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lpc300 · 11-27-2001, 02:07 AM

I use WinFax 10 very often and run into this same problem with Win2K. When installed, WinFax sets itself up to be 'on' by default, waiting to send or receive faxes. This makes your modem believe it is busy if you try to use it for anything else. The fix: Go to Contrl Panel - Administrative Tools - Services. Scroll down to WinFax Pro. Double click. Change 'startup type' from 'automatic' to 'manual'. If you ever reinstall WinFax, you must do this again. Also an interesting conflict I've noticed with this program, when running it on the same system as Word 2000. After installing WinFax, the next time you open Word, you'll get an error message saying that WinFax failed to initialize. You can click OK and use Word fine, but will keep getting the error message every time you first open Word. The fix: Open WinFax. Open their 'Welcome fax'. Close 'Welcome fax'.

11-27-2001, 02:07 AM	#3
lpc300 Member (9 bit) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 480	I use WinFax 10 very often and run into this same problem with Win2K. When installed, WinFax sets itself up to be 'on' by default, waiting to send or receive faxes. This makes your modem believe it is busy if you try to use it for anything else. The fix: Go to Contrl Panel - Administrative Tools - Services. Scroll down to WinFax Pro. Double click. Change 'startup type' from 'automatic' to 'manual'. If you ever reinstall WinFax, you must do this again. Also an interesting conflict I've noticed with this program, when running it on the same system as Word 2000. After installing WinFax, the next time you open Word, you'll get an error message saying that WinFax failed to initialize. You can click OK and use Word fine, but will keep getting the error message every time you first open Word. The fix: Open WinFax. Open their 'Welcome fax'. Close 'Welcome fax'.