Owner's Manual

CHAPTER 10: Sending and Receiving Faxes
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Installing and configuring Fax
Installing Fax
Important
This chapter describes
using Microsoft Fax
and your dial-up
modem. You cannot
send or receive a fax
using a cable or DSL
modem by following
these instructions.
Many Internet services
exist that let you send
or receive faxes using a
broadband
connection.
Your dial-up modem
cable must be installed
before you can send
and receive faxes. You
cannot use your
standard telephone
modem to connect to
the Internet while
sending and receiving
faxes.
Microsoft Fax lets you send and receive faxes
using your dial-up modem. When Windows was
originally installed on your notebook, Fax may
not have been installed.
To install Fax:
1 Click Start, then click Control Panel. The
Control Panel window opens.
Click/Double-click Add and Remove
Programs. The Add or Remove Programs
dialog box opens. Click Add/Remove
Windows Components. The Windows
Components Wizard opens.
2 Click Fax Services, then click Next.
3 Click Finish to exit the Windows
Components Wizard.
4 Click Exit to close the Welcome to Microsoft
Windows XP dialog box.
-OR-
Click Close to close the Add or Remove
Programs dialog box.
Configuring Fax
Important
The first time you run
the Fax Configuration
Wizard, you may need
to provide information
in the Location
Information and the
Phone and Modem
Options dialog boxes.
Before you send your first fax, you need to set up
your user information. Your fax cover sheets and
fax headers contain this information, some of
which is required by law. The Fax Configuration
Wizard opens the first time you try to send a fax.
To configure Microsoft Fax:
1 Click Start, All Programs, Accessories,
Communications, Fax, then click Fax
Console. The Fax Configuration Wizard
opens.