how do I change country code for south Africa from 09 to 00

[Guest]

Telkom South Africa has changed the country exit code from 09 to 00 and as a
result my telephone numbers stored in Contacts as +27 (XX) XXX XXXX no longer
be dialed with MS Outlook 2003 dialer in contacts. How can I alter the exit
code

 

[Peter Marchert]

I´m not sure what exactly you want to do. If you want to replace some
numbers in the phone fields you can try EditContacts
http://www.marchert.de/software.html#ec

It`s a beta version, so it is recommended to make a backup of your
contacts before using it.

Peter

 

[Guest]

If by "country exit code" you mean "international prefix", the answer is you
can't change it. Outlook uses the Windows Dialer, which has the international
prefixes for each country built in. As you indicate, the international prefix
in South Africa was previously 09. The prefix was changed to 00 in May 2002,
with a permissive dialing period. This means that, during the permissive
period, either 09 or 00 would work. Unfortunately for you, the permissive
period ended on Jan 16, 2007.

I think you are stuck. The Windows Dialer is still using 09 as the
international prefix for South Africa. As far as I know, there is nothing you
can do about it until there is a fix issued for the Windows Dialer. This
applies to Windows XP -- I don't know if this issue has been fixed in Vista.

 

[Guest]

Actually, it turns out that there is something you can do. You can manually
enter the new international prefix as a carrier code in the dialing
properties:
- In "Phone and Modem Options",
- under "Dialing Rules",
- enter 00 in "Use this carrier code to make international calls:"