Windows Vista: fax software compatible with Vista Home Premium?
Faxing and Vista Ultimate
by kingsclear - 3/15/07 7:49 AM In reply to: BVRP can work by EggmanI have been studying all this and am still looking at moving to Vista Ultimate. However, I have a Multitech MT5634ZPX-PCI-U V92 modem that is Super G3 capable (33.6 kbps V.34 faxing). I have been totally unable to find out if Windows Fax & Scan, the new fax component in Vista Ultimate, supports Super G3. The modem manufacturer doesn't know and my answer from Microsoft (after 4 appeals) was to try it out and see if it works.
I have been using BVRP ePhone Tools 4.01 even though I have a licence for BVRP Phone Tools eXPert 4. Both programs support Super G3. ePhone Tools supports greyscale logos using the Logo Management feature but that feature was mysteriously dropped with Phone Tools eXPert. I was very disheartened to learn that Avanquest has dropped Phone Tools. There are MILLIONS of Winfax users around the world who are searching for a workable program that would import from Winfax and will support Vista. What Avanquest actually did was to drop the ball..a major marketing error in judgement. Ther is no question that the premium Phone Tools software was the best fax software going. I find the other fax programs like Snappy Fax rather clunky. I am waiting to see whether FaxTalk will be updated to support Vista. I believe it is the best of the remaining third party programs.
Is there another reader out there who has a Super G3 capable modem and has Vista Ultimate, Business, or Enterprise who can tell me if Microsoft Fax & Scan supports Super G3?
Multitech MT5634ZPX-PCI V.92 modem
by Jim1900 - 3/25/07 2:41 PM In reply to: Faxing and Vista Ultimate by kingsclearkingsclear,
My Multitech MT5634ZPX-PCI V.92 modem, which is almost the same as yours and also capable of Super G3, was listed as not working with Vista when I ran the Vista Upgrade Advisor. Have you checked yours yet?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=42B5AC83-C24F-4863-A389-3FFC194924F8&displaylang=en
I don't know if it is a serious problem or not. It may be only a problem with the sound drivers.
Re: Multitech and Vista compatibility
by kingsclear - 4/13/07 6:18 AM In reply to: Multitech MT5634ZPX-PCI V.92 modem by Jim1900I have heard from Multitech that they have new drivers that are Vista compatible. I believe the reason why it shows up as incompatible is because the drivers are unsigned and not certified.
Thanks
by Jim1900 - 4/13/07 6:41 AM In reply to: Re: Multitech and Vista compatibility by kingsclearExcellent. I did not want to replace it just for Vista, though I do have a USR5610B PCI Modem that is Vista compatible if I have to.
BVRP can work
by SDD27 - 3/17/07 3:20 PM In reply to: BVRP can work by EggmanI tried further after reading your post. I see that BVRP can really work well enough, just not the way it was intended, at least thus far on my own computer.
What won't install or work under Vista on my computer is the Fax Printer (the "BVRP Fax Capture" in the printer list), so that it refuses to allow sending the content of a pdf or word file as a fax by feeding the document directly into phone tools. But it will successfully append and send a tiff file as a fax - so all it takes is using the MS Image Writer in Word or to else Acrobat to save a tiff file and send that.
Reply from FaxTalk
by kingsclear - 3/17/07 6:22 PM In reply to: BVRP can work by SDD27I received a reply from Thought communications, the maker of FaxTalk, who tell me that they are just applying the finishing touches to a new version of FaxTalk that will be compatable with Vista. This is good news but the list of active fax program suppliers is getting thin. I see FaxTalk as the best of the remaining vendors as far as functionality is concerned.
Visit this link for a BVRP Phone Tools that run on Vista
by msa_amk - 10/25/07 8:34 AM In reply to: fax software compatible with Vista Home Premium? by SDD27Visit this link for a BVRP Phone Tools that run on Vista http://www.usr.com/bvrp/bvrp.asp?loc=unkg
Ventafax?
by Jim1900 - 3/26/07 9:35 AM In reply to: fax software compatible with Vista Home Premium? by linhelenVentafax says they are working on a Vista-compatible version. But I have never had much luck with it on WinXP, and went with FaxTalk anyway.
No Vista Fax Capability
by vistaweary - 3/26/07 4:52 PM In reply to: fax software compatible with Vista Home Premium? by linhelenI've written to a company, RKS Software, who has been working on compatible fax software. Their reply stated they have had difficulty with it and IF they can make it compatible, they will sell it for $19.95 only if enough people will buy it. In order for me to upgrade from Premium, I'd have to buy a new computer! An article I read in Business Week stated many people are switching to Linux or MAC's. I would have had my old computer not completely crashed, including my CD ROM drive.
Snappy Fax works on Home Premium
by omoya - 3/26/07 5:27 PM In reply to: No Vista Fax Capability by vistawearyIt's about $30 bucks, and wonderful if you don't have VOIP (Vonage et al). Try that, if you can afford it.
VoIP and Fax
by hlevitt - 3/26/07 5:48 PM In reply to: Snappy Fax works on Home Premium by omoyaJust want to let you know that if you have a digital system (i.e., VoIP), fax software will not work. A fax uses an analog line to transmit while VoIP uses a digital line. As far as I know, there is no way to transmit faxes over a digital line. You need to have an analog line connected to your computer for this feature to operate correctly. My system uses a digital line (for VoIP) but I also have a secondary phone line(analog)that allows me to send faxes.
XP fax worked with VOIP
by omoya - 3/26/07 7:00 PM In reply to: VoIP and Fax by hlevittOne reason I'm so angry is that my XP fax worked with Vonage beautifully. I had to get the extra fax line, but once I did...I could fax all day long if I needed to. Drives me crazy that I lost that when I upgraded to Home Premium. Worked like a charm...and now, not only don't have I have that, but everything else doesn't work now. Even with the extra fax line.
vista compatible pci fax cards
by solar guy - 3/31/07 2:46 PM In reply to: XP fax worked with VOIP by omoyaI have vonage also and used to have xp pro. Upgraded to vista ultimate now now more fax, or scanner or printer. Bought a canon mp830 multi and it works. I like to save incoming and outgoing faxes in special folders for safety reasons. I found a few cards online that are supposed to be vista compatible. Here are a few of the cards.
PCI-RAS Multi-modem card http://www.perle.com/products/techspecs/Multimodem-Cards-techspecs.shtml
Super Fast V.92 56k PCI Bus Internal Modem, Lucent Chipset, *Windows Vista compatible and RoHS compliant*
http://www.directron.com/pciinternal.html
So I will give one of these a try and see what happens.
I used XP fax with Vonage, too...
by omoya - 3/31/07 2:51 PM In reply to: vista compatible pci fax cards by solar guy...which is why I was perplexed when the fax programs I tried with Vista wouldn't work! So confusing, all this! Let us know how this goes. I'm waiting for some genius to solve all these issues and make a mint soon, though!
Microsoft cheated users
by jamesandveybe - 4/16/07 1:56 PM In reply to: I used XP fax with Vonage, too... by omoyaI had to transfer my documents to another PC to even fax them. Damn, I know encouraging a paperless office is good in some cases, but forcing users to do without a business staple is just stupid.
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