Another signin fix - Winfax conflict

[Richard Urban]

I have found that MSN Messenger (and MSAS) both trip over the 2 Winfax Pro
"startup" applications and the Winfax Pro "service".

Disable the Winfax startup applications using msconfig. Go to start | Run,
type in "msconfig". Click on "services". Find the two entries for Winfax
Pro. Disable them both. Click "apply" then OK.

Then right click on My Computer. Go to manage | Services and Applications |
Services. Scroll for Winfax Pro. Double click on Winfax Pro. Stop the
service. Then set the service for manual start. Click "apply", then ok.
Close Computer Management.

Reboot! Winfax Pro is still totally usable upon demand. It just will not
automatically answer the phone to receive faxes. If you know you are going
to receive a fax, start the Winfax Pro program and let it run until the fax
has been received. Then you can shut down the program along with the Winfax
controller.

NOTE: Since this has also solved problems I was having with Microsoft Anti
Spyware, I am going to post this in those groups also!

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Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Richard Urban]

This pertains to MSN Messenger 7 folks. Sorry!

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Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!