Re: This has got me stumped
From: Tony Meyer (tony_at_spamthisyouprickcomputec-cns.co.nz)
Date: 02/22/05
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:51:54 +1300
On having a look at the hidden devices, there is nothing in there apart from
com ports 1 and 2, seem strange?Cheers
-- Tony "painless" <painless@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:67471$421b9bb6$94402cbd$21637@STARBAND.NET... > In device manager, find a menu item that says "show hidden devices" > checking this box will allow you to see the other 37 modems (ports) that > XP > thinks have been disconnected, and allow you to remove them. After fixing > this annoyance, I would try another modem. I ran an ISP for a while, and > could not believe how many problems were solved by changing out the modem > for another brand, or chipset. FWIW The Agiere chipsets seemed to be the > most compatible. (they were also the least expensive) > > "Tony Meyer" <tony@spamthisyouprickcomputec-cns.co.nz> wrote in message > news:cvg5l1$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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