modem replacement

My friend has an old Micron MPC Pro Q pc running Win 98. He's on dialup
ISP. His modem quit the other day, and we're trying to put a replacement
in.

Once we physically get the new one in, is it as simple as going through the
"add hardware" Win 98 routine to finish the install (plus running any
supplied software, if any is included)?

Once the pc recognizes the modem, that's all we'll have to do, isn't it?
The email account remains as it was, so that's taken care of. Anything
else?

"RB" wrote in message
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My friend has an old Micron MPC Pro Q pc running Win 98. He's on dialup
ISP. His modem quit the other day, and we're trying to put a replacement
in.

Once we physically get the new one in, is it as simple as going through
the
"add hardware" Win 98 routine to finish the install (plus running any
supplied software, if any is included)?

Yes -- so long as the modem is Win98-compatible.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)

Depending on the state of the system you will probably need to access the
dial-up connectoid and tell Windows to use the new modem for that
connection. Windows allows multiple modems to be installed and any one of
them can be associated with a particular connection - it does not typically
update the connection just because you install a new one.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"RB" wrote in message
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My friend has an old Micron MPC Pro Q pc running Win 98. He's on dialup
ISP. His modem quit the other day, and we're trying to put a replacement
in.

Once we physically get the new one in, is it as simple as going through
the
"add hardware" Win 98 routine to finish the install (plus running any
supplied software, if any is included)?

Once the pc recognizes the modem, that's all we'll have to do, isn't it?
The email account remains as it was, so that's taken care of. Anything
else?

"RB" wrote in message
...
My friend has an old Micron MPC Pro Q pc running Win 98. He's on dialup
ISP. His modem quit the other day, and we're trying to put a replacement
in.

Once we physically get the new one in, is it as simple as going through
the
"add hardware" Win 98 routine to finish the install (plus running any
supplied software, if any is included)?

Once the pc recognizes the modem, that's all we'll have to do, isn't it?
The email account remains as it was, so that's taken care of. Anything
else?



1. remove old modem ...boot to safe mode and remove refences to it...shut
down
2. install new modem ... boot up and win98 should detect and ask for
drivers.
3. when you dial for the first time , it will probably give you an error
"modem doesn't exist" , you will have to select the new modem for the dialup
to use..

done :