There is no buffer in Fax?

G

Guest

Hi,
I have Windows XP. It seems there is no way to receive faxes without the
computer being on or, if there is, I can't find it. I like the Windows Fax
program and prefer it to all other faxes in my business mostly because it can
keep the faxes in memory. But why can't I receive with the PC powered down?
Thanks
Catt
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Think about it for a minute (wrong forum to start.) How would an incoming
fax find a machine that is powered off? What indication would the incoming
fax have that your machine actually exists? None. Why would you expect a
machine that is powered off to be able to perform anything?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Catt asked:

| Hi,
| I have Windows XP. It seems there is no way to receive faxes without
| the computer being on or, if there is, I can't find it. I like the
| Windows Fax program and prefer it to all other faxes in my business
| mostly because it can keep the faxes in memory. But why can't I
| receive with the PC powered down? Thanks
| Catt
 
G

Guest

Wrong forum? My browser says "Outlook Fax" so can you give me the right one
or a name?.
When I wrote "powered down" I meant in the standby mode. So I didn't make it
clear.
So why can't I receive faxes in the standby mode?
Catt
 
M

Milly Staples - MVP Outlook

If you are talking about the Windows XP fax, then
microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax is the correct group. It is not a part
of Outlook but Windows.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Catt asked:

| Wrong forum? My browser says "Outlook Fax" so can you give me the
| right one or a name?.
| When I wrote "powered down" I meant in the standby mode. So I didn't
| make it clear.
| So why can't I receive faxes in the standby mode?
| Catt
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Think about it for a minute (wrong forum to start.) How would an
|| incoming fax find a machine that is powered off? What indication
|| would the incoming fax have that your machine actually exists? None.
|| Why would you expect a machine that is powered off to be able to
|| perform anything?
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Catt asked:
||
||| Hi,
||| I have Windows XP. It seems there is no way to receive faxes
||| without the computer being on or, if there is, I can't find it. I
||| like the Windows Fax program and prefer it to all other faxes in my
||| business mostly because it can keep the faxes in memory. But why
||| can't I receive with the PC powered down? Thanks
||| Catt
 
H

Hal Hostetler [MVP-P/I]

In standby mode, your machine's main memory is powered to retain it's
contents and allow for a quick restart, but the rest of the machine,
including the Fax modem, is powered off.

Hal
--
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Catt said:
Wrong forum? My browser says "Outlook Fax" so can you give me the right
one
or a name?.
When I wrote "powered down" I meant in the standby mode. So I didn't make
it
clear.
So why can't I receive faxes in the standby mode?
Catt
Milly Staples said:
Think about it for a minute (wrong forum to start.) How would an
incoming
fax find a machine that is powered off? What indication would the
incoming
fax have that your machine actually exists? None. Why would you expect a
machine that is powered off to be able to perform anything?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Catt asked:

| Hi,
| I have Windows XP. It seems there is no way to receive faxes without
| the computer being on or, if there is, I can't find it. I like the
| Windows Fax program and prefer it to all other faxes in my business
| mostly because it can keep the faxes in memory. But why can't I
| receive with the PC powered down? Thanks
| Catt
 

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