Microsoft Fax won't even try to dial

[Taz]

Hello Group,
I have a Pavilion XZ series notebook with WXP Pro. I have an ESS Superlink-M
Data-Fax Voice modem (internal). I have sent a fax in the past but now when
I try to send a fax it spools the fax to the outbox of the Microsoft fax
consol but doesn't try to dial at all. It says "fatal error" in the extended
status in the properties for the fax. Every time I click restart the error
status comes back in 5 seconds. The modem works fine to dial up my ISP and
it will open the phone line to receive a fax. The event log simply says "An
error was encountered while preparing to send the fax. The service will not
attempt to resend the fax. Please close other applications before
resending." The Event ID is 32079. Microsoft support doesn't have any info
on this and I have tried the knowledge base articles. The driver is the
latest Microsoft has. HELP!!!! This is driving me crazy. any suggestions
are helpful.

 

[Plato]

I try to send a fax it spools the fax to the outbox of the Microsoft fax
consol but doesn't try to dial at all. It says "fatal error" in the extended
status in the properties for the fax. Every time I click restart the error

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