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  • net waitng? IT help, please.
  • donsimon
    Free Member

    What is it and can I remove it from the computer?

    randomjeremy
    Free Member

    Some old modem bollocks from the 90’s, yes remove it but it doesn’t do anything if you just leave it.

    samuri
    Free Member

    It’s so users can suspend modem connections.
    if you don’t use a modem, you can disable it.

    donsimon
    Free Member

    Will it affect the mobile modem if I remove it?
    Apparently it is affecting something as it is flashed up witha warning and now the mobile modem won’t connect.
    Thanks.

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Wow, that’s a blast from the past. What’s the context?

    NetWaiting was a service for dial-up modems where you could (theoretically) temporarily interrupt a DUN connection to make a phone call without disrupting the data connection. I don’t think I ever saw it work even back in ‘the day’ either – looking back, I’m wondering now whether it was a US-specific feature or if it required subscription to BT’s premium services like Call Waiting maybe?

    But yeah. Assuming you’re actually referring to NetWaiting and not some rogue malware process calling itself NetWaiting, that’s what it is. You don’t need it, haven’t needed it for nigh on ten years, and arguably never needed it.

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Will it affect the mobile modem if I remove it?

    No.

    Apparently it is affecting something as it is flashed up witha warning and now the mobile modem won’t connect.

    Reboot? COM ports are pernickity beasts.

    donsimon
    Free Member

    Seems to be fixed, or at least I have a connection, cheers guys. 😆

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