I have Windows 95. The modem suddenly stopped connecting to the internet. Don't know if anything caused by various CDs my kids instal and run. I removed the modem and COM2, COM3 ports as well as the sound devices, and reinstalled them (several times) based on drivers on my disks. Here is the problem:
a) The computer always detects the modem and wave device and automatically instals it. I cannot stop that operation. The computer automatically assigns a non-existent COM port to the modem, that I cannot change. E.g., if COM 1,2 & 3 exist, the computer assigns COM4 to the modem. When I check on resources, I find that the computer assigned port always has a conflict with respect to interrupt or any other setting with COM 1, 2 or 3. If I set up COM4, the computer changes the modem setting to COM5, and so on. It is quite frustrating.
b) When I instal the modem from the disk, it shows in Device Manager as a second modem. I can change the COM port for the modem I manually instal. I make sure it is a valid port, and I can toggle it to switch (between Comm 2 and COM 3). (COM1 is used by the mouse.) If I delete the computer installed modem, it gets automatically reinstalled the next time I boot the machine. When I ask for More Info under Diagnostics (Control Panel, Modems), for the modem I install, the message is 'Can't open Port') immediately. For the computer installed modem, it tries to communicate for a while, and then cannot find the device.
Please suggest how do I fix this problem.
a) The computer always detects the modem and wave device and automatically instals it. I cannot stop that operation. The computer automatically assigns a non-existent COM port to the modem, that I cannot change. E.g., if COM 1,2 & 3 exist, the computer assigns COM4 to the modem. When I check on resources, I find that the computer assigned port always has a conflict with respect to interrupt or any other setting with COM 1, 2 or 3. If I set up COM4, the computer changes the modem setting to COM5, and so on. It is quite frustrating.
b) When I instal the modem from the disk, it shows in Device Manager as a second modem. I can change the COM port for the modem I manually instal. I make sure it is a valid port, and I can toggle it to switch (between Comm 2 and COM 3). (COM1 is used by the mouse.) If I delete the computer installed modem, it gets automatically reinstalled the next time I boot the machine. When I ask for More Info under Diagnostics (Control Panel, Modems), for the modem I install, the message is 'Can't open Port') immediately. For the computer installed modem, it tries to communicate for a while, and then cannot find the device.
Please suggest how do I fix this problem.