What's the Correct Way to Uninstall Old Modem Drivers on Win98 machine?

[Orangeman]

Hey Gang,

I have a modem problem. A friend has brought over a Win98 machine with a 56k machine. The modem is dead. I replaced the modem with a new one but I evidently didn't clean out all all the old drivers first because the computer tries t get online but it can't.

What's the correct way to uninstall old modem drivers?

Thanks,
Orangeman

[imaeditedbysowulo]

It's been a long time since I've had to touch a modem or win98, but all I ever used to do was remove the old modem from the device manager and uninstall the software, then put the new modem in and load the new software.

What kind of modem do you have?

[FatalException0E]

Look in Add/remove software in the control panel to see if the modem drivers have an uninstall program. If not, go to 'modems' in control panel and remove the entry for the old modem. That should take care of it. After that, its a matter of getting the drivers installed for the new modem.

[gizmo1_1]

Hey Gang,

I have a modem problem. A friend has brought over a Win98 machine with a 56k machine. The modem is dead. I replaced the modem with a new one but I evidently didn't clean out all all the old drivers first because the computer tries t get online but it can't.

What's the correct way to uninstall old modem drivers?

Thanks,
Orangeman

If the new modem installed correctly, you can go to dial-up networking, Right click your connection select properties. Then change the device it uses to dial up. The old modem will still be listed as the connection device. Simply pull down the drop down box and select the new modem.

Another way is to create a new dialup connection all together.

[TripleRLtd]

If the new modem installed correctly, you can go to dial-up networking, Right click your connection select properties. Then change the device it uses to dial up. The old modem will still be listed as the connection device. Simply pull down the drop down box and select the new modem.

That is probably the problem O-man. If you do change it and it still doesn't dial out, you may just have a bad modem. At least 5% of new modems don't work, so always have a few extras.
Also, as a t'shoot measure, you can always use Internet Connection Wizard to check your outbound connection just to eliminate any potential proprietary dial up software issues.