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Q150280: Adding the Telephony Icon to Control Panel

Article: Q150280
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): win95
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SUMMARY
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Windows 95 includes a telephony utility that can be run from Control Panel, but
is not available by default. The telephony utility can be used for
troubleshooting telephony-related issues.

MORE INFORMATION
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To add the Telephony icon to Control Panel, rename Telephon.cp$ in the
Windows\System folder to Telephon.cpl, and then restart Control Panel.

If you have a 16-bit Telephony application programming interface (TAPI) service
provider already installed on your computer when you upgrade to Windows 95, you
may experience problems with your 32-bit communication applications (such as
HyperTerminal, Phone Dialer, and Dial-Up Networking).

You can use the Telephony icon in Control Panel to determine if you have a 16-bit
TAPI service provider installed and to remove your 16-bit TAPI service
provider(s) to eliminate problems with 32-bit communication programs. However,
removing your 16-bit TAPI service provider may prevent 16-bit TAPI-aware
programs from functioning properly. If you are having TAPI-related problems,
Microsoft recommends that you rebuild Telephon.ini using the steps outlined in
the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q120221 How to Rebuild the TELEPHON.INI File

If you add and run the Telephony utility, you will most likely see the following
telephony driver installed:

  Unimodem Service Provider

This is the Windows 95 32-bit TAPI service provider and should not be removed.

Additional query words: tapi

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Keywords          : win95 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : 95

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