Re: xp modem sharing


"froggy" <frog@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
>> you cannot share your modem in 98 to be used in xp or vice versa.
>> your xp installation should have recognised the hardware setup (and thus
>> your modem device in your system).
>> If it has not, then you need to install the driversoftware for this
> device.
>> if you haven't got the driversoftware for it, hopefully you know what
>> make
>> and model it is and start your quest on the net towards the manufacturer
>> site for dirversoftware or otherwise to one of the many other
> 'independent'
>> driver-software sites, like eg. www.driverguide.com
>>
>> george
>
> thanks for reply george, but you kinda lost me in your answer.
> you said that 98 & xp cannot share the modem, but then you go
> on to say that if the correct drivers are installed within xp then it
> can use the modem..........??????
>
> here is my setup:::::
> i have win98 & xp on dual-boot.
> i have an external modem, its being used right now as I am
> in win98 at the moment.
> win98 must already have the correct drivers, so if its possible for xp
> to use the modem, then could i just go and copy them from wherever
> they are kept in 98?
>
> anyhow, i'm still confused as to whether i can have xp on the internet or
> not due to your opening answer........ could you clarify it a bit
> please.
>
> froggy
>
>

Trying to 'un-lose' you.

In a dual-boot setup like yours there will always be only 1 os that is
actually operational.
This means, that it is totally and utterly irrelevant what you have
installed in say OS-1 when it comes to running OS-2.
So, having your modem physically hooked up to machine makes it possible to
be used in either OS.
However, for that to happen you need to install driver software in both OS-1
AND OS-2.
So you cannot 'share' the modem installed in win98 to be used in XP, because
when XP is operational, win98 is NOT and therefore cannot use any software
that you might have installed for it in win98.
The reverse is true as well. When win98 is operational (ie. running) it
cannot use anything you have (software-wise) installed in XP.
This is all the more true because the 'device-driver-software-model' used by
XP differs fundamentally from the one used in win98.
I.O.W. if you have both win98 and XP with device X physically present in
your machine you have to do the following:
start win98 and install the win98 version of the device drivers for device
X.
next
start xp and install the xp version of the device drivers for the same
device X.
Now you can use that device X in either OS.

hope this clears things up for you.

george


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