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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 gmscne

This may have to do with the modem initialization string. Check to be sure it has been reset for operation with an 'ATZ' as the last command in that string.
Or, it may be a wrong implementation of winsock.dll. If you can find others, try different winsock.dlls and the error may go away.

by otl

Under the start menu, settings, control panel, system verify that there is only one modem. You could also reload the driver from the disk provided with the modem, at this point, or delete the modem and reboot to reload the driver.
Check start menu, settings, control panel, modem and ensure there is only the new modem available, delete the old.
Under start menu, settings, control panel, dial-up networking check the properties of the connections for the correct modem.
In the Internet options, make sure none of the connections are trying to dial when a connection is not present all are checked to never dial a connection.

BTW - I changed out a modem and found the old one (although uninstalled) was still the default modem forWIN 95.

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