geepondy
Flashlight Enthusiast
I could have posted this on the helpful free software thread but wanted to give it's own title. I will post on computer forums also but find I get/read a lot of computer info here
Short story. Any good free/cheap Internet computer call waiting software? What that does is if you have call waiting enabled on your phone line and you receive a call while online (using a modem), a pop up window will appear saying do you want to answer the call or reject it. I believe some will do the caller ID as well. With a newer V92 modem I believe you can answer it without even losing your Internet connection, with a V90 modem I believe you'll get disconnected from the Internet in order to answer the call.
Long story: I recently assembled a winxp computer for a family member using a mixture of old/new components including a US Robotics V90 modem. Previously when modem was installed in older win98 machine, the connections software provided with the modem installed the necessary software so that when she received a call while online she would get a pop up box and could choose to receive the call if so desired. Unaware to me when I delivered this computer over 150 miles away, she utilized this feature. When installing winxp in newer computer, the modem was recognized so I did not install any additional software. I just found this out tonight when I arrived back home. I advised her to reinstall the USR connections software but here's what I'm afraid of. There is already a modem driver installed via winxp so I'm afraid it may try to install a different one and confuse the system so that the modem is not operational. Also I'm not sure whether any of the software, including the call waiting feature is compatible with winxp. I have gone to the USR site but I do not know the exact model number so can't get help. If anybody happens to have gone thru something similar with a USR modem, please respond. Thanks.
Short story. Any good free/cheap Internet computer call waiting software? What that does is if you have call waiting enabled on your phone line and you receive a call while online (using a modem), a pop up window will appear saying do you want to answer the call or reject it. I believe some will do the caller ID as well. With a newer V92 modem I believe you can answer it without even losing your Internet connection, with a V90 modem I believe you'll get disconnected from the Internet in order to answer the call.
Long story: I recently assembled a winxp computer for a family member using a mixture of old/new components including a US Robotics V90 modem. Previously when modem was installed in older win98 machine, the connections software provided with the modem installed the necessary software so that when she received a call while online she would get a pop up box and could choose to receive the call if so desired. Unaware to me when I delivered this computer over 150 miles away, she utilized this feature. When installing winxp in newer computer, the modem was recognized so I did not install any additional software. I just found this out tonight when I arrived back home. I advised her to reinstall the USR connections software but here's what I'm afraid of. There is already a modem driver installed via winxp so I'm afraid it may try to install a different one and confuse the system so that the modem is not operational. Also I'm not sure whether any of the software, including the call waiting feature is compatible with winxp. I have gone to the USR site but I do not know the exact model number so can't get help. If anybody happens to have gone thru something similar with a USR modem, please respond. Thanks.
