Phone Dialer Does Not Finish Dialing

• Microsoft Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to place a call using Phone Dialer, Phone Dialer may stop dialing before the complete phone number is dialed, and the Call Status and Dialing dialog boxes may close before you hang up the phone.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur when the phone number you are attempting to dial includes letters (A-Z). Phone Dialer supports dialing only numerals (0-9).

RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, type the phone number as numerals only.

Additional query words: telephone dialer.exe

Keywords          : kbtool win95 wincomm win98 
Version           : WINDOWS:95
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: January 30, 1999