VZ Access Manager won't recognize my UM175 modem.

taelir · Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:58 pm Post subject:

So hey, what DID your mom install right before the modem crapped out?

skinnysweatyman3 · EVDO Newbie Joined: 02 Feb 2009 Posts: 9

It was just some Mcafee update stuff.

taelir · Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:38 pm Post subject:

I hate to say it, but McAfee is crap about causing incompatibility issues. It just seems odd that the timing is RIGHT after she installed an update.

Does the modem work when McAfee is completely shut down? Have you tried booting the computer into Safe Mode with Networking (ie. barebones startup) and tried it then?

Just some thoughts...it's always a process of elimination kind of thing.

skinnysweatyman3 · EVDO Newbie Joined: 02 Feb 2009 Posts: 9

I haven't tried that. Problem is I live two hours away from my mom and I think I'd have better luck putting the dog on the phone and explaining it to him than I would to my mom so I haven't had a ton of time to sit down with it myself.

Studflucker · EVDO Newbie Joined: 08 Aug 2009 Posts: 2

I know this hasn't been posted in a long while. but im recently having the same problems with my um175 and my 64 bit vista system. My question is if I just get a wireless router, like a cradlepoint. then couldn't I just plug the modem into that and have my computer access the wireless access point (because that works fine on my PC) wouldn't that solve my problem, and if so what router should I get?

3Gstore · EVDO Addict Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 3171

Studflucker · EVDO Newbie Joined: 08 Aug 2009 Posts: 2

Sweet! a solution, one other quick question. Do you know of any stores IE best buy, that would carry these, I really don't want to wait for and interenet order to ship. and no, im not located near any frys electronics... unfortunately.

3Gstore · EVDO Addict Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 3171