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More info?)
OK. I'll give that a shot. Thanks for the suggestion.
<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:426ef3f1.32816770@nntp.charter.net...
> Try the 3COM/U.S. Robotics web site. Identify the model of the modem
> according
> to the part number on the sticker... Ben Myers
>
> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:03:53 -0400, "Silver Surfer"
> <h.mcguffinspamouflage@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>Which brings to mind the original modem in this machine. It's a TelePath
>>56k fax modem. In looking around the Gateway site I don't find any
>>drivers
>>listed for this device that pertain to Millennium, just W98 and NT. Is
>>this
>>going to be a problem?
>>
>>
>>"pengulin" <peng@nowhwere.noplace> wrote in message
>>news:tcKdnbsHmNfZPfPfRVn-3Q@midco.net...
>>>>>> A friend of hers gave my daughter a Gateway 2000 with the original
>>>>>> Windows 95 installed. Would like to upgrade to my own copy of
>>>>>> Millennium
>>>>>> which is not presently installed on anything. The Me is a full
>>>>>> version,
>>>>>> possibly OEM, and will not install because it detects that W95 is on
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> machine. Will I have any trouble with the Gateway system after
>>>>>> reformatting the hard drive and installing Me from scratch?
>>>
>>> Presuming the OS loads OK, I doubt you'll have any problems with
>>> drivers.
>>> Since it seems to be an older computer, Win ME should have all the
>>> drivers,
>>> if the hardware (sound, video, modem, HD controllers) aren't too obscure
>>> and it's all original equipment. But if any new hardware has been
>>> installed
>>> in the system in the last four or five years, you might need to obtain
>>> drivers for that hardware. The same is true for any peripherals you add
>>> to
>>> the system (although you should already have drivers available).
>>
>>
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