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Chapter 17: Troubleshooting

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Make sure that your notebook is connected to the telephone line and the 
telephone line has a dial tone.

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Make sure that the modem cable is less than 6 feet (1.8 meters) long.

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Remove any line splitters or surge protectors from your telephone line, 
then check for a dial tone by plugging a working telephone into the 
telephone wall jack.

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If you have additional telephone services such as call waiting, call 
messaging, or voice mail, make sure that all messages are cleared and call 
waiting is disabled before using the modem. Contact your telephone 
service to get the correct code to temporarily disable the service. Also make 
sure that the modem dialing properties are set appropriately.

Click 

, then click 

. The Control Panel window opens. 

If your Control Panel is in Category View, click 

.

Click/Double-click the 

 icon, then click the 

 tab.

Click the location from which you are dialing, then click 

.

Make sure that all settings are correct.

Click 

, 

, then click 

. The Control Panel 

window opens.

Click/Double-click the 

 icon, then click 

 tab. 

The Dialing Properties dialog box opens.

For more information about dialing properties in 
Windows XP, click Start, then click Help and Support.

Type the keyword 

dialing in the HelpSpot Search box 

, then click the arrow.