Internal dialup modem fried. Now I can't uninstall its driver

[Opinicus]

A lightning strike took out my internal (PCI) 56 k dialup
modem today. (It also took out my ADSL modem and Sound
Blaster.) The latter two have been replaced but I can't
install a new dialup modem because I can't uninstall the
driver for the old one unless the hardware is present.
Putting the fried modem back in is no good because the
computer hangs on bootup.

How do I uninstall the old modem's driver? The old modem is
a venerable "SoftV90 Voice Speakerphone Modem". A Google
search turns up nothing useful.

(FWIW: I use the dialup modem as a backup in case my ADSL
connection goes out.)

 

[Alias]

Have you tried doing it in Safe Mode?

Alias

 

[SeaMaid]

If Safe mode does not work, you could use Driver Cleaner Pro (freeware), My
Drivers (shareware), or Driver Guide Toolkit (shareware). You can find these
programs with Google.

 

[Bob I]

Device Manager, View, Show Hidden, Select the "dead modem", R-click and
Uninstall.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Look for removing "phantom" devices in Google newsgroup search.

Here what I was able to find:

Add
set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1

Then, in Device Manager, Check on "Show hidden devices"

Then, remove the dead modem settings

After, check in C:\Windows\inf and remove the added *.inf files that the
modem drivers installed.

Also, un-install the Drivers in Add/Remove Programs, if there exist an entry
for them.