RE: No more Caller ID

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Boo hoo! The balloons are gone again. Any suggestions on how to allow balloon
popups in the tray?

"Linda Jo" wrote:

> I may have solved my own problem. For those of you experiencing this
> problem...right click in the tray over the current time and choose
> "properties". Under the "taskbar" tab go to the bottom. Next to "Hide
> inactive icons" click "customize". On my computer I scrolled all the way down
> into "past items" and found "modem on hold". I changed its setting to "always
> show".
>
> Now I receive caller id balloons from the fax monitor when my phone rings.
> Yea!!
>
> "Linda Jo" wrote:
>
> > I think I have discovered the problem. The balloon message is not showing in
> > the taskbar like it used to. How do I enable the balloon messages?
> >
> > "Linda Jo" wrote:
> >
> > > Up until two days ago, whenever my phone rang the fax monitor showed me
> > > caller id. Now it just shows the fax monitor without the caller id. I have
> > > looked in all of the settings that were mentioned in previous posts, but
> > > cannot find anything that addresses caller id.
.

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