Specifications

COM Port 1 (COM 1) is usually required by the system and should not be

removed. Go to Start-Settings-Control Panel. Double-click on the Sys-

tem icon, and select the Device Manager tab. From the device tree, double-

click the Ports [COM & LPT] icon to expand the Ports tree. COM 1

should be listed. If COM 2,COM 3, or COM 4 are listed, disable them by

clicking once to highlight each port and then click the Properties button.

At the Properties screen, Uncheck Original Configuration, Current (Win-

dows 95a) or check Disable In This Hardware Profile (Windows 95 OSR2).

If there is a message screen, choose yes and click the OK button. If the

COM Port is properly disabled, there will be a red X over the COM Port

icon.

Case 3: Modem is installed as a Standard Modem or some other modem. Not as a

DataLink V.90 Modem. (Windows will not use the driver disk)

When you insert your modem into the computer, Windows 95 detects it as

either new hardware or as hardware that has already been installed at one

time. Under rare circumstances, Windows 95 will see your modem and

identify it as new hardware, but will not use the installation files that you

give it. Instead, it uses some other .inf file, usually one from previously

installed hardware. As a result, your modem does not work with Windows

95 programs like Dial Up Networking (but will work with programs that

access COM Ports). Correcting this condition requires that you know the

version of Windows 95 that you are using. To find the version of Windows

95 on your computer, go to Start-Settings-Control Panel. Double-click

on the System icon. If the version of Windows 95 is 4.00.950 or 4.00.950A,

use the Windows 95a procedure below. If the version of Windows 95 reads

4.00.950B, see the procedure for Windows 95 OSR2. Read these instruc-

tions first before attempting anything. If you feel uncomfortable with re-

naming files, please ask the assistance of someone who is knowledgable

with Windows files and Windows file extensions.

Windows 95a

Eject the modem from the computer and go to Start-Settings-Control

Panel. Double-click the Modems icon. Highlight the modem by clicking

once and then click the Remove button. Close the control panel and return

to the desktop screen. Do not reboot or restart the system. Now go to

Start-Programs and select MS-DOS Prompt. At the c:> prompt, type in

the following commands in the order listed (Note: if you have renamed

your Windows Directory from C:\Windows, substitute the new name for

Windows in the commands that follow.):

cd c:\windows\inf <enter>

rename *.inf *.bak <enter>

exit <enter>