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I recently dumped Windows 95 OSR2 after it went into DOS and refused return to windows or allowing the files to be opened even though seen. An attempt to use the recovery CD for a clean reinstall failed. I dumped the ole girl and installed Win 2000 Pro. Quite an exciting OS after years with Win 95..I sorta like it ..but a couple of things just don't jel. My modem even though more efficient.....had 21.6 Kbps with win 95 ..now receive 52 Kpbs...is SILENT during dial-up and so I can't tell that the modem is connecting and receiving 'handshake' until a little pop-up says connected. Is this a normal feature of Win 2000 Pro or is there something I need or can do to activate this feature.

The other nuisance that I encounter is that the URLs in the Address drop-down list are not seen on reboot. The only URL seen is the Home Page..Google. I have tried everything in my limited knowledge but to no avail. Thanks for any advice.

System :

Sony PCV 150

Hard Drive 4 gigs

Ram 64 megs

Modem uses Motherboard Piezo electric speaker

Speaker volume on monitor set at 61%

Modem Properties show that sound is set at the 3rd indicator to the right [there are 4 indicators]

Device Manager shows no yellow impediments.

AV ..free Avast

Antispyware......Spybot


Posted

Usually in the properties of the modem in device manager, there is a checkbox for allowing the modem sounds to be heard, and yes, this is disabled by default (not sure why, but it was).

As to your URL issue, that seems very odd - have you installed IE6 SP1?

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Thanks Guys for your posts ..I have attached today's log of the Modem :

02-04-2007 18:02:00.344 - File: C:\WINNT\System32\unimdm.tsp, Version 5.0.2175 - Retail

02-04-2007 18:02:00.344 - File: C:\WINNT\System32\unimdmat.dll, Version 5.0.2134 - Retail

02-04-2007 18:02:00.354 - File: C:\WINNT\System32\uniplat.dll, Version 5.0.2151 - Retail

02-04-2007 18:02:00.364 - File: C:\WINNT\System32\drivers\modem.sys, Version 5.0.2134 - Retail

02-04-2007 18:02:00.364 - File: C:\WINNT\System32\modemui.dll, Version 5.0.2146 - Retail

02-04-2007 18:02:00.364 - Modem type: LT Win Modem

02-04-2007 18:02:00.364 - Modem inf path: mdmlt3.inf

02-04-2007 18:02:00.364 - Modem inf section: Modem_PNP_DSVD

02-04-2007 18:02:00.514 - 38400,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2

02-04-2007 18:02:00.514 - Initializing modem.

02-04-2007 18:02:00.524 - Send: AT<cr>

02-04-2007 18:02:00.544 - Recv: AT<cr>

02-04-2007 18:02:00.544 - Command Echo

02-04-2007 18:02:00.544 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>

02-04-2007 18:02:00.544 - Interpreted response: OK

02-04-2007 18:02:00.554 - Send: AT &F E0 &C1 &D2 V1 S0=0\V1<cr>

02-04-2007 18:02:00.725 - Recv: AT &F E0 &C1 &D2 V1 S0=0\V1<cr>

02-04-2007 18:02:00.725 - Command Echo

02-04-2007 18:02:00.725 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>

02-04-2007 18:02:00.725 - Interpreted response: OK

02-04-2007 18:02:00.735 - Send: ATS7=60S30=0L2M1\N3%C1&K3B0B15B2N1\J1X4<cr>

02-04-2007 18:02:00.755 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>

02-04-2007 18:02:00.755 - Interpreted response: OK

02-04-2007 18:02:00.755 - Waiting for a call.

02-04-2007 18:02:00.765 - Send: at+vcid=1<cr>

02-04-2007 18:02:00.785 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>

02-04-2007 18:02:00.785 - Interpreted response: OK

02-04-2007 18:02:00.795 - Send: ATS0=0<cr>

02-04-2007 18:02:00.815 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>

02-04-2007 18:02:00.815 - Interpreted response: OK

02-04-2007 18:02:00.815 - 38400,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2

02-04-2007 18:02:00.815 - Initializing modem.

02-04-2007 18:02:00.825 - Send: AT<cr>

02-04-2007 18:02:00.845 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>

02-04-2007 18:02:00.845 - Interpreted response: OK

02-04-2007 18:02:00.855 - Send: AT &F E0 &C1 &D2 V1 S0=0\V1<cr>

02-04-2007 18:02:01.025 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>

02-04-2007 18:02:01.025 - Interpreted response: OK

02-04-2007 18:02:01.035 - Send: ATS7=60S30=0L2M1\N3%C1&K3B0B15B2N1\J1X4<cr>

02-04-2007 18:02:01.055 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>

02-04-2007 18:02:01.055 - Interpreted response: OK

02-04-2007 18:02:01.055 - Dialing.

02-04-2007 18:02:01.065 - Send: ATDT#######<cr>

02-04-2007 18:02:34.393 - Recv: <cr><lf>CONNECT 52000 V42bis<cr><lf>

02-04-2007 18:02:34.393 - Interpreted response: Connect

02-04-2007 18:02:34.393 - Receive Connect but CD was low, Waiting for signal to go high

02-04-2007 18:02:34.413 - CD has been raised

02-04-2007 18:02:34.413 - Connection established at 52000bps.

02-04-2007 18:02:34.413 - Error-control on.

