How Do You Use WModem with Windows 7??
 

Hi All,

I have an Sprint PPC 6700 running WM 5.0 and have been using WModem to tether to my laptop. I was using a Windows XP Professional laptop, and tethering worked fine, but had to upgrade to another laptop using Windows 7 Professional 32 bit. I looked on the internet for Windows 7 WModem drivers and dialer software but did not find any so I tried using the same WModem drivers and WModem dialer application I used on the XP machine. I was able to load the WModem drive on the Windows 7 machine, but when I launched the WModem dialer application, it says "No Modem Found". Is there a newer WModem driver and WModem dialer application for Windows 7 and if there is where can I find it?

Thanks,
Steve

Re: How Do You Use WModem with Windows 7??
 

Try the Vista 32bit wmodem drivers

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=288753

Re: How Do You Use WModem with Windows 7??
 

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried the Vista 32 bit drivers and they seem to load OK on the Windows 7 machine, but when I launched the WModem dialer application, it says "No Modem Found".

Does anyone else have another suggestion? I'm sure someone else must be using a PPC6700 as a modem with Windows 7.

Thanks,
John

Re: How Do You Use WModem with Windows 7??
 

Actually first thing first..did you install the Vista 32 bit drivers for the phone itself? The phone needs drivers too...

Re: How Do You Use WModem with Windows 7??
 

Hi gTen,

Thanks very much for the advise and earlier link to the Visa drivers. I read thru a few pages of the link you provided and found some addtional instructions that really helped. Turned out the original XP drivers I used on my old XP laptop worked fine on the new Windows 7 netbook, it was the dialer applications that was the problem. I ended up creating a dial-up connection and entered #777 (I use Sprint) for the phone number and it worked great.

Thanks again for your help!!!!

Steve

Re: How Do You Use WModem with Windows 7??
 

np, glad it finally worked :)