Problems installing an Intel 537 56K Moden with Windows XP Professional O/S

I.ve been trying to instal a newly-purchased Intel 82537 56K dial-up
modem into a computer running Windows XP Professional.

Although the installation instructions tell me it's 'XP-compatible'
and will be recognized by the Windows Plug-and-Play feature when
installed, that doesn't happen. If I manually instal it, using the
'New Hardware Wizard', then insert the CD-ROM with the modem driver,
Windows XP doesn't 'find' the driver either, though the modem
installation instructions assure me that it will.

So my question is this: is it safe to override the warning I get, when
I try to instal the software directly by path from the CD-ROM, that
'this software is unside and may cause Windows XP to become unstable
or stop working' etc, and just instal the Intel driver anyway? Do I
have to manually edit the registry if I do this?

Or is this just a 'generic warning' that the software is 'unsigned',
period?

Thanks for any help!

thank you

"" wrote:

> I.ve been trying to instal a newly-purchased Intel 82537 56K dial-up
> modem into a computer running Windows XP Professional.
>
> Although the installation instructions tell me it's 'XP-compatible'
> and will be recognized by the Windows Plug-and-Play feature when
> installed, that doesn't happen. If I manually instal it, using the
> 'New Hardware Wizard', then insert the CD-ROM with the modem driver,
> Windows XP doesn't 'find' the driver either, though the modem
> installation instructions assure me that it will.
>
> So my question is this: is it safe to override the warning I get, when
> I try to instal the software directly by path from the CD-ROM, that
> 'this software is unside and may cause Windows XP to become unstable
> or stop working' etc, and just instal the Intel driver anyway? Do I
> have to manually edit the registry if I do this?
>
> Or is this just a 'generic warning' that the software is 'unsigned',
> period?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>