Not related at all. You need your installation files. Obviously. What is
your question?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"GeorgeBMac" <GeorgeBMac@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8A1D61CD-6292-4B74-8AF0-6CE7EADE34D5@microsoft.com...
>I have a related problem -- but different.
>
> I purchased a new-to-me computer with XP-Pro preinstalled. When I tried
> to
> install fax under either sp2 or sp3, it tells me to insert the XP install
> CD
> -- which I do not have.
>
> It sounds from the above comments that fax is simply not working in sp3 --
> so this may be a moot problem. But, does anybody have any ideas or
> suggestions? I certainly do not want to try to buy a copy of XP-Pro when
> I
> already have it.
>
> "John Speros" wrote:
>
>> My brother had Microsoft Fax working fine on his Dell XP box with all
>> the
>> patches/SPs applied. He then installed SP3 from Microsoft Update and his
>> Fax
>> Console now does not respond after launching it manually. It would just
>> sit
>> there with the hourglass showing trying to refresh the inbox. It also
>> does
>> not launch directly from Word like it used to. He had it setup to get
>> addresses from Outlook Express. The workaround was to uninstall SP3 from
>> Add/Remove programs and now Microsoft Fax is working for him again.
>>
>>
>> "John Miller" <John_L_Miller@no-spam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:eNyS61BvIHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> > I recently applied SP3 to my WinXP Pro installation, and shortly
>> > afterwards discovered that I no longer had fax support. I can't say
>> > with
>> > any certainty that SP3 broke it; only that I noticed the problem after
>> > applying SP3.
>>
>>