Vista - can't change Vista fax settings

I have Vista Ultimate and am set up as Administrator. The Windows Fax & Scan
settings for General and Security are literally - all - greyed out. I can't
select a modem, specify send/receive options or change anything else. The
only two changes I made prior to this problem were: (1) check the Exceptions
box for Windows Fax & Scan in the Windows Firewall (2) under the Security
tab, to allow Permissions for Everyone. Prior to making this change, I could
send faxes but not receive them (another issue). When I go to Advanced
Security Settings, it says the owner is "Network Service," (not my
administrator name btw) and it won't let me change the owner either. Any
thoughts on how to fix this? Thanks!

Did you elevate your permissions through UAC when you tried this?

Hal
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"Carol" <Carol@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I turned off the UAC and restarted the computer. Now I can change the owner
in the advanced security settings to either me or User-PC/Administrator, but
the settings in General tab under Fax Settings are still greyed out, so I
can't set the fax modem.

"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote:

I have now turned off UAC.

"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote:

Please try what Hal suggested instead of what you tried and report back.
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