You mean you just discovered that now? This was a known issue for years
starting with Win 2000! The reason why, if you were to dig in to this, is
that these operating systems are for professional applications. Professional
operations use a separate line for their fax machine for obvious reasons.
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If you want to be an amateur about this, go to your local telephone company
sales, or anyone who sells telephone equipment add-ons, and buy a
distinctive ring box. Put it between the modem, and the telephone line. This
should do the trick.
The best solution is to have a separate fax line that is just for faxing.
This way, you can be on the phone doing your business, and or yapping with
your missy, while the faxes come in. There will be no distinctive ring
problem, and at the same time, people who didn't realize the distinctive
ring sound, will not be accidentally picking up the phone while faxes are
going on. Just make sure that the wife doesn't pick the line up while you
are yapping to the missy!
It will not be comfortable to call back your clients, and suppliers all the
time, to have a fax re-send. Some may even start shouting at you to get a
second line for the fax!
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JANA
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"Adrian" <> wrote in message
news:n544e.150747$gJ3.83569@clgrps13...
Guess what! Windows XP and 2000 DO NOT support distinctive ringning! This
makes my job of trying to make a computer take faxes on the same line as my
voice line....
Anyone overcome this without major work? It'd be nice to have some help
figuring this one out..
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