Re: Internal modem, settings cannot be changed

Thanks, Joe.

I guess this works fine to tell the modem to dial the prefix before the
actual provider number.

Unfortunately, it does not solve the other problem: to tell the modem NOT to
wait for the dial tone before starting to dial the number.

Normally, what happens in hotels is that you hear a certain tone on the line
before you dial a specific prefix. After that, you hear the normal dial tone.
As long as I cannot make the modem start dialing it will not dial out the
prefix, therefore not get the regular dial tone, and hence never start
dialing. Sounds like a catch 22, right? Well, it is.

Other ideas?

Thomas

"Elmo" wrote:

ThomasB wrote:
My laptop computer has an internal dialup modem (CXT AC-Link for Intel) that
is normally running properly. Recently, in a hotel, I needed to change the
settings so that it started with a dial prefix and did not wait for the dial
tone.

Problem is, none of the settings are available. In fact, when I click on the
modem in system settings, all the "add", "remove", "settings" buttons are
grey and deactivated.

The other modems listed are the ones of my mobile phones, same here: I
cannot access any of their settings.

I do have admin rights on my computer, I did try removing the modem in
hardware manager and let windows find it again on startup, there are no
conflicts with com-ports or anything.

Unfortunately, I cannot run a repair install of windows because this cannot
be done with the pre-installed and backed-up version that came with the
computer.

By the way, the only other thing that does not work on my computer is the
IE7 install, seems to have a problem with registry rights. In case this
should be related...

I am very grateful for any piece of advice.

Thanks,
Thomas

Open Internet Properties, Connections tab, select the modem, click
Settings, Properties, "Use Dialing Rules", and create one where a prefix
needs to be dialed. Name it Motel, 9-Prefix, or whatever you prefer.
Select that rule when needed. (I guess this would work with IE7 too.)

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Joe =o)

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