outgoing fax host/client for xp?

[Guest]

i am setting up a new domain that is using 2000 server for my domain
controllers and windows xp pro for my workstations. for a fax solution, we
are trying to go paperless, so we have an internet fax machine that takes all
of our incoming faxes and ftp's them into a document management program.
however, we now need an outgoing solution that is paperless. hardware,
software, whatever...just as inexpensive and reliable as possible, and if it
is a host/client type setup, (which most are) then we will probably need the
host to be set up on an xp box because none of our users have access to our
servers (only myself and two other people do) so they will need to be able to
see if their faxes went out by looking at the host pc....maybe. any
solutions are helpful and appreciative....

by the way, we also need this to work in a terminal services environment.

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

i am setting up a new domain that is using 2000 server for my domain
controllers and windows xp pro for my workstations. for a fax
solution, we are trying to go paperless, so we have an internet fax
machine that takes all of our incoming faxes and ftp's them into a
document management program. however, we now need an outgoing
solution that is paperless. hardware, software, whatever...just as
inexpensive and reliable as possible, and if it is a host/client type
setup, (which most are) then we will probably need the host to be set
up on an xp box because none of our users have access to our servers
(only myself and two other people do) so they will need to be able to
see if their faxes went out by looking at the host pc....maybe. any
solutions are helpful and appreciative....

by the way, we also need this to work in a terminal services
environment.

If I understand you correctly, you wish to set up a fax server? To do this,
you will be required to upgrade your server to Windows 2003. Neither Windows
XP (because it's not a server OS) nor Windows 2000 (because it just didn't)
support fax sharing.

 

[Guest]

What about WINFAX PRO?

If I understand you correctly, you wish to set up a fax server? To do this,
you will be required to upgrade your server to Windows 2003. Neither Windows
XP (because it's not a server OS) nor Windows 2000 (because it just didn't)
support fax sharing.

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

What about WINFAX PRO?

What about it? It's a third party application and still requires the base OS
to support fax serving. This group is for issues with Windows XP - I am not
here to support third party applications.

 

[John R Weiss]

What about it? It's a third party application and still requires the base OS
to support fax serving. This group is for issues with Windows XP - I am not
here to support third party applications.

Winfax Pro runs on XP Home or Pro, and supports sharing between 2 computers on a
LAN. Nobody's asking you to "support" 3rd-party apps, though it would be nice
if you recognized their existence...

 

[Guest]

i really dont care if it is a third party application. we are running a
business, so i need something that works with Windows, not neccesarily
something that IS Windows. However, i have tried WinFax Pro. i have a
liscenced copy of 10.01 and apparently its host does not work on xp, and we
are having trouble with the client as well. Another problem is that it will
not work in a terminal services environment, which is necessary. any other
suggestions?

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

i really dont care if it is a third party application. we are
running a business, so i need something that works with Windows, not
neccesarily something that IS Windows. However, i have tried WinFax
Pro. i have a liscenced copy of 10.01 and apparently its host does
not work on xp, and we are having trouble with the client as well.
Another problem is that it will not work in a terminal services
environment, which is necessary. any other suggestions?

What part of the sentence "fax sharing requires Windows 2003 Server" are you
having problems with, exactly? Please, I'm serious, enlighten me...

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Winfax Pro runs on XP Home or Pro, and supports sharing between 2
computers on a LAN. Nobody's asking you to "support" 3rd-party apps,
though it would be nice if you recognized their existence...

It's still irrelevant. We're talking about a business network with a server
and clients - a LAN, by definition, cannot have clients - all computers are
on the same level. Windows XP is *NOT* a server OS - it's a client OS. In
order for fax sharing/serving to work in a domain network environment, the
server must be running Windows 2003 Server and the clients either Windows XP
Pro (obviously not Home as it cannot join a domain) or Windows 2000 Pro.
Businesses (unless they're very tiny) do not operate LANs.

To summarise: -

1) Windows XP is not a server operating system
2) Only Windows 2003 Server supports fax serving/sharing
3) The clients must be running either Windows 2000 or Windows XP
4) You cannot install WinFax on a domain server - it isn't designed for
this kind of operation.

