Re: Configured Modem Unusable Unless Switched On At Boot-time ?

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"Nick Boyce" <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've noticed a surprising problem with a Win2K workstation (SP4,
Security Rollup 1, and all subsequent security fixes) : if the installed
modem (an external Creative Labs Modemblaster Flash56 DE5720, configured
on COM2) is not actually switched on or plugged in at boot-time, then it
can't subsequently be used just by switching it on or plugging it in - a
reboot is required to properly detect it and enable it for use.

*** No, you can use the modem without a reboot.

If the modem wasn't plugged in at boot then, even after I subsequently
plug it in, it doesn't appear in the Modems branch of Device Manager
(the entire branch is absent), and the Phone & Modem Options widget in
Control Panel shows the modem as "Not present".

This is (a) very inconvenient for the user, and (b) a regression
compared with Win98SE, WinNT4 Workstation, and Linux which can all use
the modem whenever it is switched on, whether or not it was plugged in
at boot.

I've checked, and the same problem also exists in WinXP, but I don't
care so much cos I don't use it.

I'm wondering .. since this behaviour is so non-optimal, does anyone
here know if there's a fix to Win2K/XP to improve matters ?

*** Launch the Control Panel, then "Add new hardware". If the
*** modem is switched on and plugged in then it will be detected.
*** No manual intervention and no loading of drivers is required.

FWIW the modem driver on Win2K is from Creative Labs, but the one on
WinXP is made by Microsoft.

TIA
Nick Boyce




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