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Did anyone ever figure out an answer for, a new user, to this problem ? Short of replacing the modem ? Seems the short answer is no, replace video card. excuse me meant to say replace modem. The problem is, after installing unofficial windows 98 se sp, dial-up connection loses the modem after disconecting from a previos use. So here is what happens, after doing a clean install of windows 98 se , modem works fine, install unofficial windows 98 se sp, user connects,user does thier thing, user disconnects. After reasonable time, user tries to connect, dial-up connection reads out; Could not detect modem.It maybe in use, turned off, or installed improperly. So close out of everything restart and open control panel, open modem, go more info everythings OK, close out of all. Reopen control, modem, more info, get; OpenCom [title], Port already open {message}, and a default active button labeled OK click on OK and am sent to the More Info... window which shows Port Information box and a box with modem identifier and an empty white rectangle then has another OK button click OK and sent back to Modems Properties page. Close out restart and as with dial-up am good for one opening of modem port then must restart to close modem. Have tried reinstalling and updating modem drivers. While port is open phone works fine. The above has been repeated 3 times. Platform info: Gateway G6-350 350 Pentium II processor 160 MB RAM formated hard drive drivers downlowded from Gateway Modem is; U.S. Robotics 56k Voice Win. Seems this happened after a microsoft update, done on a previos machine at microsofts update win98 se site, back when microsoft still supported 98se. So this may not be in the unoffical windows 98 se sp, rather a update from microsoft? A Thanks for the welcome from erpdude8 and clasys.

Did anyone ever figure out an answer for, a new user, to this problem ? Short of replacing the modem ? Should I have missed it while reading the postings, a pointing in the right direction is appreciated. Been awhile since last post So hoping joy