 

[Guest]

DUE TO THE FACT THAT I AM AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL AND CARE
ABOUT MY STANDING AS SUCH, I AM GOING TO REFRAIN FROM THE USE OF PROFANITY
WHILE I DESCRIBE YOUR RESPONSES! YOU HAVE BEEN RUDE, OBNOXIOUS, AND CLEARLY
DO NOT PARTICIPATE 100% IN THE I.T. WORLD! THE I.T. WORLD WORKS WITH
MICROSOFT, NOT BECAUSE OF MICROSOFT AND IF THERE ARE THIRD PARTY SOLUTIONS
THAT WORK WITH IT...A.K.A. MICROSOFT SUPPORTS IT...MY BUSINESS AND THE REST
OF THE WORLD WILL USE IT! ALL I AM ASKING IS DO YOU KNOW OF ANY SOLUTIONS
THAT WORK WITH XP PRO...THIRD PARTY OR NOT...AND IF YOU DONT THAN EITHER DO
NOT REPLY TO POST OR REPLY IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER. I HAVE READ YOUR OTHER
POSTS TO OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL AND IT SEEMS THAT YOU TREAT THEM THE SAME WAY.
I PERSONNALY DO NOT APPRECIATE IT.

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Lose the caps. It's considered yelling, is incredibly rude and makes your
posts very hard to read.

DUE TO THE FACT THAT I AM AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL

I doubt this very much. If you were, you'd know the answer to your own
question. I gave you the answer (the only one there is, as it happens) but,
if you don't like it, that's really not my problem. The only way you're
going to be able to share faxes on a domain level is by implementing Windows
2003 Server. If you don't wish to do that, don't, but you won't find another
solution. Your company must have really been desperate when they hired you -
you wouldn't find work over here I can tell you that for nothing!


AND

CARE ABOUT MY STANDING AS SUCH, I AM GOING TO REFRAIN FROM THE USE OF
PROFANITY WHILE I DESCRIBE YOUR RESPONSES! YOU HAVE BEEN RUDE,
OBNOXIOUS, AND CLEARLY DO NOT PARTICIPATE 100% IN THE I.T. WORLD!

PMSL!! I think it is you who "do not participate fully in the I.T world"
whatever the f*ck that means. Before I became ill, I was an IT manager and
systems admin for over a decade.

THE I.T. WORLD WORKS WITH MICROSOFT, NOT BECAUSE OF MICROSOFT AND IF
THERE ARE THIRD PARTY SOLUTIONS THAT WORK WITH IT...A.K.A. MICROSOFT
SUPPORTS IT...MY BUSINESS AND THE REST OF THE WORLD WILL USE IT!

Now, let me spell this out to you once more (if necessary, I'll tattoo it to
your forehead). You *CANNOT* (got that?!) use an XP machine as a fax server
*BECAUSE IT IS NOT SUPPORTED*! WinFax is *NOT* an appropriate solution as it
only supports sharing between two systems peer-to-peer. It *CANNOT* be used
in a domain level environment (is this sinking in yet?!) The only way you
can do what you wish is to upgrade to Windows 2003 Server.



ALL

I AM ASKING IS DO YOU KNOW OF ANY SOLUTIONS THAT WORK WITH XP
PRO.

No, because XP Pro does *NOT* support fax-sharing. Once again, I will tell
you that you need to upgrade the server to Windows 2003. If you don't
believe me, that's fine, you can always repost in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax and mark it for the attention of MVP
Russ Valentine - but I will tell youi that he'll give you exactly the same
reply as I just have. Windows XP does *NOT* support fax sharing - you need
to upgrade the server to Windows 2003 (sorry for anyone else reading this,
I'll switch the broken record off in a minute) and the clients to either
2000 Pro or XP Pro.

There's your answer. Take it or leave it, it's the only one you're going to
get.

For pity's sake, Goddess, *GIVE ME STRENGTH!!!*

 

[Guest]

that was the point. you were incredibly rude to me, as well as others that
replied to my original post. and by the way...who are you to tell me to lose
the caps?

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

that was the point. you were incredibly rude to me, as well as
others that replied to my original post. and by the way...who are
you to tell me to lose the caps?

I'm not typing the whole message in caps, dickwad.