Achyut
07-09-2005, 10:31 PM
Shaun, I have exactly the same problem with windows xp sp2.
Hope someone can help with an answer
Achyut
"Shaun" wrote:
> Had the same problem as BOB (26/1) in that I tried to add fax services after
> installing XPProSP2 but the setup program claimed to be unable to find files
> that seemed to be there.
>
> Somehow this problem went away after I installed some optional updates.
>
> But it still ain't working. I selected Printers and Faxes and then set up
> faxing on the left of the screen. This causes a promising flurry of activity
> for a few seconds. What happens after this varies. Sometimes the option on
> the left changes to something like install a local fax. When you select
> that, nothing happens.
>
> Lately, after the flurry of activity, the screen actually shows an installed
> fax. But it's a ghost! If you try to perform any action with it it gives an
> error message that begins "operation could not be completed. either your
> printer name has been typed incorrectly ..." Word (XPPro) won't recognise it.
>
> When I return to printers and faxes, the fax is no longer there and I am
> given the option of setting up a fax again!
>
> Either I or my computer have gone bananas!
Hope someone can help with an answer
Achyut
"Shaun" wrote:
> Had the same problem as BOB (26/1) in that I tried to add fax services after
> installing XPProSP2 but the setup program claimed to be unable to find files
> that seemed to be there.
>
> Somehow this problem went away after I installed some optional updates.
>
> But it still ain't working. I selected Printers and Faxes and then set up
> faxing on the left of the screen. This causes a promising flurry of activity
> for a few seconds. What happens after this varies. Sometimes the option on
> the left changes to something like install a local fax. When you select
> that, nothing happens.
>
> Lately, after the flurry of activity, the screen actually shows an installed
> fax. But it's a ghost! If you try to perform any action with it it gives an
> error message that begins "operation could not be completed. either your
> printer name has been typed incorrectly ..." Word (XPPro) won't recognise it.
>
> When I return to printers and faxes, the fax is no longer there and I am
> given the option of setting up a fax again!
>
> Either I or my computer have gone bananas!