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Can I send a fax from Vista Home?
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tazwhoever
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I am on internet (non-wireless modem) and have Vista Home OS. My question is whether I can send a fax from my PC?
If I can, please let me know how and If I can’t, then what extra things (leads/software, etc) would I require?
Thanks
If I can, please let me know how and If I can’t, then what extra things (leads/software, etc) would I require?
Thanks
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http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Set-up-your-computer-to-send-and-receive-faxes
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Send-a-fax
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=send+a+fax+from+a+vista+pc&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=Palemoon:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
Unless it is a regular requirement, you could use a PDF printer and send that as an e-mail attachment
http://www.filehippo.com/download_cutepdf_writer/0 -
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Set-up-your-computer-to-send-and-receive-faxes
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Send-a-fax
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=send+a+fax+from+a+vista+pc&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=Palemoon:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
Unless it is a regular requirement, you could use a PDF printer and send that as an e-mail attachment
http://www.filehippo.com/download_cutepdf_writer/
Thanks for your reply, but my Vista Home OS doesn't have Fax and Scan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Fax_and_Scan
However, is it possible to download this on my current OS? Or some other means?
I can't send emails to this my place, even in 2011!!!0 -
The Windows Fax and Scan component is not installed or configured in Windows Vista. In order to send faxes from a client computer that is running Windows Vista, you must manually install and configure Windows Fax and Scan.
To install the Windows Fax and Scan component- Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Programs.
- Click Programs and Features, and then click Turn Windows features on or off.
- On the User Account Control page, click Continue.
- In the Windows Features dialog box, select the Windows Fax and Scan check box, and then click OK.
- Click Start, click All Programs, and then click Windows Fax and Scan.
- Click Tools, and then click Fax Accounts.
- Click Add, and then click Connect to a fax server on my network.
- On the Type the fax server location page, type the printer name \\%ServerName%, where ServerName is the name of your server that is running Windows SBS 2008.
- On the Windows Security Alert dialog box, click Unblock.
- On the Windows Firewall Settings page, click Exceptions, select the Microsoft Windows Fax and Scan check box, and then click Apply.
- On the Choose a fax server name page, type a name for the fax server, select Use by default for sending faxes, and then click Done.
- Click Start, click All Programs, and then right-click Windows Fax and Scan.
- Click New fax, and then follow the instructions to finish the wizard.
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tazwhoever wrote: »I am on internet (non-wireless modem) and have Vista Home OS. My question is whether I can send a fax from my PC?
If I can, please let me know how and If I can’t, then what extra things (leads/software, etc) would I require?
Thanks
http://www.tpc.int/ (assuming it's still going) on any sort of computer. ISTR it adds an advert on the received message.0 -
That will require the OP having access to a fax server on a network or an old fax modem connected to an analogue line, won't it?0 -
ScratchandSniff-->[X] wrote: »That will require the OP having access to a fax server on a network or an old fax modem connected to an analogue line, won't it?
Unless
" Windows vista lets you turn your PC’s built-in fax modem into a fax machine and send faxes "
http://techblissonline.com/send-faxes-in-windows-vista-by-turning-your-pcs-built-in-fax-modem-into-a-fax-machine/0
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