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   From: VicGar007@at-gmail.dot.com   
      
   On 09/04/12 17:51, Bill Bowden wrote:   
   > On Sep 3, 8:02 pm, Vic RR Garcia  wrote:   
   >> On 09/03/12 22:46, Bill Bowden wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I'm getting error 633 when trying to use a dial-up modem. Says the   
   >>> port is already in use or the modem is not configured right. The modem   
   >>> seems to be working and passes the query test in device manager. Port   
   >>> used is COM3 but com3 does not show up in the listings of ports. I   
   >>> tried deleting the modem and re-installing, but no help. I called   
   >>> customer support for my ISP and they couldn't figure it out and   
   >>> finally suggested buying an external modem running from the USB. Also,   
   >>> the modem does work with AOL installed but doesn't work either before   
   >>> AOL was put in or after it was removed. Seems AOL is the only one who   
   >>> knows how to use this modem. The computer is a P4 running Win-XP   
   >>   
   >>> Any ideas?   
   >>   
   >>> -Bill   
   >>   
   >> The software you are using to dial-up is:   
   >> broken / miss-configured / do not work with Win Modems.   
   >>   
   >> Since you do not said what Modem, program you have, cannot give you more   
   >> specific advise.   
   >   
   > There is no special software, just win-xp. The modem is a Lucent win   
   > modem. I'm just using a dial-up connection made in Network Connections   
   > (from control panel). It works fine in another computer (different   
   > modem) also running win-xp.  All it does is establish a connection and   
   > then I can open whatever browser or e-mail program, and they all share   
   > the same modem connection. But there are other problems. I was unable   
   > to delete the modem and try to re-install. The modem was deleted but   
   > reappears when the system is re-booted. The only way I found to delete   
   > the modem was to remove it from the computer and then it dissappears.   
   > However, if I again plug in the modem, it reappears (without any   
   > installation) on the next re-boot. I can't get rid of it. My service   
   > provider tried to help and looked for a couple files that were not   
   > found. I think one was "telephone.exe and another was a (.ini file).   
   > There shouldn't be any extra software needed other than what is in win-   
   > xp.   
   >   
   > -Bill   
      
   It should work with XP dial-up, so something miss-configured.   
   The .inf file for Lucent modems are called 'mdml*.inf', if you remove   
   those files from 'C:\Windows\Inf, it will force XP to re-install the modem.   
   Other option will be to disable COM1: since it share the IRQ with COM3:.   
   If none of these work, well follow your ISP advise, use a USB or   
   external modem if you can get one.   
      
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