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Installing a Modem for Windows 2000
- Double-click the My Computer
icon on your desktop.
- Double-click the Control Panel
icon.
- Double-click the Phone and Modems
icon.
- The following window will open.
- Click once on the Modems tab.
- This window will list any modems you may already
have installed in your system.
- To add a modem, click the Add
button at the bottom of the window.
- Do not place a tick in the box titled Don't
detect my modem.
- Click the Next button.
- Windows will now attempt to detect your modem by scanning
each of the communications ports in your computer.
- If Windows correctly identifies your modem you
will see the following window displayed. Click the Finish
button then move to Step 12.
- If you do not see this window, move to the next
step.
- If Windows did not find your modem you will see
the following window.
- Click the Next button.
- Scroll through the list of manufacturers in the
left hand column. If the manufacturer for your modem is listed, click
once on that manufacturer. The list of modems will change in the right
hand column. If your modem is listed, click on its entry once then
click the Next button. Move to Step 10.
- If your modem is not listed and you do not have
a disk for your modem, click on Standard Modem Types
from the left hand column. Then click once on the modem that most
closely matches yours from the list on the right hand side. Click
the Next button. Move to Step 10.
- If you have a disk for your modem, click the
Have Disk button and move to the next step.
- Insert the disk that contains your modem software
into the disk drive.
- Select the correct drive letter and folder that
contains the modem software. You may need to use the browse button
to change drive letters or folders.
- Click the OK button and move
to the next step.
- Your modem will now be listed. If the correct
modem is not listed here, click the Have Disk button
again and ensure that you have selected the correct drive and/or folder.
- Click the Next button.
- Windows will now ask which communications (COM)
port you want the modem to communicate through.
- External modems are usually connnected through
COM1 or COM2.
- Internal modems are usually connected through
COM3 or COM4.
- Select the COM port that you want to use then
click the Next button.
- Your modem software has now been installed. Click the
Finish button to finalise the settings.
- Click the OK button to close the Modem
Properties window.
End of Installing a Modem
for Windows 2000
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