You could disable it in device manager. If you uninstall it might pester you again later. Though having a modem can be handy. I am surprised about twice a year when the need arises, either for faxing or when broadband is unavailable. It might be the driver labeled “Conexant D330,HDA,MDC,v.92,modem” on this page: Drivers & Downloads for Latitude D530 I am guessing HDA = High Definition Audio Also I would recommend installing the Intel chipset driver. On recent fresh installs, I found the chipset driver was not installed from the disk or Windows update, and getting it cured some performance woes.