Silence my modem

[#2]

How can I silence the initialization of the dial up sounds of my modem?
I've done it before but I had to reinstall Netzero and now its ALOT louder than before.

[hd581]

This really belongs in the Tech support forum.

With that said, make your way over to Modem Properties (in 98 I assume it's Control Panel->Modems etc) There should be a sliding bar for controlling the modem volume.

If not, select advanced, I think. Try to find a place where there is one blank line that lets you enter modem commands. Enter 'M0' (thats Letter M and Number Zero) and that will silence your modem.

[cpucook]

I had to stuff the speaker on my modem, since the software volume had no effect on it. I found that a filter off two of my Winston cigs, when stuffed into the speaker with care (yea right) shut it up to just barely audible :-)

BUT, try the volume controls first, they usually work.

[socalgal]

Beamed to Tech Support.