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- From: hg@ht.is (Halldor Gudmundssson)
- Newsgroups: interlog.support,alt.windows95,comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win95,comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.comm
- Subject: Re: Modem not connecting on COM2 under Win'95
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 11:27:35 GMT
- Organization: Heimilistaeki hf
- Message-ID: <4gumj5$cue@power5.rz.uni-hohenheim.de>
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- ldh@interlog.com (Laurent-Daid Hasson) wrote:
-
- >I just went through a couple of hours of pure hell... I installed a new mouse
- >and a new modem on my machine: i connected the mouse to COM1 and the modem to
- >COM2. When i restarted Win'95, everything seemed to work: The modem was
- >recognized properly, tested and all.
-
- >Then i create my internet connection, but it refuses to connect with the modem,
- >complaining that the modem is not properly atached. I re-booted, tested the
- >modem again with the diagnostic tab in the hardware seting, and everything
- >checked out alright...
-
- >Out of frustration, i took a desperate and stupid decision to switch the mouse
- >and modem so that the modem would be on COM1 and the mouse, on COM2.... IT
- >WORKED !!!!
-
- I have had the same problem several times, blame it on Win95
-
-
- >I have no idea why it worked that way, and not the other, and i would love it if
- >someone could enligthen me.
-
-
-
- >Thanks,
- >Laurent.
-
-
- >PS: CC by email is much appreciated.
-
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- Halldor Gudmundsson
- hg@ht.is
- http://www.ht.is/hg
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