A rare Friday tip follows up on Tip 599: Stop phone number formatting, evpanza had this to say:

“Another option, for those who cannot remove the Telephony service (corporate machines) is to go to Control Panel, Phone & Modem Options and edit the Default Location. Choose the International Freephone Service.”

This is used for 800# and it does not format the number. If you click the number button (Business…, Home… etc) it will add “+800” to the number.

This better and easier than disabling the telephony service. Thanks for sharing.