In the modem control panel there is a check box for wait for dialtone before dialing. Turn this off. It will then attempt to dial, even if there is no or incorrect dial tone present. > Hi, > > I just performed a major amount of repair work on my sister in law's > computer here at home. This included installing Win98 and setting up her > Internet account. Everything worked fine here at my home but when she took > it back she ran into problems logging into her ISP. It seems she has a > series of irregular dial tone fluctuations related to her voice mail > messaging (There may be more than 1 variation for each roommate, I'm not > completely sure). Does anyone know of a work around? Perhaps delaying the > dialing until after the odd dial tone completes its routine? Dale Laluk / [log in to unmask] P.O. Box 308 Hudson's Hope, B.C. V0C 1V0 250-783-9921 PCSOFT mailing list is brought to you by: The NOSPIN Group, Inc. http://nospin.com - http://nospin.org