Vista - Help - Microsoft has withdrawn the FAX Facility!

Hi

This is a bit of a ****** nuisance to say the least!

Whereas my old PC (using Windows 'XP Home') provided FAX facilities, my new
PC (using Windows 'VISTA Home Premium') does not.

I never imagined that in 'upgrading' I would find that Microsoft had
withdrawn the FAX facility I had, not unreasonably, even bought a modem
(purely to use for FAX) as an extra for the new PC: clearly I have wasted
my money.

If anyone could recommend some simple software (maybe a 'freebie') I would
be very grateful.

Here's hoping ....

Cheers
John

Here is the suggestion from John Barnes on 15 Aug:

http://www.snappyfax.com/ Not free, but free for an unrestricted 30 days.
Then $30 if I recall for the non server edition.

"john" <thunderboltzy_1202@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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"john" <thunderboltzy_1202@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> This is a bit of a ****** nuisance to say the least!
>
> Whereas my old PC (using Windows 'XP Home') provided FAX facilities, my
> new PC (using Windows 'VISTA Home Premium') does not.
>
> I never imagined that in 'upgrading' I would find that Microsoft had
> withdrawn the FAX facility I had, not unreasonably, even bought a modem
> (purely to use for FAX) as an extra for the new PC: clearly I have wasted
> my money.
>
> If anyone could recommend some simple software (maybe a 'freebie') I would
> be very grateful.
>
> Here's hoping ....
>
> Cheers
> John
>
>

Hi

Many thanks for your quick reply. Looks good - I'll have a go with the
trial and, at such a reasonable cost, look forward to buying it.

Thanks again.
John

"Riccardo" <riccardo@nospam.it> wrote in message
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> Here is the suggestion from John Barnes on 15 Aug:
>
> http://www.snappyfax.com/ Not free, but free for an unrestricted 30 days.
> Then $30 if I recall for the non server edition.
>
> "john" <thunderboltzy_1202@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:Ol8ErGx3HHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
>
>
>
> "john" <thunderboltzy_1202@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:OjJ3eHJ4HHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>>
>> This is a bit of a ****** nuisance to say the least!
>>
>> Whereas my old PC (using Windows 'XP Home') provided FAX facilities, my
>> new PC (using Windows 'VISTA Home Premium') does not.
>>
>> I never imagined that in 'upgrading' I would find that Microsoft had
>> withdrawn the FAX facility I had, not unreasonably, even bought a modem
>> (purely to use for FAX) as an extra for the new PC: clearly I have
>> wasted my money.
>>
>> If anyone could recommend some simple software (maybe a 'freebie') I
>> would
>> be very grateful.
>>
>> Here's hoping ....
>>
>> Cheers
>> John
>>
>>
>