Re: This has got me stumped

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From: painless (painless_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/22/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:52:19 -0600

In device manager, find a menu item that says "show hidden devices"
checking this box will allow you to see the other 37 modems (ports) that XP
thinks have been disconnected, and allow you to remove them. After fixing
this annoyance, I would try another modem. I ran an ISP for a while, and
could not believe how many problems were solved by changing out the modem
for another brand, or chipset. FWIW The Agiere chipsets seemed to be the
most compatible. (they were also the least expensive)

"Tony Meyer" <tony@spamthisyouprickcomputec-cns.co.nz> wrote in message
news:cvg5l1$bba$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
> My dial up connection is acting weirdly, and has been for some time. It
> seems like its impossible to download anything larger than about half a
meg
> without getting disconnected from the net. Yet sometimes I can. I have
> uninstalled my modem, several times, and each time it reinstalls it goes
to
> a port higher eg last time I reinstalled it went to com port 37, saying
> all the rest were in use. Now as far as I know, I don't have 37 com ports,
> but the modem works.... sort of. Yesterday I uninstalled the modem and
coms
> one and two, then reinstalled them and the modem went to com 38!! I then
> manually put it onto com 2, and it whinged and moaned about it saying it
was
> in use, but I was firm with it. The properties now say its working fine
with
> no conflicts, but I still can't download bigger files, such as my AV
> definitions. I also changed the modem cable, to no avail. I have two other
> computers here, using the same phone line but with no problems. Any
> thoughts? Thanks so much.
>
> --
> Tony
>
>

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