USB to Serial adaptors don't always work perfectly. The best solution is
probably to add an inexpensive serial port card. See this one for example
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815104258
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"wouldbee" <wouldbee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I live in a rural area a have only one phone line. I have been using an
> external serial USR 5686e V92 modem with USR's Internet Call Notification
> program. Modem worked fine and received thee incoming calls ok.
>
> Received a new PC that has no serial port. The internal PCI V92 modem uses
> CXT's MOH for incoming calls and it works fine, but the modem is nowhere
> nearly as solid and quick as the my old ext modem is.
>
> I purchased a cheap USB Serial Adapter installed the driver, connected the
> USR external modem, loaded USR lastest driver. The Modem works great but
> USR's Internet Call Notifications will not detect the incoming calls.
>
> The USB Serial Adapter driver was a Prolific driver so i went to their web
> site downloaded their lastest driver and installed No change.
>
> I have disabled, uninstalled and phyically removed the PCI modem and have
> removed the CXT MOH program. NO help. Tried early USR drivers and XP,s
> driver no help.
>
> I have forced the USB Serial Adapter to COM2 port no help.
>
> I ran the device manager from the command prompt and looked for Ghost
> drivers. I even uninstalled some that were not physically connected no
> help.
>
> Has anyone had any experience with USB Serial Adapters and external V92
> modems?
>
> Windows XP MMC, MSI motherboard (no updates shown at OEM), Athlon 64
> +3500,
> Emachine. Everthing seems to work fine except for being able to use my
> good
> external modem.
>
> There is a world of difference on my long phone line between my external
> modem and any other modem I have tried. That is why i would like to be
> able
> to use it. BTW the two modem connection speed show 45 to 48Kbps with ext
> always the lower and V92 works above 34 i believe.
>
> Thanks
>
>