Faxing in windows XP

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I have a Dell Inspiron 1150 I bought years ago. I just tried to activate the
fax component and it says I need to install the original operations disc. I
have no idea where it is. Am I out of luck or is there a place to download
the info?
 
vadajohn said:
I have a Dell Inspiron 1150 I bought years ago. I just tried to activate the
fax component and it says I need to install the original operations disc. I
have no idea where it is. Am I out of luck or is there a place to download
the info?
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You *may* not be out of luck. See
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/FAQFAX.htm and look for a folder on your
hard drive named C:\i386 or C:\%windir%\ServicePackFiles\i386
If you find both, look for the install files in the latter folder first.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
 
Lem said:
You *may* not be out of luck. See
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/FAQFAX.htm and look for a folder on your
hard drive named C:\i386 or C:\%windir%\ServicePackFiles\i386
If you find both, look for the install files in the latter folder first.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
Thank you so much for your reply, I'll try it right now!
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I have a Dell Dimension 8300 and running window xp home edition. when setting
up my fax it asks me to insert window xp cd, is this the reinstallation cd
operating system which states already installed on your computer?
 
vastey said:
I have a Dell Dimension 8300 and running window xp home edition. when setting
up my fax it asks me to insert window xp cd, is this the reinstallation cd
operating system which states already installed on your computer?
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It's my understanding that Dell computers are supplied with a real
Windows XP CD. That's what you need. If what you have is a CD that is
used to access a hidden partition on the hard drive to restore the
computer to its condition as it was when it arrived from Dell, then that
is *not* what you need.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
 
No. It is only available as part of the original installation files.
 
vadajohn said:
I have a Dell Inspiron 1150 I bought years ago. I just tried to activate the
fax component and it says I need to install the original operations disc. I
have no idea where it is. Am I out of luck or is there a place to download
the info?
Click to expand...
 
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