Microsoft Windows Vista On Demand

Understanding Faxes

Windows Fax and Scan is a program that allows you to send and receive faxes, fax or e-mail scanned documents, and forward faxes as e-mail attachments from your computer. From Windows Fax and Scan, you can monitor the progress of incoming and outgoing fax activity.

Before you can use Windows Fax and Scan, you need a fax device for sending and receiving faxes. The fax device can be directly attached to your computer, known as a local fax, or located on a network, known as a fax server. Window Fax and Scan makes it easy to setup a fax device with the Fax Setup Wizard. You can only connect to one local fax, however you can connect to multiple fax servers or devices on a network. To start the Fax Setup Wizard and set up a fax, ...