# How badly do winmodems suck?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 23, 2003, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-winmodems-suck/170556 "2003-04-23T10:58:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-winmodems-suck/170556/41 "2003-04-26T05:43:25Z")

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Definately check for OS compatibility. I have a winmodem that came with a Compaq, which worked when running Compaq’s crapped up version of Win98SE, but when I did a clean install of Win98SE (using genuine M$ disks), 98 couldn’t figure out what it was. Nor could Win2K. XP Pro, however, recognized the modem right off the bat and installed the correct drivers for it.

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