alien

Don <don195702@hotmail.com> wrote in news:e#5Dl3QkHHA.1992
@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

> alien wrote:
>> Hello all. I am stuck. I have an external modem that is
>> connected with a serial plugin. My pc has no serial plugs so
>> I have to use a serial to usb adapter. It used to work with
>> xp. But I did a clean install with vista and now I cant get
>> it to work...
>
> Can you still boot XP? You could at least tell what driver is
> used in XP and start searching from there. You could also try
> to convince a friend with XP to let you plug in your modem and
> see what drivers it wants to install.
>
>

yes. I will have to do that in the next few days. I am having all sorts of
probs with hardware on my desktop. My new laptop came with vista on it and
the serial to usb cable doesnt work on it either. Funny part is. I think I
was just using some old generic usb serial controller drivers for xp. I may
search around for controller drivers for xp and just go from there like ya
say. I may just go out tomorrow and buy another cable with an install disk
all together. And just make sure its vista compat.
On a side note my modem isnt working either. An old conexant 56k modem.
It is detected by vista and recognized, just wont dial out. Hehe I gues I
just need to upgrade some hardware on my desktop. Thanks for your reply!