TaAPI Support needed

[Sandy Clarke]

Hi,
First of all I am not a programer so need help.
I have just upgraded to a new computer with XP. I can only get modem
internet here. I also require the use of Distinctive Ring service from the
phone company. With 98SE I had TAPI support so everything worked fine.
Anyone know of a way to get my modem to work again... Is ther some
ulitility i ca install... Any help would be grate...
Cheers
Sandy

[Flossie]

"Sandy Clarke" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> First of all I am not a programer so need help.
> I have just upgraded to a new computer with XP. I can only get modem
> internet here. I also require the use of Distinctive Ring service from
the
> phone company. With 98SE I had TAPI support so everything worked fine.
> Anyone know of a way to get my modem to work again... Is ther some
> ulitility i ca install... Any help would be grate...
> Cheers
> Sandy
>
>


I got this from a Forum:

Distinctive ring support & XP: HOW TO DO IT
Amazing that Microsoft would expect us to believe that distinctive ring is a
"Windows 9.x" feature!

Here's how to get around it.

Go to modems via control panel or device manager:

Go into modem properties and select initialization string under advance
properties.

Type: S0=2-SDR=2#CID=1

This will set auto-answer after 2 calls, distinctive ring to pattern 2 and
caller ID to long format respectively.

You can change the numbers to whatever you want and remove #CID=1 if you
don't care about caller display.

Regards,

John LeBlanc
Halifax NS





Below is the Forum link to that section:
http://www.modemhelp.net/vblite/showthread.php3?threadid=588


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