02-04-2007 18:02:34.413 - Data compression on.

02-04-2007 18:03:04.416 - Read: Total: 66051, Per/Sec: 2200, Written: Total: 6511, Per/Sec: 214

02-04-2007 18:05:04.419 - Read: Total: 164427, Per/Sec: 819, Written: Total: 17599, Per/Sec: 92

02-04-2007 18:07:04.421 - Read: Total: 164427, Per/Sec: 0, Written: Total: 17599, Per/Sec: 0

.................................

In answer to quests made in the posts I'd like to make the following observations:

Quote :As to your URL issue, that seems very odd - have you installed IE6 SP1?

My IE is 5.0......and not only is the disappearance of the URLs odd but I experience the

disappearance of my password to the ISP on reboot even though the SAVE PASSWORD box is checked. I have decided to live along with same by keeping the box unchecked.

A point that slipped me is that a music CD also gives no sound...you can see the minutes counting down but no sound.

Relative to the quest :"does the PC speaker (the internal one) beep at all?" The only speaker on the mobo is a standard Piezo electric one on the Motherboard and clearly works as the Single Beep at POST is audible.

Like I said , the modem connects at a better baud rate than it did under Win 95..the

problem is that you sit and wait and sometimes only to realize that it did not initialize. I just ran PING through DOS...got the results.. But No Sound.

My limited knowledge of the AT commands precludes me from delving into "(it could be that you have an ATM0 in your string?)"

I went into the Bios Settings..they remained actually as they were on 30.5.06 under Win 95 [ Win 2000 was installed Jan 07]. Changes seen in Peripheral Configuration are : Serial Port which was [Auto] is now ENABLED ; Parallel Port which was [Auto] is now ENABLED. AUDIO was and is ENABLED.

Finally....the transition from 95 to 2000 was not very smooth....it was Plug and Pray. From the outset the modem showed a Yellow question mark in the Device manager and I had to change its IRQ to remove the conflict.

Sorry for the trouble Guys ....I am an ole fart that is self taught.

Posted
The only speaker on the mobo is a standard Piezo electric one on the Motherboard and clearly works as the Single Beep at POST is audible.

Yep, but you see, when POST takes place the speaker is "driven" DIRECTLY by the Motherboard hardware.

Once NT/2K/XP has booted, the HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) effectively separates the hardware from the Operating System, UNLESS a proper driver has been loaded.

Please do check the before given links:

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/n1014826767

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/t1014826767

by trying to have it BEEP for "exclamation" event....

jaclaz

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Hello Jaclaz ! I reviewed your post and reread the links :

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/n1014826767

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/t1014826767

Firstly , a trip to the registry's HKEY_Current_User ON Local Machine reveals :

Sound - Beep : REG _SZ : Yes

Extended Sounds - REG _ SZ : Yes

Sounds -System Default : REG_SZ

Volume Control Properties Window seen through the Speaker in Systray revealed this :

Mixer Device ........Yamaha Audio

Ajust Volume For

Playback [radio button selected]

Recording [radio button not selected]

Other ..... [ radio buttton grayed out ]

...........................

Volume Controls ......[/] indicates 'checked' ..[ ] indicates 'unchecked'

[/] Volume Control

[ ] Ymersion

[ ] Mono In

[ ] Microphone

[/] CD Audio

[/] Line In

[/] Midi

[/] Wave....

............................................

No PC Beep or PC Speak or PCS seen

.............................................................................

UNLESS a proper driver has been loaded.................

by trying to have it BEEP for "exclamation" event....

Jaclaz are you thinking that I need to update sound card drivers because of this later OS ?

How do I make the modem beep for "exclamation" event ?

Posted

Well, I cannot say, check this:

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000725.htm

It is possible that your sound card drivers "catch" all audio and sends it to the sound card, you can try disabling the sound card and see if the internal speaker beeps....

If only Microsoft would stop moving pages around....

via Google cache:

http://209.85.129.104/search?q=cache:NaS-M...a_apd_zdyx.mspx

If the computer has a multimedia sound card, you might need to disable this hardware to force the computer's built-in speaker to relay the sounds. To disable the multimedia sound card, double-click Sounds and Multimedia in Control Panel, then click the Audio tab.

jaclaz

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had 21.6 Kbps with win 95 ..now receive 52 Kpbs..

I never had that occur! At least with Windows 98 SE. I wouldn't blame that on Windows.

In fact that sounds more like the problems with newer PCs when using Windows 9x.

nForce chipsets and Windows 9x don't mix!

Posted (edited)
QUOTE(scrolljoe @ Feb 4 2007, 12:02 PM)

had 21.6 Kbps with win 95 ..now receive 52 Kpbs..

I never had that occur! At least with Windows 98 SE. I wouldn't blame that on Windows.

In fact that sounds more like the problems with newer PCs when using Windows 9x.

nForce chipsets and Windows 9x don't mix!

RJARRRPCGP...

Have this funny feeling that the newer Operating Systems , with all other things

remaining the same , produce a higher baud rate ...illogical as it may seem.

I could never get higher than 28.8 Kbps with 9x..the only other thing that

can't be ruled out is that the Local Telephone Company has eased the

congestion in the lines in preparation for World Cup Cricket.

Do you mind taking a 'stab' at the Silence of the Modem

Edited by scrolljoe

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