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IR R EG U L A R DI AL T ON E — If you have voice mail service, you might hear an irregular dial tone when you have messages. Contact your telephone company for instructions on restoring a dial tone.
TU R N OF F CA L L W A I TI N G (C A TC H - PH ON E) — See your telephone directory for instructions on deactivating this feature. Then adjust the
1 Click the Start button and click Control Panel.
2 Click Printers and Other Hardware, click Phone and Modem Options, click the Dialing Rules tab, and then click Edit....
3 In the Edit Location window, ensure that To disable call waiting, dial: is checked, and then select the proper code as listed in your telephone directory.
4Click Apply and click OK.
5Close the Phone and Modems Options window.
6Close the Control Panel window.
VE RI FY TH AT TH E M O D EM I S C O M M U N I CA T I N G W I TH W I N DO W S —
1 Click the Start button and click Control Panel.
2 Click Printers and Other Hardware and click Phone and Modem Options.
3 Click the Modems tab.
4 Click the COM port for your modem.
5 Click Properties, click the Diagnostics tab, and then click Query Modem to verify that the modem is communicating with Windows.
If all commands receive responses, the modem is operating properly.
E-Mail Problems
E N S U R E T H A T Y O U AR E C ON N E C TE D TO T H E I N TE R N E T — With the Outlook Express
Transferring Information to a New Computer
The Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system provides a Files and Settings Transfer wizard to move data from the source computer to the new computer. You can move data such as:
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•Toolbar settings
•Window sizes
•Internet bookmarks
You can transfer the data to the new computer over a network or serial connection, or you can store it on a removable medium, such as a writable CD or floppy disk.
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