Re: Fax Service failed to initialize any assigned fax devices
- From: "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 17:10:24 -0400
You don't really mean you added Windows Fax Server to the workstation, do
you?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Dave Terry" <DaveTerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7F0625D4-D478-4BBA-83D4-341A47AE46AA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Shane,
Although this thread is now a little stale, I had a similar problem and
resolved it, though things don't seem as secure as I wanted, and will post
for anyone reading back through.
I have a Windows 2003 server with fax services installed and successfully
faxed from the server. I had a workstation with Windows XP SP2 installed.
I
added Windows Fax Server and the install required me to point to my I386
directory for the install of one DLL. After install, I was able to fax
from
the modem on my workstation (via the fax printer it installed).
I added the shared fax from my WIN2003 server and it installed fine. When
I
went to use it, I got the message, "Fax server information cannot be
retrieved....." If I looked on the desktop machine's Fax Console in
Tools\Fax
Printers Status I could see that the fax on the server had a red X and was
unavailable, but my local fax was available.
Because I had installed the fax services on the server quite a while
before
installing the service on the workstation, I couldn't remember the details
but thought I had deleted the "Everyone" in the sharing permissions and
replace it with "Domain Users." So, I uninstalled the services on the
server,
did a required reboot, and then reinstalled. It put back in Everyone. I
added back the printer to my desktop machine. It works fine.
I would think it more secure if it was available to Domain Users instead
of
Everyone, but not sure why it did not work for me when I had made that
change. If anyone has more information about that, I would be interested
in
hearing.
Thanks,
Dave
"Shanep" wrote:
I've never tried to use the fax service on the Win XP machine before.
I'm going to try another Windows XP machine and see what happens.
According to all the intructions I can find the installation of a
shared fax printer have been followed correctly
Shane
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