I'm not sure why it's showing up, but you can keep it from finding it when
you boot up.  (you might want to go into the BIOS and see if it can be
disabled there, usually under something like chipset features)  Go to the
device manager, find the old MR listing and disable it instead of
uninstalling it.  It will ignore the MR from then on.

HTH

    PCPhill


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamie Adams" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 11:29 PM
Subject: PCI Modem in XP


> I recently replaced my modem, due to inability to connect to the internet.
Well, when I installed the new modem (differnet brand modem and installed in
differnet PCI slot)the computer was still trying to install the old one. I
boot up the computer and it auto detects my old modem (HSP56 MR) which is
not installed at all, I removed it from the computer. I have to open device
manager and manually uninstall it every time I boot up. Now the new modem
(Lucent Win Modem) installed fine and it works fine. But why does it think
the old one is still in COM port 1?
> Jamie
>

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