[bottleneck]

I have a external V.90 modem(something with a Rocwel chip) on COM1.It's annoying to have to reboot every time I try to dial a connection and the modem wasn't on when the windows was loading.Is there a way for the OS to load the driver for the modem ven if it is on?
Thnx.

[Bursar]

You don't need to reboot.

Turn the modem on.

Right click My Computer and choose Manage from the menu.

Click on Device Manager on the left half of the screen.

Now right click on something on the right hand side (doesn't matter what) and choose 'Scan for hardware changes'. After a second or two it will pick your modem up, and you can then dial up.

[ThC 129]

or you can try disabling the device then reenabling it

[yakkob]

Or just leave it on?

[bottleneck]

Thanks!

[Rik]

Try this:

With the modem switched on, use the add modem wizard and pick your modem manually (rather than let it be autodetected). You'll get a new entry for your modem with a '#2' after it. DISABLE the original modem entry, and don't forget to change your dial-up settings to use the new '#2' modem.
This way, you will have a permanent entry for your modem.