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Chapter 7: Sending and Receiving Faxes

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Installing and configuring Fax

If you are using Windows XP, complete the following instructions for installing
and configuring Fax. If you are using Windows 2000, go to

“Configuring Fax

in Windows 2000” on page 144

.

Installing Fax in Windows XP

Microsoft Fax lets you send and receive faxes using your modem. When
Windows XP was originally installed on your notebook, Fax was not installed.
You need to install Fax from your blue Operating System CD.

To install Fax:

1

Insert the blue Operating System CD in your CD or DVD drive.

2

If the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP dialog box opens, click

Install

optional Windows components

. The Windows Components Wizard opens.

-OR-

If the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP dialog box does not open, 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.

3

Click

Fax Services

, then click

Next

.

4

Click

Finish

to exit the Windows Components Wizard.

Important

Your 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.

Help and

Support

For more information about sending and receiving faxes
in Windows XP, click Start, then click Help and Support.

Type the keyword

Fax in the Help and Support Search box

, then click the arrow.