OT. Help me solve my computer problem.Pleeeeeez

Not a bike puter but my home puter. here is the problem. I'm having to uninstall and then re-install
my modem every time I turn my computer on. When I get through with my puter I shut it down the
recommended way by clicking start then the off buttons. Just recently has this been a problem. Once
installed the modem works fine and will stay installed untill I turn the outer off.I use nortons
disk doctor and can usually fix problems but not so with this pain in the hard drive. Any one got
suggestions
PS computer is IBM compatable running on WIN XP Home.

Dont take this the wrong way but have you tried asking in the relevant newsgroups for computers and
whatnot? (No idea what they are called but I bet they are there)

M.

"Bill B" <recumbentbill@juno.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:51c7e827.0309040151.2bdbfbb7@posting.google.com...
> Not a bike puter but my home puter. here is the problem. I'm having to uninstall and then
> re-install my modem every time I turn my computer on. When I get through with my puter I shut it
> down the recommended way by clicking start then the off buttons. Just recently has this been a
> problem. Once installed the modem works fine and will stay installed untill I turn the outer off.I
> use nortons disk doctor and can usually fix problems but not so with this pain in the hard drive.
> Any one got suggestions
> PS computer is IBM compatable running on WIN XP Home.

Just maybe, you are one of the multitudes of victims of the latest computer worms?

Steve McDonald

Go to Google.

Type in 'newsgroups'.

Click on Google newsgroups.

Type in your question and you will find very specific newsgroups that will have answers for you.

Lewis.

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recumbentbill@juno.com (Bill B) wrote in message
news:<51c7e827.0309040151.2bdbfbb7@posting.google.com>...
> Not a bike puter but my home puter. here is the problem. I'm having to uninstall and then
> re-install my modem every time I turn my computer on. When I get through with my puter I shut it
> down the recommended way by clicking start then the off buttons. Just recently has this been a
> problem. Once installed the modem works fine and will stay installed untill I turn the outer off.I
> use nortons disk doctor and can usually fix problems but not so with this pain in the hard drive.
> Any one got suggestions
> PS computer is IBM compatable running on WIN XP Home.

"Mikael Seierup" <briangoebbels@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:<bj735q$f7vfi$1@ID-169681.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> Dont take this the wrong way but have you tried asking in the relevant newsgroups for computers
> and whatnot? (No idea what they are called but I bet they are there)
Not taking it wrong. I ask people on this group because I feel like part of the recumbent family. A
family that talks about lots of OT stuff. Anyway,I know lots of my fellow benters are computer whiz
bangs and thats why I asked on this news group first. If no one can help I'll seek out the other
groups and I will keep to bent related posts on ARBR

"Bill B" skrev...
> Not taking it wrong. I ask people on this group because I feel like part of the recumbent family.
> A family that talks about lots of OT stuff. Anyway,I know lots of my fellow benters are computer
> whiz bangs and thats why I asked on this news group first. If no one can help I'll seek out the
> other groups and I will keep to bent related posts on ARBR

No, no. My point just was that on a computer newsgroup there will be more whiz bangs than here so
you might get an answer faster. Sounds frustrating. Actually it also sounds like that virus. McAfee
had a free detection and removal tool As far as I know.

Cheers Mikael

Nah, it's not a virus.

I'm guessing the modem is a plug-in card rather than built into the motherboard. Did it ever work
correctly - i.e. was it recognized at power-up until recently? If it used to work, what changed
(have you added or removed other devices)?

See if the modem manufacturer has a newer driver.

"jim h" <nospam@privacy.com> wrote in message news:<3f578bc7$1@news.mcg.net>...
> Nah, it's not a virus.
>
> I'm guessing the modem is a plug-in card rather than built into the motherboard. Did it ever work
> correctly - i.e. was it recognized at power-up until recently? If it used to work, what changed
> (have you added or removed other devices)?
>
> See if the modem manufacturer has a newer driver.

Thanx Jim H: yes it is a plug in card and it started messing up when I installed Micro softs Works
7.0. The card/modem worked fine before. Now at power up it is not recognized .Will check on a
newer driver.By the way I also just up graded to Win XP. Before XP my system was WIN 98 and the
WORKS 7.0 was rubbing on it with no problems. Guess there was a conflict with WORKS and XP ANYWAY
Thanks to all

God, I am certainly not a computer whiz but it sounds as though it is a port problem. Perhaps MS
Works selects a port for faxing or such and it was the port originally selected by the modem.

I use Win 98SE, not familiar with XP. Is there a way to check for software and hardware
conflicts with XP?

Jim C

"Bill B" <recumbentbill@juno.com> wrote in message
news:51c7e827.0309041602.3f0bcb8a@posting.google.com...
> "jim h" <nospam@privacy.com> wrote in message
news:<3f578bc7$1@news.mcg.net>...
> > Nah, it's not a virus.
> >
> > I'm guessing the modem is a plug-in card rather than built into the motherboard. Did it ever
> > work correctly - i.e. was it recognized at
power-up
> > until recently? If it used to work, what changed (have you added or
removed
> > other devices)?
> >
> > See if the modem manufacturer has a newer driver.
>
> Thanx Jim H: yes it is a plug in card and it started messing up when I installed Micro softs Works
> 7.0. The card/modem worked fine before. Now at power up it is not recognized .Will check on a
> newer driver.By the way I also just up graded to Win XP. Before XP my system was WIN 98 and the
> WORKS 7.0 was rubbing on it with no problems. Guess there was a conflict with WORKS and XP ANYWAY
> Thanks to all

"Bill B" <recumbentbill@juno.com> wrote in message
news:51c7e827.0309040151.2bdbfbb7@posting.google.com...
> Not a bike puter but my home puter. here is the problem. I'm having to uninstall and then
> re-install my modem every time I turn my computer on. When I get through with my puter I shut it
> down the recommended way by clicking start then the off buttons. Just recently has this been a
> problem. Once installed the modem works fine and will stay installed untill I turn the outer off.I
> use nortons disk doctor and can usually fix problems but not so with this pain in the hard drive.
> Any one got suggestions
> PS computer is IBM compatable running on WIN XP Home.

Hi Bill, Hope people don't mind me butting in as I'm new to the NG!

Can we have a few facts please. Make and model of modem? Driver version? Did the problems start with
XP? Have you looked on the manufactorers web site for FAQs etc?

From what you say, it sounds like it's either an ancient modem, in which case scrap it and get a XP
compatable one (maybe £30 - $45), or just needs the latest drivers/firmware which will be available
from the web site.

Let us know how you get on,

Cheers John

**new bent rider, a magnificant Windcheetah ClubSports, an old PC fiddler**