I have just installed WinXP Pro and find it great- except for what it does to my modem.
Firstly, when I did the hardwre check I discovered my internal software modem was not supported. So be it I thought, I'll just buy an XP compatable external modem.
I now have an AOpen external fax modem recognised by XP as Lucent Venus PnP and thought everything was fine after it automatically installed itself and was working perfectly. I am using that connection now.
How wrong I could be..... everytime I power down the system, the subsequent session shows no modem, and PnP does not come up with "new hardware detected" message as 98SE used to.
I can re-establish if I go to "add new hardware", then XP finds and re-installs.
Can anyone help me stabilise this, what am I doing wrong.
thanks
Firstly, when I did the hardwre check I discovered my internal software modem was not supported. So be it I thought, I'll just buy an XP compatable external modem.
I now have an AOpen external fax modem recognised by XP as Lucent Venus PnP and thought everything was fine after it automatically installed itself and was working perfectly. I am using that connection now.
How wrong I could be..... everytime I power down the system, the subsequent session shows no modem, and PnP does not come up with "new hardware detected" message as 98SE used to.
I can re-establish if I go to "add new hardware", then XP finds and re-installs.
Can anyone help me stabilise this, what am I doing wrong.
thanks