RE: Modem already used by Dialup Networking in Win95?

[<alans@voicenet.com>]

Have you by any chance installed a new Netscape beta with cooltalk? If  
the cooltalk is enabled in the start-up you will get the error you mentioned.


	-=Alan=-

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>From: Rick Tait <rickt@jthome.com>
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>Subject: Modem already used by Dialup Networking in Win95?
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>Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 00:03:29 -0400 (EDT)
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>Folks,
>
>I am seeing this problem a *lot* on my 760c, but not on my 755cx.
>Might anyone have nay ideas as to why this is happening? It's driving
>me crazy!
>
>Basically, whenever I try and dialout using Dialup Networking, its
>telling me that the modems are in use of Dialup Networking or another
>program and that I should close the program and then I can use the
>modem. This is of course untrue, as I am not using the modem neither
>is another program.
>
>I can't even get extended diags via the modems control panel - it
>says the "port is open". There are no conflicting interrupts or
>anything like that. ANY suggestions?
>
>Two modems on this machine - 1xMWave DSP and 1x28.8 Megahertz XJack
>PCMCIA card. The Megahertz works like a dream on the 755cx and indeed
>when it works on the 760c it works fine too.
>
>Anyone seen anything like this before?
>
>Thanks,
>/rickt
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