Yes, that is how I connect my phone, but it is NOT connected at the moment
and was NOT connected when i went through the steps below including disabling
the service, rebooting, and restarting the service.

"Ubuntista Vistuntu" wrote:

> do you have a USB cable for a mobile phone connected?
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> "LilDeb" <LilDeb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:234AA4B4-DC68-4DE4-9EC7-8FD79AB474B4@microsoft.com...
> > Hi There,
> >
> > I am trying to run HyperTerminal on my Vista x64 workstation in order to
> > configure Cisco switches. Problem is that when I try to open HyperTerminal
> > I
> > get the following error: "another program is using the selected telephony
> > device. Try again after the other program completes." I cannot find ANY
> > other
> > device that would use this service.
> >
> > I do not have a modem, and I do connect my cell phone to the computer via
> > USB but it is currently NOT connected. In "Phone and Modem Options" I do
> > have
> > a default location. I suspect this to be the culprit and would like to
> > delete
> > but can't. I have disabled the Telephony Service, restarted the
> > workstation
> > and restarted the service and continue to get the same error.
> >
> > I know this can work, as the other engineers in my department are
> > functioning just fine. I am the only (un)lucky one with this problem.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> > Debbie
> >
>