[coffeedrinker]

A friend of mine has an EMachine, Windows XP SP2, 1.7 processor, with a problem. IT would not get on line, so I ran WINSOC SP Fix, restarted and it fixed it. However in my haste, I opened BigFix and it said that a newer driver was out for the modem, SmartLink, so I downloaded it, but we were chatting away and I clicked to installed it while the machine was still on line. Ooops.

After restarting it did not see the modem and I had to roll back the driver. Now it sees that it is a SmartLink, but will not connect. Checked the phone line, card, ran a modem test ( it says it's working fine), but still no connection. I do hear a click in the computer, but no dialing.

If I delete the driver from the device manager and reinstall it from the CD, will it fix it?

Everything on the EMachine says the modem is fine.

Any help is welcomed,

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that sounds like a valid option..try uninstalling the device all together (as in physically removing it) and reinstall it and let windows detect it

[dsenette]

that sounds like a valid option..try uninstalling the device all together (as in physically removing it) and reinstall it and let windows detect it

[coffeedrinker]

thanks for your help. Wasn't thinking about removing the modem, but that makes sense too. Hope it works.

[coffeedrinker]

Thanks for the help. I used a USB ethernet adapter to access the internet and went to Windows Update Page. They had a update for the modem driver, which I downloaded, restarted and everything is working fine.

Lesson Learned. Never install an update to driver while device is running.

Thanks again