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Old 06-03-2008, 01:18 PM
Gerry
 
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Re: WinFax Pro and Printer Confusion
Russ

Thanks for the advice. This is a dual boot computer and I am aware that
Outlook 2000 does not work with Vista. Apparently a problem with the
address book.


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Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
> At one time WinFax Pro was designed to integrate with Outlook. It was
> one of the first things to go sour when WinFax Pro went belly up.
>> Russ
>>
>> I notice your speciality is Outlook. Whilst I have Outlook installed
>> I have never been comfortable using it. After reinstalling WinFax
>> Pro and whilst trying to reconfigure WinFax Pro it took an interest
>> in the existence of Outlook I had to insert my Office 2000
>> Professional CD. Perhaps I need to check whether Outlook might be
>> part of the problem. It certainly would do no harm to check for
>> updates. Thanks for your response and support <G>.
>>
>>
>> ~~~~
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>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>> Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
>>> Bully. Stand by to provide support for the rest of the users.
>>>> Russ
>>>>
>>>> My experience has been similar to Doug. It has worked well for
>>>> nearly 4 years. It could the update to SP3 but WinFax Pro is still
>>>> working, except for the macro and having to manually print incoming
>>>> faxes. ~~~~
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gerry
>>>> ~~~~
>>>> FCA
>>>> Stourport, England
>>>> Enquire, plan and execute
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
>>>>> You posted an exception. Hal posted the rule. I doubt very many
>>>>> users will be as successful as you, but it's nice to know it's
>>>>> worth trying if users are game to give it a go on their own with
>>>>> no support.
>>>>>> Not to argue with an MVP, but I have been using Winfax
>>>>>> (successfully) with XP since XP came out - now at Winfax ver
>>>>>> 10.3. Symantec is no help whatsoever & has not been for many
>>>>>> years. The macros I have for Winfax (as installed from the WF
>>>>>> prog) work
>>>>>> OK, but do NOT return the default printer to what it was before
>>>>>> you used WF, all of the times. I simply wrote a macro for Word &
>>>>>> Excel that does return my default printer to what it was before.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HTH
>>>>>> Doug
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I] wrote:
>>>>>>> Versions of WinFax later than version 9.x have proven to be
>>>>>>> largely incompatible with Windows XP. WinFax, when installed on
>>>>>>> an XP machine usually corrupts XP's Fax service to the point
>>>>>>> that it cannot be resurrected
>>>>>>> without an OS re-install. Symantec no longer offers any real
>>>>>>> tech support
>>>>>>> for this product. There are a number of group fax services
>>>>>>> available that
>>>>>>> are compatible with XP, my suggestion would be to get one. You
>>>>>>> might also
>>>>>>> want to see if Symantec has a user forum for WinFax; the primary
>>>>>>> focus for
>>>>>>> this forum is Windows XP Fax.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.slipstick.com/addins/services/groupfax.asp
>>>>>>> Group Fax Services
>>>>>>> http://www.slipstick.com/addins/services/fax.asp
>>>>>>> Internet Fax Services
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hal



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