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Socket open. Error. Cannot dialup

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by juanheyns

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I installed a modem for a client on win95, everything seemed fine. I
installed the Driver, Protocols and etc. etc. BUT when I tried to dial up.
It gave me an error: "Could not dial because the socket is already open.
Some other software might be using the modem". And of course there was no
other software using the modem. I tried installing evering from scratch.
This didn't work. Any suggestions on what the problem might be. (I am a bit
reluctant on reinstalling windows since I doubt I will have the neccecary
drivers and it is an fairly old system).
When I query the modem in the modem properties for "More Info". It works fine.

Regards Juan

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by ann777

Go to device manager and check see what port your modem is using.

Double click on My computer --> Dial up networking and remove the connection that is creating a problem.

Go to control panel and network and remove your dial-up adapter.
Reboot.

Go to control panel and network and ADD your dial-up adapter.

Then test. It should recreate with connection without any problem.

If the error still occurs, then look for other devices on Com1: com2: com3 or com4. Also look for other devices that may be sharing the same memory address pool and therefore conflicting with your modem.

If it's a fairly old system, the modem may have gone bad. At any rate, the standare Microsoft --> Dial Up Networking (adapter) should work.

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