stop modem from automatically answering a call

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go to the control panel and then double click the printers and faxes icon.
Right click on the FAX icon in there and choose PROPERTIES.
Go to the DEVICES tab and press the properties button.
I think that there are the settings you want

"Glenn Gregory" <gtgloner@allstream.net> wrote in message
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>I am running Windows XP home and using dial up networking to access the
> internet with a 56.4 V.92 modem. How do I set it up so it won't
> auto-answer
> an incoming call? When I have the computer on with the modem not connected
> to the internet (or anywhere else) and someone wants to call on the
> telephone, I pick up the receiver and hear the modem trying to answer the
> call. I need to find the setting to deactivate this.
>
>