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Modem Installation Error

I installed a modem and installed the drivers and everything. I try to connect and it says "Cannot open port due to device failure". I went into control panel and went to the modem and went to diagnostics.. it showed the modem on COM5 which is correct. I click on "more info" and it says "port is already open" and quits out. Anyone?
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All you need to do is to remove the modem from controlpanel/modems
& reinstall the modem drivers.If it is win98,Then all u need to do is remove the modem from controlpanel/modems
& restart the computer.It will automatically detect it & reinstall the drivers.
Thats it.