How to Install a Fax Machine on a Computer With Windows Vista

Microsoft Windows Vista allows you to easily install a fax machine on your computer. Once installed, you can use the fax machine to send and receive fax messages directly from your computer. The fax messages are transmitted through an analog phone line connected to your computer via a fax modem. Digital phone lines cannot be used for sending and receiving faxes.

Instructions

1. Click “Start,” point to “All Programs” and then click “Windows Fax and Scan.”

2. Click the “Tools” menu on the Windows Fax and Scan window that opens and then click “Fax Accounts.”

3. Click “Add” on the Fax Accounts dialog box that opens and then click “Connect to a fax modem.”

4. Type the location of your fax server in the “Name” box and then click “Next.”

5. Type a name for your fax server in the “Name” box and then click “Done.”

6. Click “Unblock” on the Windows Security Alert dialog box that opens. The fax machine is now installed on your computer.

References

• "Microsoft Windows Vista Inside Out"; Ed Bott, Carl Siechert and Craig Stinson; 2007

Resources

• Microsoft: Send a Fax