Modem Status In Tray

[Woody]

This is a stupid problem, but it is a problem. A friend asked me how t
fix the problem, and although I encountered it myself a long time ago
have forgotten how to fix it. She is running a Sony Vaio desktop wit
a 56K Agere '97 modem. THe operating system is Windows Xp Home, wit
both SP1 and Sp2. As she lives out in the country, she ha
consistently slow connection speeds, probably in the range of 28.
kbps. When she connects, then rolls the cursor over the mode
indicator in the tray, it indicates a connection speed of 115,200. Sh
would prefer that it read the actual initial connection speed, fo
example: 28.8 kbps. Does anyone know how to change the way it reads.
I seem to recall at one time it did read the way she wants, bu
something caused it to change. Thank you in advance!- Woody
:confused

 

[irvdk]

Does anyone know how to change the way it reads. I seem to recall at
one time it did read the way she wants, but something caused it to
change. Thank you in advance!- Woody
Try this:

Go to control panel
Phone and Modem options
Modem tab and check what speed is in the max box and change it
accordingly.
Irv

 

[G...]

This is a stupid problem, but it is a problem. A friend asked me how to
fix the problem, and although I encountered it myself a long time ago,
have forgotten how to fix it. She is running a Sony Vaio desktop with
a 56K Agere '97 modem. THe operating system is Windows Xp Home, with
both SP1 and Sp2. As she lives out in the country, she has
consistently slow connection speeds, probably in the range of 28.8
kbps. When she connects, then rolls the cursor over the modem
indicator in the tray, it indicates a connection speed of 115,200. She
would prefer that it read the actual initial connection speed, for
example: 28.8 kbps. Does anyone know how to change the way it reads.
I seem to recall at one time it did read the way she wants, but
something caused it to change. Thank you in advance!- Woody

Go to device manager, modems, properties, advanced, extra initialization
commands and add W2. Hopefully it'll work.