Viewing a fax received in other computer on a lan

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Using XP Pro Fax software. By default, only the logged user can view a fax
send or receiveid. How do I configure so that any user in the local lan (it's
a XP group, not a domain) can view the faxes send or received?

Thanks
 
jcdarvas said:
Using XP Pro Fax software. By default, only the logged user can view a fax
send or receiveid. How do I configure so that any user in the local lan (it's
a XP group, not a domain) can view the faxes send or received?

Thanks
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Share the folders in which the fax images are stored. The file names
are not meaningful (to humans), so you might want to arrange the files
by date (View | Arrange Icons by | Modified).

Received faxes are stored by default in
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows
NT\MSFax\Inbox

Sent faxes are in
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows
NT\MSFax\SentItems

If you have not already enabled file and printer sharing among the
computers in the LAN, see standard advice from MS-MVP Malke below:

Run the
Network Setup Wizard on all computers, making sure to enable File &
Printer Sharing, and reboot. The only "gotcha" is that this will turn
on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party
firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet Worm Protection" (like
Norton 2005/06) which acts as a firewall, then you're fine. If you have
third-party firewall software, configure it to allow the Local Area
Network traffic as trusted. I usually do this with my firewalls with an
IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would
substitute your correct subnet.

If one or more of the computers is XP Pro:

a. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off
Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and create identical user
accounts/passwords on all computers.

b. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the
Simple File Sharing enabled.

Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is enabled. This means
that anyone without a user account on the target system can use its
resources. This is a security hole but only you can decide if it
matters in your situation.

Then create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users'
home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share
folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the
Shared Documents folder.
 
Thanks for your help. I have already done all that you mentioned. I don't
have any problems sharing the resources and files trough the lan. Even the
fax 'tif' files are shown, but when I try to open them from another computer,
I receive a message informing that 'This file is locked for excluve access
for another user'.

That's what I'd like to unlock.

Regards.

Julio
 
Julio,

Assuming that you are not viewing the file on the workstation on which
it is stored, I don't know why it should be locked.

Take a look at the following blog entry by Mark Russinovich about how to
track down what application has a file open (and therefore locked).
http://blogs.technet.com/markrussin...4/the-case-of-the-mysterious-locked-file.aspx

You can download Process Explorer from
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx

FileMon has been replaced by Process Monitor, although it is still
available here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/filemon.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/processmonitor.mspx
 
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