My computer keeps answering the phone like a fax machine

[Guest]

I can't find the setting to change to keep my computer from answering the
phone like a fax machine. It's really annoying. Can anyone help?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Control Panel/Printers, right click the fax icon and select properties. On
the Devices tab, click properties. Go to the receive tab, uncheck "enable
device to recieve".

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Rich]

I have recently solved a very similiar problem. I have WinFax 10 and
inadvertently had a setting that enabled the fax to answer when I am
not logged on the computer.

Although I had automatic receive disabled, the "deep background" fax
receive preference kept answering.

This nasty setting took me weeks to find.....

Rich

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your response, but I'm sorry to say that I forgot to mention
that I don't even have a fax machine, so there's no fax icon in printers and
faxes. That's why I'm having such a difficult time figuring out where the
setting is.

 

[Kelly]

Suggestions:

Disable everything that reads 'Wake up' in the BIOS settings.

Right click My Network Places/Properties/Advanced (top toolbar)/Dial-Up
Preferences/Enable Auto-Dial by Location/Uncheck all locations and check off
always ask me before auto dialing. Also, Disable autodial while I am logged
on.

In the Enable Auto-Dial By Location dialog box, select each location for
which you want the automatic dialing feature to operate. Reboot.

Disable or Enable AutoDial (Line 91)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

To view the list of names and addresses recorded by AutoDial, type the
following command at a command prompt: rasautou -s

To delete a name or address entry from the list: Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

 

[Gerry Cornell]

There is a Fax service built into Windows XP. Enter Fax in the search
box in the Help and Support Centre and you will see what I mean!

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Charles C. Drew]

You might want to check your machine for viruses or spyware. You never know what might have settled in to answer the phone. I've listed some freeware spyware scanners below. I use both because neither finds everything.

SpyBot (http://www.safer-networking.org)
Adaware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/)
There is a Fax service built into Windows XP. Enter Fax in the search
box in the Help and Support Centre and you will see what I mean!

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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