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After installing Windows XP, I can no longer
specify 'distinctive ring' for receiving faxes. My computer now answers every call as if it were a fax. Does anyone know of any software (or hardware) that can fix this problem? Thanx, Barbara |
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No current operating systems support distinctive ring.
-- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Barbara" <scottlewanski@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:1b40001c44fed$57504ba0$a301280a@phx.gbl... > After installing Windows XP, I can no longer > specify 'distinctive ring' for receiving faxes. My > computer now answers every call as if it were a fax. Does > anyone know of any software (or hardware) that can fix > this problem? > > Thanx, Barbara |
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These third party hardware devices can provide a work-around to the lack of
Distinctive Ring support: http://www.youcansave.com/switchboard.html Emerson Switchboard http://www.command-comm.com/products.html ComSwitch® Hal -- Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-DTS -- WA7BGX http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!" KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4 Got Blues? - www.badnewsbluesband.com "Barbara" <scottlewanski@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:1b40001c44fed$57504ba0$a301280a@phx.gbl... > After installing Windows XP, I can no longer > specify 'distinctive ring' for receiving faxes. My > computer now answers every call as if it were a fax. Does > anyone know of any software (or hardware) that can fix > this problem? > > Thanx, Barbara |
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