Receive faxes with Windows XP _windowsxp

It's urgent. A foreign friend to send me a fax, but I do not have a fax machine ah, how to do? Suddenly think of Windows XP has a fax function, but never had the opportunity to use it, use it to try it, so hurriedly tell a friend my phone number, and then study Windows XP went.

Figure 1 Component Wizard

Figure 2 Fax Console

Kung Fu, I finally unearthed the Windows XP fax function, the process is as follows: Open the control Panel → add or Remove Programs → add/Remove Windows Components (Figure 1), by default, Windows XP does not have fax service installed, you can select the Fax service click Next "to install. After the installation is successful, a fax icon named Fax appears in Printers and Faxes in Control Panel. In the start → program → attachment → newsletter, you can fax the program group. Now run Fax Console and open the Tools menu. By selecting the Configure Fax command (Figure 2), you can set up the fax step-by-step under the instructions in the Configure Fax Wizard. One thing to note is that the default is only to send, it is recommended to select Allow Receive and auto answer (Figure 3), and select Fax printer configuration to show a dialog box similar to the printer properties; how do I know if the fax has been configured? When you select Fax Monitor, a dialog box appears (Figure 4). It shows "ready to send and receive faxes" and is finally ready.

Figure 3 Fax Configuration Wizard

Figure 4 Fax Monitor

Figure 5 Fax Console

Maybe it's the time difference, at night, I sleep in a daze, vaguely heard two phone rings (sorry, I did not have this experience detailed record). The next morning a look, wow, success! I could not help shouting, the fax was lying in the Inbox of Fax Console (Figure 5)! This is my first time to use a computer to receive faxes, and finally experienced a real success! I am excited, write down this article immediately, share with everybody. As long as you have a computer, a telephone line, a "cat" (now the General "cat" support fax function.) ), there is also a fax machine. In particular, staff who do not use faxes without the purchase of a fax machine can solve the immediate difficulty.