Is this possible

[Carl]

I'm running WinXP with service pack 2 and need to know if this version of Windows comes with a answering machine. I've also tried to place outgoing calls with the Widows Phone Dialer but am unable to hear any sound with my headset but can faintly hear the modem when it dials without the headset.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm running WinXP with service pack 2 and need to know if this
version of Windows comes with a answering machine. I've also tried
to place outgoing calls with the Widows Phone Dialer but am unable
to hear any sound with my headset but can faintly hear the modem
when it dials without the headset.

Do you have a "Voice Modem"?

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I'm running WinXP with service pack 2 and need to know if this version of
Windows comes with a answering machine. I've also tried to place outgoing
calls with the Widows Phone Dialer but am unable to hear any sound with my
headset but can faintly hear the modem when it dials without the headset.

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XP does not come with any kind of answering machine. In the first instance
this requires a modem with voice capabilities, and not all modems have these
functions.

Voice modems often come with the kind of sofware you are asking about.

So, the place you need to start looking is for a new modem with Voice
features.

HTH
-pk

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm running WinXP with service pack 2 and need to know if this
version of Windows comes with a answering machine. I've also tried
to place outgoing calls with the Widows Phone Dialer but am unable
to hear any sound with my headset but can faintly hear the modem
when it dials without the headset.

Do you have a "Voice Modem"?

Carl wrote (in a private email response):

I have a Conexant SmartHSFi V.9x 56K DF PCI Modem if that helps.

"DF" in that likely means "Data/Fax", so you do not have a voice modem.

Why all the questions about whether or not you have a voice modem?
http://modemsite.com/56k/voice.asp

Please reply *in the newsgroups* for the benefit of everyone. Thanks!

 

[Carl]

I'm running WinXP with service pack 2 and need to know if this version of
Windows comes with a answering machine. I've also tried to place outgoing
calls with the Widows Phone Dialer but am unable to hear any sound with my
headset but can faintly hear the modem when it dials without the headset.

==============

XP does not come with any kind of answering machine. In the first instance
this requires a modem with voice capabilities, and not all modems have these
functions.

Voice modems often come with the kind of sofware you are asking about.

So, the place you need to start looking is for a new modem with Voice
features.

HTH
-pk

I'm using a Conexant SmartHSFi V.9x DF PCI Modem

 

[Carl]

Carl wrote (in a private email response):


"DF" in that likely means "Data/Fax", so you do not have a voice modem.

Why all the questions about whether or not you have a voice modem?
http://modemsite.com/56k/voice.asp

Please reply *in the newsgroups* for the benefit of everyone. Thanks!

Ahh ok I'll go buy one thanks for the help

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I'm running WinXP with service pack 2 and need to know if this version of
Windows comes with a answering machine. I've also tried to place outgoing
calls with the Widows Phone Dialer but am unable to hear any sound with
my
headset but can faintly hear the modem when it dials without the headset.

==============

XP does not come with any kind of answering machine. In the first
instance
this requires a modem with voice capabilities, and not all modems have
these
functions.

Voice modems often come with the kind of sofware you are asking about.

So, the place you need to start looking is for a new modem with Voice
features.

HTH
-pk

I'm using a Conexant SmartHSFi V.9x DF PCI Modem
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Thanks for the detail. The user's manual for that says explicitly,

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/comm/p46851/en/intro.htm

"This modem does not support voice or digital private branch exchange (PBX).
"

So you will definitely need another modem that DOES support Voice, and it
should come with the software you seek.

HTH
-pk