Phone Dialer

Enables you to use your computer to dial a phone through a modem.

Reference:

• Search Microsoft Support: Phone Dialer

In XPlite Professional you can find Phone Dialer under the group titled  System Tools & Utilities.

Install Phone Dialer:

If you install Phone Dialer to your system using XPlite Professional you will also be required to install the following components that Phone Dialer requires:

•  Telephony

Uninstall Phone Dialer:

Phone Dialer is not required by other system components in XPlite Professional. You can safely uninstall Phone Dialer without compromising other XPlite Professional components.

BUT PLEASE NOTE: You may have other software installed that does require Phone Dialer. If you encounter any compatibility issues with other software you can quickly and easily reinstall Phone Dialer using XPlite Professional.

Compatibility:

XPlite Professional can completely uninstall Phone Dialer and reinstall to repair Phone Dialer on:

• Windows XP Professional: orig, SP1, SP2
• Windows XP Home: orig, SP1, SP2
• Windows 2000 Professional: orig, SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4
• Windows 2003 Server: orig, SP1, SP2(coming!)

User Removal Statistics for Phone Dialer

XPlite:
Of 404 sampled Windows XP users, 92 left Phone Dialer installed and 312 people uninstalled Phone Dialer from their system.

2000lite:
Of 179 sampled Windows 2000 users, 18 left Phone Dialer installed and 67 people uninstalled it from their system. No data for another 94 users (advanced features hidden or incomplete log data).

Pro Users can help us collect these removal statistics.

1. In XPlite or 2000lite press to access preferences.
2. Ensure logging is on.
3. Check "Send component state data when checking for upgrades" on the Preferences tab.
4. Using the Check for Upgrades button on the About tab.

The information sent is the last block only of component installation state data - you can see this in the log as "option=1" or "option=0". No personal information is conveyed.