Re: XP Fax wizard will not preview or send a fax message

The "Advanced" button should show you a list of verbs defined for TIF files.
Is the"Open" verb defined?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"cueball" <cueball@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thx Russ, first off I do not run Norton, I have Avast however the XP
> firewall
> is enabled. I get as far as the folder options and file types boxes but
> how
> do I access the command line to check that? Don't see anything else to
> click
> on except "advanced" which brings up a edit file type box. Am I even in
> the
> correct ballpark? LOL
> Gary
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> There are many causes for this problem. Most often, this problem arises
>> because some other imaging application that you installed has set itself
>> as
>> the default viewer for TIF files. To view or preview faxes from the Fax
>> Console, the Windows Imaging and Fax viewer must be your default viewer
>> for
>> TIF files. You can easily restore that setting in Windows Explorer >
>> Folder
>> Options. File Types. For most users the command line should read:
>>
>> "rundll32.exe <drive>:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen
>> %1"
>>
>> Another common cause of this problem is firewall software Trojan horse
>> rules. The most common is one that ships with Norton Internet Security.
>> Details on that on are available here:
>> http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nip.nsf/4a29389c214c78ea88256c75005f451a/713afacbd4135e0a88256c77007e526f?OpenDocument
>>
>>
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "cueball" <cueball@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > Wizard hangs when I try to preview my Fax and does zippo when I select
>> > finish
>> > to send. Fax monitor dosen't appear either so I would assume my
>> > Motorola
>> > modem card is not even being seized. If I skip the preview and press
>> > finish
>> > to send, wizard doesn't hang but it doesn't send either just vanishes!
>>
>>
>>


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