XP and Distinctive Ring

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Dean

Does XP support distinctive ring at all? My modem
definitely does but the reading I am doing is making me
suspicious of XP.
I am using third party fax software which also does
support distinctive ring.
The problem seems to be that I can't enable Distinctive
Ring in XP Control Panel.

Any insights? Greatly appreciated!!
 
This issue hasn't been around for a couple of weeks, but it used to get
asked a lot. The "official" answer is that XP does not support
distinctive ring. However, if you do a Google or Google Groups search
for "xp distinctive ring" (w/o quotes) you should find several alleged
workarounds. I have no information about whether any of these solutions
actualy works, but the alternative is to buy a 3rd party hardware device
that detects distinctive ring and routes an incoming call either to your
computer, your phone, your answering machine, or a separate fax machine.
 
Does XP support distinctive ring at all? My modem
definitely does but the reading I am doing is making me
suspicious of XP.
I am using third party fax software which also does
support distinctive ring.
The problem seems to be that I can't enable Distinctive
Ring in XP Control Panel.
Click to expand...

You need a special software like VentaFax, for example
(www.ventafax.com). Distinctive ring service is available even in
Windows 2000 and XP.

Pavel.
 
Does XP support distinctive ring at all? My modem
definitely does but the reading I am doing is making me
suspicious of XP.
I am using third party fax software which also does
support distinctive ring.
The problem seems to be that I can't enable Distinctive
Ring in XP Control Panel.
Click to expand...

You need a special software like VentaFax, for example
(www.ventafax.com). Distinctive ring service is available even in
Windows 2000 and XP.

Pavel.
 
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