Can I send a fax from Vista Home?

tazwhoever

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

santer_2

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/

tazwhoever

santer wrote: »

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!!!

santer_2

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

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Programs.
2. Click Programs and Features, and then click Turn Windows features on or off.
3. On the User Account Control page, click Continue.
4. In the Windows Features dialog box, select the Windows Fax and Scan check box, and then click OK.

To configure the Windows Fax and Scan component

1. Click Start, click All Programs, and then click Windows Fax and Scan.
2. Click Tools, and then click Fax Accounts.
3. Click Add, and then click Connect to a fax server on my network.
4. 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.
5. On the Windows Security Alert dialog box, click Unblock.
6. On the Windows Firewall Settings page, click Exceptions, select the Microsoft Windows Fax and Scan check box, and then click Apply.
7. 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.

To send faxes

1. Click Start, click All Programs, and then right-click Windows Fax and Scan.
2. Click New fax, and then follow the instructions to finish the wizard.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd346633%28WS.10%29.aspx

ScratchandSniff-->[X]

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.

ScratchandSniff-->[X]

santer wrote: »

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.

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?

santer_2

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/