leave the modem on, xp when booting has the drivers for it and looks for the
modem.
after booting it quits looking, to put it simply. If it was an internal
modem it would have power to it at all times when the machine is on.

"Michael Badt" <mibadt@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I've an external faxmodem, connected via COM1 to an Windows XP.
> If I turn on the modem before booting XP, XP recognizes the modem and it
> works OK.
> However, if I boot XP with the modem turned off, and turn it on
> afterwards,
> XP doesn't recognize the same modem that has been working before (it does
> not appear in the device manager, and I've to reinstall it using the
> hardware wizard).
> Is there a way to retain my modem configuration even if booting with the
> modem off?
>
> TIA
>