Vista Tutorial - Phone and Modem Options:Setting up dialing locations

Sometimes I have to use the Fax option as I have to send copies of
documentation to people within my local calling area (right now there are 3
area codes within my local calling area with more to be added in the near
future). One of the problems I've encountered on all Windows OS's (including
Vista), is when I use the imbedded software provided, and I have to dial a
10-digit number, 9 times out of 10, the system will dial a "1" as a prefix
even if the number is within the local area (meaning all you need to dial is
10 digits). I'm suggesting that an option be added to the dialing locations
to exclude the "1". In other words a "No Prefix" option for included area
codes. I've retired from Nortel-Networks after 24 years, and on all our
systems, we included options to where the customer could setup the dialing
prefixes. This would eliminate the "headache" of trying to figure out how to
make the system NOT dial a "1" on a 10-digit local area number.

Thanks

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"Ghostwalker" <Ghostwalker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Sometimes I have to use the Fax option as I have to send copies of
> documentation to people within my local calling area (right now there are
> 3
> area codes within my local calling area with more to be added in the near
> future). One of the problems I've encountered on all Windows OS's
> (including
> Vista), is when I use the imbedded software provided, and I have to dial a
> 10-digit number, 9 times out of 10, the system will dial a "1" as a prefix
> even if the number is within the local area (meaning all you need to dial
> is
> 10 digits). I'm suggesting that an option be added to the dialing
> locations
> to exclude the "1". In other words a "No Prefix" option for included area
> codes. I've retired from Nortel-Networks after 24 years, and on all our
> systems, we included options to where the customer could setup the dialing
> prefixes. This would eliminate the "headache" of trying to figure out how
> to
> make the system NOT dial a "1" on a 10-digit local area number.
>
> Thanks
>
> ----------------
> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
> this
> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...allation_setup


Can you just NOT use the dialing properties and program in exact phone
numbers? If a particular number needs a 1 just enter that as part of the
phone number.