Ivan
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 posted on 19/6/09 at 10:08 AM |
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Computers - something's stealing my modem
Computer experts please help - I connect via a 3G Data card and some program is grabbing ?? the modem (data card) just after booting the computer and
when I try to connect I get a message saying the data card is not the default modem and to set it as such, but if I try to set it as default set it I
find that it is set as default. After setting it as default again I still get the error message.
The only solution to the problem is to pull out the data card and then after a few seconds push it back in. Then I can connect no problem.
This started happening after i loaded Nokia PC suite so maybe it somehow changing the settings to make the Nokia phone the default modem or
something.
Is there any way to monitor and find out what is happening other than uninstalling Nokia PC Suite.
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graememk
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| posted on 19/6/09 at 03:39 PM |
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have you tried uninstalling your nokia date suit ?
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iank
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| posted on 19/6/09 at 05:05 PM |
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Nokia PC suite... shudder!!!
See if portmon will tell you who's knicked it.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896644.aspx
[Edited on 19/6/09 by iank]
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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Ivan
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| posted on 20/6/09 at 08:33 AM |
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Thanks - I will try Postmon and if that fails will try uninstalling the Nokia App
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britishtrident
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| posted on 25/6/09 at 10:30 AM |
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Seems to be nasty worm doing the rounds that has its own SMPT server, has proved very difficult to remove. first symptom is a load of delivery
failure return messages in your catchall email addreess post box.
I had one case before I left for holiday last week, the antivirus programs haven't caught up and it appeared very deeply embedded using
several malicious files to recreate itself if removed. As I was going on holiday and as the PC concerned was very well backed up I just recreated the
PC using a spare hard disc
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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Ivan
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| posted on 25/6/09 at 11:41 AM |
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Thanks All - in the mysterious ways of computers it cured itself the a day after my last post of this.
Just hope it's not the worm mentioned by BT ^^^^ thats got clever and is waitng for me to log on instead of trying to do so by itself.
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