Guest Chaim Caron Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 Hello All, I want to switch external modems on my Win2000/Pro machine. Do I have to "remove" the modem using the "Add/Remove Hardware" applet in the control panel? Or is it sufficient to power down the machine and switch the modems? I may want to reinstall the original modem later. I am having a problem with PCAnywhere on a dialup and I want to see if the problem is with the modem, that's why I am switching modems. If switching modems does not fix the PCA problem, I will return the original modem. Thanks! Also: I'm not sure if I have an installation disk for the modem I'm switching in. It is an old Practical Peripherals, model PC288 LCD v.34. Can I use a generic modem driver since I don't have the manufacturer's driver? Actually, this modem probably predates Win/2000 so I doubt there is a driver for this OS. Thanks again.
Guest Juan Perez Posted August 14, 2007 Posted August 14, 2007 Re: Switching External Modems on Win2000/Pro Hi: I suggest you to: 1- Uninstall any software related with your modems manufacturer, but the drivers. 2-Switch off you PC. 3-Turn off the modems 4-Restart your server. Just keeep a copy of the modem drivers for later use. Normaly the standard MS drivers should be enought, to work with the modems, but just in case. -- Un saludo Juan Perez "Chaim Caron" <ccaron@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:u7EmkRg3HHA.4436@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Hello All, > I want to switch external modems on my Win2000/Pro machine. > Do I have to "remove" the modem using the "Add/Remove Hardware" applet in > the control panel? > Or is it sufficient to power down the machine and switch the modems? > > I may want to reinstall the original modem later. I am having a problem > with PCAnywhere on a dialup and I want to see if the problem is with the > modem, that's why I am switching modems. If switching modems does not fix > the PCA problem, I will return the original modem. > > Thanks! > > Also: I'm not sure if I have an installation disk for the modem I'm > switching in. It is an old Practical Peripherals, model PC288 LCD v.34. > Can I use a generic modem driver since I don't have the manufacturer's > driver? Actually, this modem probably predates Win/2000 so I doubt there > is > a driver for this OS. > > Thanks again. > >
Guest VFP Developer Posted August 14, 2007 Posted August 14, 2007 Saving Old Drivers Saving Old Drivers Hi Juan, Thanks for your help. I assume your procedure will leave the computer with no specific modem driver installed. So with no specific modem driver installed, will the OS automatically use a generic driver for the modem? Or do I have to install another driver for the modem? The other modem that I want to swap in is not plug and play. Thanks, Chaim "Juan Perez" <pgjuan3@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:etAFPCk3HHA.5424@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hi: > I suggest you to: > > 1- Uninstall any software related with your modems manufacturer, but the > drivers. > 2-Switch off you PC. > 3-Turn off the modems > 4-Restart your server. > > Just keeep a copy of the modem drivers for later use. Normaly the standard > MS drivers should be enought, to work with the modems, but just in case. > > -- > Un saludo > Juan Perez > > "Chaim Caron" <ccaron@earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:u7EmkRg3HHA.4436@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > > Hello All, > > I want to switch external modems on my Win2000/Pro machine. > > Do I have to "remove" the modem using the "Add/Remove Hardware" applet in > > the control panel? > > Or is it sufficient to power down the machine and switch the modems? > > > > I may want to reinstall the original modem later. I am having a problem > > with PCAnywhere on a dialup and I want to see if the problem is with the > > modem, that's why I am switching modems. If switching modems does not fix > > the PCA problem, I will return the original modem. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Also: I'm not sure if I have an installation disk for the modem I'm > > switching in. It is an old Practical Peripherals, model PC288 LCD v.34. > > Can I use a generic modem driver since I don't have the manufacturer's > > driver? Actually, this modem probably predates Win/2000 so I doubt there > > is > > a driver for this OS. > > > > Thanks again. > > > > > >
Guest Juan Perez Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Saving Old Drivers Re: Saving Old Drivers Hi: Sorry for the late reply. As far as remenber, long time since I used a modem 8-), you can use the generic modem driver from windows. It will try to detect it before installing. If you use the drivers provided by the manufacturer, you will the see in the device name, the exact model your are using inestead of "Standard 33600 bps Modem", for example. If they are external modems when installing aggain and been detected, the will be detected using hayes At commands. -- Un saludo Juan Perez Este mensaje se proporciona "como está" sin garantías de ninguna clase, y no otorga ningún derecho. "VFP Developer" <ccaron@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:egvHZgr3HHA.4184@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Hi Juan, > Thanks for your help. > > I assume your procedure will leave the computer with no specific modem > driver installed. > So with no specific modem driver installed, will the OS automatically use > a generic driver for the modem? Or do I have to install another driver > for > the modem? The other modem that I want to swap in is not plug and play. > > Thanks, Chaim > > > > "Juan Perez" <pgjuan3@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:etAFPCk3HHA.5424@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Hi: >> I suggest you to: >> >> 1- Uninstall any software related with your modems manufacturer, but the >> drivers. >> 2-Switch off you PC. >> 3-Turn off the modems >> 4-Restart your server. >> >> Just keeep a copy of the modem drivers for later use. Normaly the >> standard >> MS drivers should be enought, to work with the modems, but just in case. >> >> -- >> Un saludo >> Juan Perez >> >> "Chaim Caron" <ccaron@earthlink.net> wrote in message >> news:u7EmkRg3HHA.4436@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> > Hello All, >> > I want to switch external modems on my Win2000/Pro machine. >> > Do I have to "remove" the modem using the "Add/Remove Hardware" applet > in >> > the control panel? >> > Or is it sufficient to power down the machine and switch the modems? >> > >> > I may want to reinstall the original modem later. I am having a > problem >> > with PCAnywhere on a dialup and I want to see if the problem is with >> > the >> > modem, that's why I am switching modems. If switching modems does not > fix >> > the PCA problem, I will return the original modem. >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > Also: I'm not sure if I have an installation disk for the modem I'm >> > switching in. It is an old Practical Peripherals, model PC288 LCD >> > v.34. >> > Can I use a generic modem driver since I don't have the manufacturer's >> > driver? Actually, this modem probably predates Win/2000 so I doubt > there >> > is >> > a driver for this OS. >> > >> > Thanks again. >> > >> > >> >> > >
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