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Tazz
December 9th 03, 12:09 PM
I gave a friend a 56k modem for her win xp home. The
drivers on cd are not for xp. It's an old modem (aureal)
company no longer exist. Are there generic drivers
somewhere that I can download for this because xp cannot
find the drivers in the database unless they can go to
the web?

Jason Lee
December 9th 03, 12:09 PM
You may want to try to load one of the Win9x drivers and see if they work on
XP. Aside from that, if it's a really old sound card, you may be better off
getting a new modem. If it is a 56k modem, you may still have some luck
locating it online. Feel free to contact me if you need additional help.
I'll see what I can find.

-Jason Lee

Pack Networks, Tech.

"Tazz" > wrote in message
...
> I gave a friend a 56k modem for her win xp home. The
> drivers on cd are not for xp. It's an old modem (aureal)
> company no longer exist. Are there generic drivers
> somewhere that I can download for this because xp cannot
> find the drivers in the database unless they can go to
> the web?

David Jones
December 9th 03, 12:10 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>You may want to try to load one of the Win9x drivers and
see if they work on
>XP.

They won't. The driver format from Win9x to 2000/XP is
totally different.

Software modems (most cheap internal modems) require
specific drivers, there cannot be a generic one.

You can get a supported, newer, internal 56k modem for
$10 or less at most computer stores, that's probably the
best bet here. You can always search using Google for
Windows 2000/XP drivers as well.

Maureen Goldman
December 9th 03, 12:10 PM
>"Tazz" > wrote:
>I gave a friend a 56k modem for her win xp home. The
>drivers on cd are not for xp. It's an old modem (aureal)
>company no longer exist. Are there generic drivers
>somewhere that I can download for this because xp cannot
>find the drivers in the database unless they can go to
>the web?

Try http://www.driverguide.com
Universal login is drivers, password all

It would be good if others would weigh in on this - wouldn't an NT
driver do?

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