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- From: bashley@ktb2.ktb.net (Bev)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: win95 not rec. my usr
- Date: 16 Apr 1996 19:11:21 -0700
- Organization: loose ends again
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- Erin Bennett wrote:
-
- | anyway, I can't get win95 to recognize my USR V34+ ext. modem. Ihave
- | downloaded the new .inf file file and placed it in the correct spot, yet
- | Winm95 still detects my modem as a Standard modem. any help out there?
-
- Don't accept the STANDARD MODEM choice, select the USR 33.6 EXTERNAL, or
- whatever it actually is. Nobody ever said win95 was smart!
-
- BTW, is there any reason to use any of the software that came with the
- modem? DOS pcplus works fine. Procomm for windows works fine. And why
- might I need the new .inf file referred to in other postings?
-
- | Also, I'm using the dialup capabilities of Win 95. And for some reason,
- | when I try to dial out, my modem never does it on the first try. I get a
- | message about no response and try again, so I do and it works. Any
- | suggestions?
-
- Mine never sees the modem if I connect the modem to the computer *before* I
- bring up win95. If I switch the modem over AFTER I bring up win95, it
- works fine. (I switch the modem between 3 computers.) Exactly wrong,
- right? <sigh>
-
- Bev bashley@ktb.net
- ***********************************************************************
- As long as there is an on-line help function, it is generally possible,
- by judicious experimentation with reasonable alternatives,
- to hang the system.
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