I am getting realy sick of trying to connect new internal modems to these brand systems. Usually end up with an external which works okay, but that is not the point does anyone know how to get an ordinary internal modem to configure to these HP systems. Most modems want to use Com3 but Hp only lets them use Com2. In Device manager modem is recognised with no problems but try to connect to the internet and says no dial tone or cannot find modem. In Modem properties,click on Com2 for modem diagnostics and says works okay.
I am presuming the problem lies with the Com ports as in Device manager it only has Com1 and LPt ports, no Com2 or 3. Tried installing another Comport which comes up as Com3 but modem still configured to use Com2. I have had three of these systems in the last month, all the same and of course I have tried different modems but still com2. Does this mean that you have to use a special modem from HP themselves or use a differnet modem that can use Com2???
Please help thank you
