I can fax from 3 old computers with 3.11 win 95 and win 98 and XP, before
that I seem to remember that I could fax from my Atari. What the heck is
going on with Vista? I thought I was purchasing an upgrade. Very poor.
"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
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> "Laurence" <Laurence@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:45B49F95-847E-4E49-A9DB-C1EBFD47900E@xxxxxx Quote:
> >I have just purchased a new computer from Dell and assumed I would have
> >some
> > problems learning a new OS, but I did not anticipate the loss of a good
> > applet like Microsoft Fax. I counted on this small program for occasional
> > direct communication with other facilities fax machine. It was quick and
> > easy.
> > I have a second older Dell computer which I invested with hardware updates
> > in preparation for upgrading to Vista as well. The lack of fax capability
> > in
> > Vista precludes my upgading as I need one machine that can function in a
> > more
> > complete manner. I don't pretend to understand the rationale behind this
> > lack in Vista but I sorely miss the function. Others have teased me about
> > my
> > early adoption of Vista and now I am definitely embarrassed. I sincerely
> > hope Microsoft will reconsider this situation and perhaps at least offer a
> > download correction to improve the functionality of this Vista suite.
> > Otherwise potential customers ought to consider this suite as crippled and
> > of
> > less value than intended.
> >
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> While you are waiting for MS to rethink Fax software in Vista Home Premium,
> visit this website, download the trial, and if you like what you see, buy
> it..
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> http://www.snappysoftware.com/
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> Mike Hall - MVP
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