Thanks everybody
for your useful tips and insight.
Take Care !
Michael Badt


BigJim wrote:

> 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
> news:newscache$9zkisi$w85$1@news.actcom.co.il...
>> 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
>>