Did you check the VHCL before you bought a modem?
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Russ Valentine
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"brainlpb" <brainlpb.31b74d@xxxxxx-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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Yeah, I just built a new computer and installed Vista 64-bit
> Ultimate and was rather miffed that my SupraMax 56i modem was not
> recognized by Vista so I was forced into spending some real money to buy
> yet another stupid dialup modem, so I found the Hiro H50006 from Tiger
> Direct for $7.99 since it was cheap, good chipset, and rave reviews from
> AOL lusers. Vista auto detected the modem and installed the driver as an
> Agere Systems PCI-SV92PP Soft Modem and Device Manager shows the modem
> diagnostics is responding properly. However, when I print to Fax from MS
> Word and try to send something out, it says Fatal Error in the Outbox
> after attempting to dial out. My phone cord is plugged into the Line
> port and dialtone is normal, ie no voicemails with beeping dialtone. My
> caller id light indicates that the line is picked up and in use for
> about 10 seconds then it hangs up. I even tried throwing some commas in
> the front of the phone number to slow down the outbound dialing. I
> cannot hear the dialing even though I went into Device Manager and
> cranked the Modem volume to Full but I don't think this modem even has a
> speaker. My other computer, a Dell laptop, has no problems sending out a
> Fax using the same phone cord, it's using Vista 32-bit and a different
> modem of course. Can you read my mind? I'm irked!!!
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