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Re: Loss of Fax capability with Vista Home Premium
"secretchef" wrote: Quote:
> 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:
> Quote:
> > "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.
> > >
> > _scan
> >
> >
> > 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..
> >
> > http://www.snappysoftware.com/
> >
> > --
> > Mike Hall - MVP
> > http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
> >
> >
> > Thanks Mike. I saw your posts before--I DONT WANT to have to purchase other software. I think Mac or some other OS is probably the way forward.
> >
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