Does Vista come with a FAX program?

[Oppie]

Looking to set up a fax service on the Vista machine.

Does Vista come with a Fax program or is a third party program required? I
have the modem that the machine came with but is is currently unused - as we
are now on a network.

Thanks in advance - Oppie

 

[Cal Bear '66]

Only Vista Ultimate, Business and Enterprise come with Windows Fax and Scan.
Snappy Fax is a good, but not free, alternative.

 

[Tom Lake]

Looking to set up a fax service on the Vista machine.

Does Vista come with a Fax program or is a third party program required? I
have the modem that the machine came with but is is currently unused - as
we are now on a network.

Business and Ultimate do, Home versions don't.

Tom Lake

 

[Oppie]

Thanks - for the reply and the recommendation.
I've gotten so accustomed to XP Pro that I run at the office, I keep
thinking that some of those features should be on Vista, but this is the
Home edition and probably not worth upgrading for the extra features.
Always good to get a reality check.

Oppie

Took a look at tucows.com and found these also
Fax Macine http://www.tucows.com/preview/220463
Snappy fax http://www.tucows.com/preview/220463
VentaFax http://www.tucows.com/preview/247082
Faxtastic http://www.tucows.com/preview/427540 This is freeware
Clasic Phone Tools http://www.tucows.com/preview/501845 Freeware
Programs not listed as freeware have timed evaluation period. Ones listed
are under $75. None of them are explicitly rated for Vista. At least one is
rated for XP.

 

[Cal Bear '66]

Many Vista users in these groups like Snappy Fax very much.

 

[Oppie]

Many Vista users in these groups like Snappy Fax very much.

Good to know and the price is reasonable too
Oppie

 

[Doug]

Not true any longer.
Quote from the Snappy Fax Help Screen: "Version 4 is fully compatible with
Windows Vista"
Downloadable from:
http://www.snappysoftware.com/download.htm
Doug

[Heavily snipped!]

 

[Oppie]

And price is still $29.95 - which makes it affordable for me.
Thanks - Oppie
[heavy snipping appreciated]

Not true any longer.
Quote from the Snappy Fax Help Screen: "Version 4 is fully compatible with
Windows Vista"
Downloadable from:
http://www.snappysoftware.com/download.htm
Doug

[Heavily snipped!]

Snappy fax http://www.tucows.com/preview/220463
None of them are explicitly rated for Vista.

 

[oppie]

Here's a site with just about all the DR devices I know of:
http://www.telephonesystems.com/accessories/line_sharing_devices.cfm


I have one by COmmand COmmunications. I would not recommend it. It
answers the line and chews up one ring... then after it rings the DR
line and the answering machine picks up, it throws one final ring on
the other (primary) line. Weird. Never worked right. I talked to
COmmand before I bought it and they insisted it would see the ring
pattern without actually chewing up a ring cycle but it does not work
as claimed.

I used to have two very simple filters you just plugged in like DSL
filters with a setting for which ring pattern (1,2,3) they let
through. No power required, worked off the line. Worked great. Very
inexpensive. Unfortunately I lost them in a direct lightening strike
and the company making them stopped doing so... that's when I got the
CC (lame) device.

If you build those filters drop me a line, I'll buy one

In my searching, I found a distinctive ring filter schematic using a PIC
microprocessor. Even gave the source code. I'm not very good at software
stuff (writing it) but I may look into it. For what it's worth, Microchip
(maker of the PIC) gives away the IDE and assembler for free. The only part
you have to buy is a programmer or debugger. We have the ICD2 debugger at
the office which was pretty inexpensive as I recall.
http://www.analogservices.com/phone.htm

interesting note that this message was posted through news.verizon.net
It seems to propagate to the other servers that carry
Microsoft.public.windows.vista.general. It does not propagate to
Guess it is only a one-way sync.