I have tried to update my Windows 98SE using the Windows Update icon. I decided to download two, optional ESS audio/modem drivers. My system already has an ESS Modem Enumerator installed under "system" and indicated to be working properly. When Windows 98SE first starts, it flashes a window indicating that it has found new hardware, a modem. It began doing that after I downloaded the supposedly newer modem driver via Windows Update. I don't know where to direct it to find the driver for this "new" modem. As far as I know, the modem was working fine when last I used it, many months ago. I would like to end this annoying install process that I must cancel out of each time I start Windows. I tried to get Windows to "find new hardware", to see if there truly were some software problem that had developed that would cause Windows to have to re-install the existing modem. The "find new hardware" option found NO new hardware. This seems to be a "phantom" that Windows is trying to install, triggered by the Windows Update process. How do I eliminate the forced installation? (Is this a matter of running "config" and looking for the problem in the "start-up" menu?) Thanks.
