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I really hope that I don't sound like too much of an idiot here...

I have a Dell that's a couple of years old, that was running on Windows
Professional 2000. I really like using my friends' XP, so I installed XP on
my computer. I followed the directions, and I'm not really sure how this
happened, but now I have both XP and Pro 2000 on my computer, and it asks me
which OS I would like to use every time I start the computer. That doesn't
but me so much, even though I'd like to fix it, but my main trouble is that I
can't get XP to recognize my modem. I know that it's working properly,
because when I switch over to Pro 2000, I can connect to the internet through
there. I've tried everything that HELP in XP suggested, but I can't fix it.
When I go to install the modem through XP, the system doesn't even recognize
that there's a modem there, and when it asks me to select the modem from a
list of manufacturers, there aren't any modems listed, just a bunch of
"Standard" modems, none of which will work once I configure them. I really
hope there's someone out there who can help me! Thanks!

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I should also say that XP only has COM1 and COM2 available, but when I
checked the configuration on my 2000, it said it was using COM4....

"lillybellis" wrote:

> I really hope that I don't sound like too much of an idiot here...
>
> I have a Dell that's a couple of years old, that was running on Windows
> Professional 2000. I really like using my friends' XP, so I installed XP on
> my computer. I followed the directions, and I'm not really sure how this
> happened, but now I have both XP and Pro 2000 on my computer, and it asks me
> which OS I would like to use every time I start the computer. That doesn't
> but me so much, even though I'd like to fix it, but my main trouble is that I
> can't get XP to recognize my modem. I know that it's working properly,
> because when I switch over to Pro 2000, I can connect to the internet through
> there. I've tried everything that HELP in XP suggested, but I can't fix it.
> When I go to install the modem through XP, the system doesn't even recognize
> that there's a modem there, and when it asks me to select the modem from a
> list of manufacturers, there aren't any modems listed, just a bunch of
> "Standard" modems, none of which will work once I configure them. I really
> hope there's someone out there who can help me! Thanks!

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lillybellis:

Visit the Dell website and download Windows XP drivers for the Motherboard
chipset, and for the modem. Install the Mobo drivers, then the modem
drivers.

steve



"lillybellis" <lillybellis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:41ADF99B-2887-4FEA-8A22-C919638ABB5D@microsoft.com...
> I really hope that I don't sound like too much of an idiot here...
>
> I have a Dell that's a couple of years old, that was running on Windows
> Professional 2000. I really like using my friends' XP, so I installed XP
on
> my computer. I followed the directions, and I'm not really sure how this
> happened, but now I have both XP and Pro 2000 on my computer, and it asks
me
> which OS I would like to use every time I start the computer. That
doesn't
> but me so much, even though I'd like to fix it, but my main trouble is
that I
> can't get XP to recognize my modem. I know that it's working properly,
> because when I switch over to Pro 2000, I can connect to the internet
through
> there. I've tried everything that HELP in XP suggested, but I can't fix
it.
> When I go to install the modem through XP, the system doesn't even
recognize
> that there's a modem there, and when it asks me to select the modem from a
> list of manufacturers, there aren't any modems listed, just a bunch of
> "Standard" modems, none of which will work once I configure them. I
really
> hope there's someone out there who can help me! Thanks!

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All you need are the modem drivers for XP.
ModemHelp.Org Modem Manufacturer Drivers Page
http://www.modemhelp.org/drivers.html

"lillybellis" wrote:

> I should also say that XP only has COM1 and COM2 available, but when I
> checked the configuration on my 2000, it said it was using COM4....
>
> "lillybellis" wrote:
>
> > I really hope that I don't sound like too much of an idiot here...
> >
> > I have a Dell that's a couple of years old, that was running on Windows
> > Professional 2000. I really like using my friends' XP, so I installed XP on
> > my computer. I followed the directions, and I'm not really sure how this
> > happened, but now I have both XP and Pro 2000 on my computer, and it asks me
> > which OS I would like to use every time I start the computer. That doesn't
> > but me so much, even though I'd like to fix it, but my main trouble is that I
> > can't get XP to recognize my modem. I know that it's working properly,
> > because when I switch over to Pro 2000, I can connect to the internet through
> > there. I've tried everything that HELP in XP suggested, but I can't fix it.
> > When I go to install the modem through XP, the system doesn't even recognize
> > that there's a modem there, and when it asks me to select the modem from a
> > list of manufacturers, there aren't any modems listed, just a bunch of
> > "Standard" modems, none of which will work once I configure them. I really
> > hope there's someone out there who can help me! Thanks!