Conor,

My guess is that the executable is another compressed file.
The text file should explain what to do.

Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: Conor McNessa <[log in to unmask]>

> When I moved over to using a PC some of the time, I plugged in the Hayes
> Accura 336 V34 + Fax which I use with my Mac.
>
> Windows 98 obediently detected a Hayes Accura 33.6 modem, but the Win98
list
> of modem drivers doesn't include a 33.6kbps Hayes Accura, though it does
> have all the other speeds. So I have installed it as a generic 33.6 modem.
>
> But every time I start the computer it detects the Hayes Accura and wants
to
> install it.
>
> I have tried downloading drivers and installing them, but neither the
> startup autodetect method nor "Add new hardware" seems able to "see" them.
I
> downloaded two 33.6kbps Hayes Accura drivers, both zip files which
expanded
> to two files each:
>
> Mdmacc06 - a text file and an executable
>
> and
>
> Mdmaci3b - a text file and an executable.
>
> But no way can I get the computer to install these drivers. I have browsed
> to them, I have even put them in their own folder and called it "Windows
98"
> or "Windows 95", in case Win98 was looking for this, but no dice.
>
> Is there any other way of getting them installed? Or, indeed, since the
> modem works well enough in its own little way, of just not getting that
> annoying startup screen trying to install them?
>
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