Windows Vista® Step by Step Deluxe Edition

Faxing and Scanning Documents

With Windows Fax And Scan, you can send and receive faxes through an analog phone line and a modem, or through a fax server. After ensuring that the internal or external modem is correctly installed and turned on and that the phone line is plugged in, you need to set up a fax account to tell Windows how you will send and receive faxes. (If you want to send a fax via a fax modem but do not want to receive faxes, you don’t have to set up an account.)

Troubleshooting

Windows Fax And Scan is a "Windows feature" that you can turn on and off. If the program does not appear on the All Programs menu, follow the process described ...