Can anyone tell me why microsoft took off distinctive ring from XP and if there is a way I can get it back or rewrite the script somehow. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Are you speaking of the startup & system sounds? Do you have any sound?

Check your settings under: Control Panel | Sounds & Audio Devices | Sounds

Do you have a sound scheme set?

NO NO Not sound I mean for fax, my modem is distinctive ring compatible but Microsoft took out distictive ring feature from windows 2000 and XP. I just want to know if there is a way to get it back.

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First I've heard of that ring ...

A quick search finds this:

http://www.modemsite.com/56k/dringxp.asp

you never heard of a distictive ring on your phone line when your phone has one line but it ring a diffrent ring when called another number. Maybe where you live your phone company might not have hitech features like that.

i have done some research on this aswell as i have never heard of it before as jephree says you best line of info is here

I don't understan what you guys mean you never heard of it. OK I have a phone numder 000 000 0000 ok? then I have a distictive ring number 111 111 1111 ok so if someone call me to talk to me they call 000 000 0000 and the phone rings long rings and if someone sends me a fax or even calls me on this number 111 111 1111 i will hear short rings and if my computer is hook up to my modem my computer should know what to answer and what not no so if I have distictive ring turn on with windows 98 it can detect it as line 111 111 1111 where i would have a fax software hooked up. however windows XP will not allow distictive ring to me modified. So my question was way is that so. If you guys know what i'm talking about thats cool if you don't well then i'll figure it out sometime.
Thanks

I understand what you are talking about now ...

At first I was just thinking of ringing sounds like the ones' in my ears

Anyway the official Microsoft page is here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;272943

RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, use any of the following methods:
• Obtain and install a third-party device to provide support for distinctive ring feature.
• Use an operating system that supports the distinctive ring feature, such as Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me).

Some more links:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...NCTIVE+RING+xp

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;272943
This site requires me to sign I don't have a password how do I go there.

That is strange

What/Who is asking for a password?

It is an online MS Knowledge Base page

Anyway it is brief:

Distinctive Ring Is Not Supported
View products that this article applies to.
Article ID : 272943
Last Review : October 1, 2003
Revision : 5.0
This article was previously published under Q272943
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SYMPTOMS
CAUSE
RESOLUTION
STATUS
APPLIES TO

SYMPTOMS
The fax programs in the products listed in the "Applies To" section do not support the distinctive ring feature. Because of this, they cannot distinguish calls for distinct numbers if the phone line is enabled with distinctive ring.
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CAUSE
This problem occurs because in the products listed in the "Applies To" section, the implementations of UNIMODEM in TAPI do not support the distinctive ring feature.
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RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, use any of the following methods: • Obtain and install a third-party device to provide support for distinctive ring feature.
• Use an operating system that supports the distinctive ring feature, such as Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me).

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
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APPLIES TO
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

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Keywords: kbprb KB272943

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