Modem Status In Tray

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This is a stupid problem, but it is a problem. A friend asked me how to
fix the problem, and although I encountered it myself a long time ago,
have forgotten how to fix it. She is running a Sony Vaio desktop with
a 56K Agere '97 modem. THe operating system is Windows Xp Home, with
both SP1 and Sp2. As she lives out in the country, she has
consistently slow connection speeds, probably in the range of 28.8
kbps. When she connects, then rolls the cursor over the modem
indicator in the tray, it indicates a connection speed of 115,200. She
would prefer that it read the actual initial connection speed, for
example: 28.8 kbps. Does anyone know how to change the way it reads.
I seem to recall at one time it did read the way she wants, but
something caused it to change. Thank you in advance!- Woody



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Woody

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"Woody" <Woody.1t6b1o@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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>
> This is a stupid problem, but it is a problem. A friend asked me how to
> fix the problem, and although I encountered it myself a long time ago,
> have forgotten how to fix it. She is running a Sony Vaio desktop with
> a 56K Agere '97 modem. THe operating system is Windows Xp Home, with
> both SP1 and Sp2. As she lives out in the country, she has
> consistently slow connection speeds, probably in the range of 28.8
> kbps. When she connects, then rolls the cursor over the modem
> indicator in the tray, it indicates a connection speed of 115,200. She
> would prefer that it read the actual initial connection speed, for
> example: 28.8 kbps. Does anyone know how to change the way it reads.
> I seem to recall at one time it did read the way she wants, but
> something caused it to change. Thank you in advance!- Woody
>
>
>
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> Woody
Go to device manager, modems, properties, advanced, extra initialization
commands and add W2. Hopefully it'll work.