Brice,

Check out www.rkssoftware.com

They have a fax program that is about $20 and it works with Vista.

--
Jim Alexander   Longs Drug Stores
Sr. Systems Programmer  925-210-6901
The opinions expressed are Mine and not Longs Drugs



-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Brice Yokem
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:06 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Lost Fax Modem capability

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:21:17 +0000, Roy Brown
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>In message <[log in to unmask]>,
Brice Yokem
><[log in to unmask]> writes
>
>>When I got this OS for my Laptop, they did not tell me you cannot fax 
>>a document from it without going through a third party.  I used to be 
>>able to do this on WinXP, where the fax modem could be set up like it 
>>was a printer.
>>
>>One of the technical people at Best Buy told me this is available as a

>>free download at the MSN web site, but I could not find it.
>>At least I could not find a download or upgrade which referenced this 
>>problem in the notes.
>>
>>Anyone here have ideas?
>>
>>Thx
>
>Let me get this straight - you had an XP machine with a working fax 
>modem, you put VHP on it, and now the modem no longer does faxing?
>
>Or some other arrangement?
>
>What's the model no and spec of the modem?
>
>Does it still work as a modem?
>
>Or what?
>--

I bought a new laptop with Vista Home Premium for use when travelling.

My desktop with WinXP allowed the fax modem to be used like a printer
and I thought this would be the same, that still works, but I don't feel
like lugging that everywhere I go and setting it up each time I move.

I bought a plug-in fax modem thinking that was the problem, but no help
so I returned it.

The VHP machine has what is called a soft fax, the Geek Squad guy said
that was no problem, just get the free upgrade from MSN.

MS help says to go to Start>Windows Fax and Printing but that does not
exist.  That really cheesed me off, they have instuctions which cannot
be followed so you waste a bunch of time trying to do the impossible.

I might try the USR link I have, hoping it will work with a 'soft' fax,
but apparently the geek squad guy was off base, or there is a 'secret'
upgrade I cannot find.

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