostics) that some program had loaded something into the memory location used by the com ports. thanks for the time in replying, I'm still not 100% sure what caused it Dean > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Owen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 09 March 2001 20:06 > To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no > Subject: RE: Sim Coupe V0.81 > > Dean Woodyatt wrote: > > was there a virus in the zip that i downloaded?, or is it something > quirky > > that sim coupe has done to my computer? > > Neither I'd imagine! Norton AntiVirus reports the EXE as clean on my > system, and I've _never_ actually had a virus infection. > > The program itself is probably one of the most self-contained ones you'll > run too. The only files it modifies are SimCoupe.cfg and disk images that > are written to. It doesn't update or modify any system modules or > settings, > and doesn't even use the system registry. > > > > now I find that I can't detect my modem when i try to dial out on the > > internet. > > SimCoupé currently doesn't have anything to do with the serial ports, DUN > or > network settings, so I've no reason to think it's anything to do with it. > > Are there any specific error messages or numbers displayed? Is your modem > visible in Control Panel\Modems, and does the diagnostic test work? Can > you talk to the device using HyperTerminal? > > > > Can't see I have two machines at home, one which went down a few days > ago, > > and another which went down today > > "went down"? Are they the same symptoms on both? > > > , the only common executable that i have run is Sim coupe, the second > worked > > when sim coupe was run the first time, but when booted up today stopped! > > "stopped"? If you post more specific details we'll try and help you track > down what's actually going on. > > I'd certainly get your system checked for viruses first of all, and see > where that gets you... > > Si
