Recent content by humbug

oh good, I wasn't looking forward to installing them, anyway. IME, the installers only worked correctly half the time...:-( So are there any other VIA drivers I might need, or am I all set? Thanks for the speedy replies!!!

Maybe this is silly to ask....but does winXP still require the VIA 4in1 drivers? For some reason I'm thinking maybe it doesn't...but I can't really justify that thought...so I'm making a fool of myself and asking in a public forum. ;-) And what's the newest version these days? Thanks a lot...:-)

*ALWAYS* clean install OSes. I'll say it again...*ALWAYS* clean install OSes. Upgrades are a joke. YOu should actually clean install your OS about every 12-14 months.....but NEVER, EVER upgrade an OS. Yuk. Blech. Avoid it like the plague.......Did I meantion you should *ALWAYS* clean...

Ok, I figured out the problem (I think). I was just setting up a new computer (well, new to me, anyway) with a clean install of win2k and I put my modem in there to see how it did...it still connected at 4800. So, I took the modem out of my other computer and put in the one I'd just...

I've checked the connection properties and modem properties over and over, everything is set properly, I've got the port speed at 115200. I've reinstalled the driver several times, also. I have not run a proper diagnostic on the phone line, but I am assuming that it is fine as my other...

DANG! That was a fast reply...if only my modem were so fast. ;-) But yes, the connection also seems significantly slower. Thanks in Advance. :D

As you might have guessed from the thread title, my modem is a slug. 'Twas not always so--I used to connect at about 33200. It's not line noise, as I have another computer on the same phone line with no problems. The problem manifested itself after I was fooling with some proxy software, I've...