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Sierra modems problems

Novelty9 · 2010-03-31 20:32:06

Hi all i recently bought a sierra wireless modem from 02, it works fine on my pc with windows xp but when i go to use it on my laptop with vista it goes into software installation mode and cannot be changed, i have to go back to my pc and change to modem mode and then reinsert it back into the laptop and then it will work,…

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31-03-2010 9:32pm

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Novelty9

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Hi all
i recently bought a sierra wireless modem from 02, it works fine on my pc with windows xp but when i go to use it on my laptop with vista it goes into software installation mode and cannot be changed, i have to go back to my pc and change to modem mode and then reinsert it back into the laptop and then it will work, i have to do this everytime, the 02 helpline cannot sort it, i have got software from 02 which i put on a usb key and loaded onto my laptop but i still have this problem, is it a problem my laptop/modem or vista, any advice would be appreciated. thanks

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#2 31-03-2010 10:25pm
trout

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Hi Novelty9 - Welcome to boards

I think you started this thread in the wrong forum.

You might want to try the nice folk in the Computers & Technology forum ... click here

Hopefully you'll get some answers over there.

Good luck

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