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Name: Beamer Date: July 9, 2001 at 16:59:51 Pacific
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Ptsnoop.exe is a program installed with some modems that monitors the COM ports for the modem driver. It's not actually necessary for using your modem.
You can safely delete it but have to edit the C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI with a text editor such as Notepad or Word Pad. Locate and delete the reference to Ptsnoop in either the LOAD= or RUN= lines at the top of the file, and save the file. (Leave the LOAD= and RUN= references.)
Check the Windows Registry by selecting Start*Run, typing RegEdit, and pressing Enter. Navigate to HKEY_ LOCAL_ MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. If you see a reference to Ptsnoop in the right window, simply highlight that reference and press Del, then close the Registry. Restart Windows and you're done.
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