Re: I can not get my modem to connect

[Guest dannydee@nospammm.com]

Re: I can not get my modem to connect

 

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:15:39 +1000, Steven Saunderson <phelum@Syd.au>

wrote:

>On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:55:38 -0500, dannydee@nospammm.com wrote:

>

>> I am using that same modem and same computer right now. I have a

>> barebones installation of Win98se on another small hard drive. I

>> unplugged my regular harddrive and plugged in this one. I could

dial

>> right away without any problems. But, I am still only getting 24K

>> again.

>>

>> Can anyone please tell me what to do to fix this. I have no idea

what

>> else to do. Needless to say, I am going to begin looking for

another

>> ISP.

>

>It could be the ISP but I doubt it. I would suspect a drop in your

>phone line quality. Can you either take your PC to another house and

>try it there or try connecting to another ISP if you know someone with

a

>dial up account that will let you use their account temporarily. If

>your PC works better at another house then it looks like a line

problem.

>If connecting to another ISP works better then maybe it is the ISP.

If

>neither then it might be a modem problem or perhaps a change in the

>modem settings that restricts its maximum rate.

 

 

I will agree that it could be my phone line quality. We have had

considerable rain, several electrical storms, etc. I unplug the phone

line from my modem during lightning, but that protects the modem not

the lines. My ISP *is* my phone company, and the reason I called them

was to get them to check the lines, etc. Instead they insisted I

change my computer, and totally screw it up.

 

Since I am able to connect with the same computer and modem using

*this* installation of win98, proves that they screwed up my

installation of windows. Now I have to change hard drives to go

online because all my software is on my other drive. My main reason

to post this message is to hopefully find someone who can help me get

Windows to recognise my modem on my regular drive again.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.....

 

After that, I will try another phone line, and see if I can borrow

another ext. modem too.

 

What could change in the modem settings? Like I said, *this*

installation is a barebones install of Win98se. The drive is normally

unplugged and stashed away in a box. I only have it for times like

this when I can not get something to work, and I use it for testing.

The test proved that whatever my ISP had me do, really screwed up my

computer on my regular install of Windows. It also proved that the

24K slowdown still exists.

 

One other question. Where are my dialup settings stored in Win98?

Are they in the registry? Are they in a .INI file? What about those

TCP/IP settings in "Network". If I could manually edit whatever file

that stuff is in, I might fix the problem, using this barebones

install to use as an example. But where are these settings stored?

 

I will never let my ISP have me change anything on my computer again.

 

I need help badly.... Please....

 

Thanks

 

Dan

 

 

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