Re: After Power Failure - Modem receives Port in Use message

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Well everyone,

I tried to fix it last night - again - but to no avail.

At any rate, it was off to Best Buys today. Got an external USB modem,
installed it, and I'm back on-line.

I haven't even taken out the original modem yet - have it disabled now.

I'm tempted to leave the damn thing in there, because I hate opening the box
up and fooling around with it.

With my luck, I'd impart a static shock to it, and burn out the motherboard.

Soooo - thanks to everyone here for their input. It was greatly appreciated.

Best Regards,

ECR


"ECR" <ECR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A2871F90-C198-44DF-B6EA-95E763D58EF8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi everyone,
>
> I was on-line several nigths ago, when the we suffered a power failure.
> Since then, everytime I try to use the modem(covenant 56k), I get a
> message
> indicating the port is in use by another program, and the dial-up attempt
> is
> aborted.
>
> I have re-installed the device-drivers for the modem and the port(COM1 -
> modem acutally is uses COM3), but still get the same results.
>
> Any one have any ideas, links to possible resolutions, etc.???
>
> Thanks


.

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