On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:38:49 +0000, Roy Brown 
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>In message 
<[log in to unmask]>,
>Chuck Ryan <[log in to unmask]> writes
>
>(when Brice said):
>
>>> 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
>>>
>
>Software modem?

Don't know what you mean.  'Soft Fax Modem' is one that uses the
computers resources (memory, processor, hard drive) to operate
the modem, rather than have most of that hardwired in the modem
itself.

>>> I bought a plug-in fax modem thinking that was the problem, but
>>> no help so I returned it.
>
>Now that is weird. If it was sold as 'Vista-compatible' it should have
>come with a driver disk, or at least a URL from which you could download
>same and get it working.

No, it worked just fine, it is just the problem was not the modem, it
was that VHP did not have the capability of sending documents to
a fax machine as if it were a printer.

>Like you, I have VHP, but my fax is my HP2710 all-in-one, so I've never
>looked any deeper. I guess it means I can't fax when on the move though.
>OTOH, the 2710 receives as well, which I don't think PC fax software can
>do, for some reason.

I presume HP2710 does the work of faxing documents, in that it is a printer
with fax capability.  So you can send printout there and it does the faxing.

PC Faxes CAN receive.  I have done that on my WinXP desktop, rarely.
but I do not have a dedicated fax line, so it is set up to receive onlye
when manually enabled.

>>> 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.
>
>Did he give you a more detailed URL?

Did not mention a URL at all.  Just told me it could be done for free
from MSN.  I assumed it would be easy to find as many people would
have griped.

>>> 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.
>
>>Sorry but the only versions of Vista that include fax capabilities are:
>>Business, Enterprise, Ultimate.
>
>>They did not include it in Basic or Premium and as far as I know that
>>has not changed.
>
>Yup :-( Cheapskates.
>
>But try following this up :-
>
><URL:http://solarplusev.blogspot.com/2008/10/free-fax-software-vista-home
>-premium.html>
>
>--
>Roy Brown        'Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be
>Kelmscott Ltd     useful, or believe to be beautiful'  William Morris
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