Gateway 710x User Guide
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Chapter 7: Sending and Receiving Faxes
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Installing and configuring Fax
Installing Fax
Microsoft Fax lets you send and receive faxes using your modem. When
Windows XP was originally installed on your computer, Fax was not installed.
You need to install Fax from your blue Operating System CD.
Windows XP was originally installed on your computer, 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.
5
Click
Exit
to close the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP dialog box.
- OR -
Click
Close
to close the Add or Remove Programs dialog box.
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.
and receive faxes. You cannot use your standard
telephone modem to connect to the Internet while sending
and receiving faxes.