Need KenWickes's rarepair.exe to Fix Error 633

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Jay Chan

I would like to ask Ken Wickes from Microsoft to send me his
rarepair.exe program that has helped many people to fix this error in
the past:

"Error 633: The modem (or other connecting device)
is already in use or is not configured properly."

Whenever I try to connect to internet using a dial up USB modem (from
CompUSA), I will get this error. Even after a cold boot (with the
surge protector turned off), I still get this error message.

I started having this problem soon after I installed Beyond-TV (a
PC-based Tivo-like software) into my PC. Beyond-TV uses a serial
connection (COM1) to control a DirecTV decoder box. Seem like it is
conflicting with the COM3 for my USB modem. When I started seeing
this error message, I also found that I could not change channels
using Beyond-TV (using remote control from DirecTV still works). I
un-install the device driver and physically removed the USB modem; it
seemed work OK for a couple days (I could change channels).
Unfortunately, I started having problem changing channels yesterday.
I went ahead anyway to re-install the USB modem hoping that this would
do some good. After I re-installed the USB modem, I found that I
could dial up without any problem for at least for 2 hours (but I
still could not change channels). After the first two hours grace
period, the error message returned. Now, I cannot dial up and I
cannot change channels.

I believe Beyond-TV is causing the conflict, and I am contacting
Beyond TV to see if they can fix it or not. Unfortunately, I am not
getting any where with them. I need a quick fix to get around with
this problem while I am waiting for Beyond TV to come up with a
solution. This is the reason why I contact you for help.

I have already sent him a request through his email address
(e-mail address removed). But I ask here anyway just in case someone
here can explain what rarepair.exe does and what it is designed to
fix.

Thanks.

Jay Chan
 
I responded to your email. Rarepair might work for you.

Thanks. I have received the copy of rarepair.exe. I will try it
tonight when I get back home.

I am wondering what rarepair.exe does, and why it can fix some of the
error-633 problem. The reason why I ask is that in case rarepair.exe
works but error-633 comes back a couple days later, I will have to
look for the source of the problem (I don't want to keep running
rarepair.exe every couple days). Thanks in advance for any further
info.

Jay Chan
 
Rarepair does a reinstall of RAS components. 633 can be caused by a number
of issues some of which are corrected by the reinstall. I didn't write it,
another Microsoft engineer did, so I don't know exactly what it does.
 
Rarepair does a reinstall of RAS components. 633 can be caused by a number
of issues some of which are corrected by the reinstall. I didn't write it,
another Microsoft engineer did, so I don't know exactly what it does.
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Thanks for sharing that info.

Unfortunately, I tried rarepair.exe last night, and it didn't fix the
particular error-633 that I am having. When I return home, I will try
un-install / re-install some other programs to find out what is
causing the problem.

Jay Chan
 
I used a good-old way to "fix" this problem. I re-installed
everything and then un-install them one by one. Finally, I found that
a FireFly program somehow is using that port.

Jay Chan
 
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