Hello Conor,

Friday, January 14, 2000, 11:13:45 AM, you wrote:
CM> Windows 98 obediently detected a Hayes Accura 33.6 modem, but the Win98 list
CM> of modem drivers doesn't include a 33.6kbps Hayes Accura, though it does
CM> have all the other speeds. So I have installed it as a generic 33.6 modem.

CM> But every time I start the computer it detects the Hayes Accura and wants to
CM> install it.

CM> I have tried downloading drivers and installing them, but neither the
CM> startup autodetect method nor "Add new hardware" seems able to "see" them. I
CM> downloaded two 33.6kbps Hayes Accura drivers, both zip files which expanded
CM> to two files each:

CM> Mdmaci3b - a text file and an executable.

CM> But no way can I get the computer to install these drivers. I have browsed
CM> to them, I have even put them in their own folder and called it "Windows 98"
CM> or "Windows 95", in case Win98 was looking for this, but no dice.

Did you try running those executables?
Do text files have any instructions on installing the drivers?

The generic procedure when working with an unknown device is choose
"have disk..." when Win wants driver location and switch to the
directory where drivers are. Did you try that?

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