Garrett,
See if this helps.
MS Fax works perfectly under Win98. These are the instructions from MS for
installing MS Fax.
RESOLUTION
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Run the Windows Messaging (Wms.exe) installer and the Microsoft Fax
(Awfax.exe) installer from the Message folder on your Windows 98 compact
disc.
MORE INFORMATION
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Windows Messaging and Microsoft Fax are installed by running standalone
installation programs from your Windows 98 compact disc. You can find these
programs in the folder:
<CD drive>:\tools\oldwin95\message\
To Install Windows Messaging
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1. Double-click Wms.exe, and follow the prompts from
the installation wizard.
2. Restart your computer after setup is complete to finalize your system
settings.
This will install Windows Messaging and Microsoft Mail Postoffice. It will
also add an Inbox icon to the Desktop and Mail and Microsoft Mail
Postoffice icons to the Control Panel.
To Install Microsoft Fax
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NOTE: Microsoft Fax requires the installation of a full MAPI client, such
as Windows Messaging, Microsoft Exchange, or Microsoft Outlook 97.
1. Double-click Awfax.exe, and follow the prompts from
the installation wizard.
2. Restart your computer after setup is complete to finalize your system
settings.
This will add a Microsoft Fax Printer to the Printers folder.
REFERENCES
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For more information on the Wms.exe and Awfax.exe programs, please see the
Wms-Fax.txt file in the Message folder on your Windows compact disc:
<CD drive>:\tools\oldwin95\message\
For information on creating MAPI profiles, please see the following
articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Article-ID: Q181142
Title : OL98: (CW) How to Create a New User Profile for Outlook
Article-ID: Q182159
Title : OL98: (CW) User Profiles and Information Services
ALSO : If I click START/SETTINGS/PRINTERS I have an MS FAX entry which,when
I right-click it and click PROPERTIES/DETAILS shows COM2:(Communications
Port) and Microsoft Fax Driver in the boxes both of which can be found using
the drop-down arrow next to the boxes.
John Clifford Hole [MVP] [of Enfield,Middlesex,UK]
>I am bewildered by my inability to locate the Microsoft FAX program in
>Windows 98. Normally, in Windows 95 it is located in its own category
>in Windows Setup setup. However there is now no FAX category located
>in the SETUP area. Is the setup program located somewhere else or
>does it have something to do with the fact that I have installed IE5
>and Outlook express 5.0? Is there anyway, perhaps to install the FAX
>program manually from the CD?
>Thanks.
>Please EMAIL response.
>Thanks.
>Garrett