Microsoft Windows XP, Vista And 7 Fax Service Driver

September 7, 2009 · Filed Under How To and Online Tutorials 
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Install Fax Component In Microsoft Windows XP, Vista And 7 For Faxing

Sending faxes from your Microsoft Windows computer? You can fax a document that’s stored on your computer or you can scan a document and fax it by sending to your fax printer. In this section, I’ll explain how to fax a document from your computer. If you can print a document, you can fax it.

The Windows XP Fax service uses the Windows Address Book (WAB) as its default address book for fax numbers. When you install Outlook 2000 or Outlook 2002, the fax service switches to the Outlook Address Book (OAB) as its source for fax addresses. So you don’t need to maintain two address books—just one will do.

Windows XP – How To Send Fax

To fax a document stored on your computer via Microsoft Fax driver:

  • Go to ‘File’ menu of the document, click ‘Print’
  • In the ‘Print’ dialog box, select ‘Fax’ to open the ‘Send Fax Wizard’

Microsoft Windows XP, Vista And 7 Fax Service Driver

  • Add the recipient’s fax number, click on ‘Address Book’, and select the recipients
  • Insert ‘Dialing Rules’. If you haven’t, click Dialing Rules. When you’re done with the settings, click OK to return to the fax sending
  • Important: Telephone numbers must be in the canonical form, example: +1 (626) 555-1212. It won’t work if it is in a different form such as (626) 555-1212 or 1-626-555-1212
  • Select a cover page or choose from the list or specify no cover page at all
  • Specify when the fax should be sent as well as the fax’s priority
  • If the fax is a multi-page one, you’ll be able to preview only the first page
  • If you’re sending the fax right away, the Fax Monitor, shown below, will start when the dialing does


Microsoft Windows XP, Vista And 7 Fax Service Driver

p.s. Microsoft fax software does not send faxes for free, it simply replaces the need to have a physical fax machine. Searching for microsoft fax cover sheet?

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  1. Neil Katz

    October 8th, 2009
    1

    I have tried to fax from Windows 7 using an all in one HP printer that is connected to another PC on my network (a Vista PC). It asks me for the network location but fails to connect.

    I have the VISTA HP printer, fax and scan drivers installed on my Win 7 PC (since the Win 7 drivers are not out there yet). I can print, and I can scan.

    Shouldn’t I be able to fax too?

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