Modem Port In Use
Potential Causes:
- Fax or other communication software is running in the background.
- Select the Application Menu. Make sure only Finder is running.
- If another application is running: Switch to it andselect File and
Quit.
- A communication application may be loading at startup.
- Check the Startup Items to see if any communication software loads
at startup.
- Remove alias from the Startup Items folder
- Modem may not have released the previous port.
- Turn Modem off and on if external. If internal shutdown system and
restart.
- A communications extensions conflict.
- Open Extensions Manager or the Extensions folder. Look for
extensions like Fax Manager or Global Fax.
- Create a custom set of extensions using Extensions Manager.
- If Extensions Manager is not available, move extensions to
Extensions (Disabled) folder.
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