How
I Got Windows XP Fax Utility (Fax Console v 5.1)
Incident: August 12, 2005
Author: carpediem2100
Written: November 21, 2005
Windows XP Home edition comes with a fax utility. Although it
isn't pre-installed with the operating system, it is supposed to be
accessible on its cd's, or compressed harddrive files. The
files
required are called: fxscfgwz.dll
&
fxsapi.dll .
(the following excerpt was copied from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q306550/)
it is titled:
"How to enable and configure the Fax service in Windows XP" Article
ID:306550 ; Last Review:June 4,2004
...
Installing the Fax service
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1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Add or
Remove Programs under
Pick a category.
2. Click Add/Remove Windows Components to start the Windows Components
Wizard.
3. In the Components list, click to select the Fax Services check box,
and then click Next.
Setup installs the Fax services. If you are prompted, insert the
Microsoft Windows XP CD, and then click OK.
4. Click Finish, and then click Close.
...
My difficulty:
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I followed the procedure as above. The Windows Components
Wizard
will not proceed with installing fax because it can't find
"fxscfgwz.dll" at location
...Windows\Options\i386.
My computer comes pre-installed with Windows XP Home edition and ships
with recovery cds which reformat the hard drive. The I386
directory is windowsXP's equivalent of win98's ...install OR
...options/cabs directory. I searched this directory, and the
harddrive, and the recovery cd's for files , named
"fxscfgwz.dll" or "fxsapi.dll".
There were no
files found. On the Microsoft website, I couldn't find these
files for download; however the site did tell you to install the
utility from the Windows XP disc.
overcoming difficulty #1
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The Windows Components Wizard falsely
looks for the
I386 folder (on my computer) inside the Options folder. My
I386
folder is NOT inside the Options folder. Remedy this by
manually
browsing/instructing the wizard to the I386 folder.
overcoming difficulty #2
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When the Windows Components Wizard asks
for
fxscfgwz.dll, point it inside the I386 folder to the file
fxscfgwz.dl_ . Hopefully, this is all you
will have
to do to finish installing the
fax service. If for some strange reason Windows won't
recognize the file, you may have to
decompress it (see overcoming difficulty #3 below).
overcoming difficulty #3
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If Windows requires you to decompress
the ".dl_" files, try this:
... When the
installation routine is unable to find the necessary installation files
(even when directed
to the appropriate i386 folder) it usually means that the installation
files are compressed.
This is often the case when the files are pre-copied by a manufacturer
on the harddrive. If you do a search for the files that the
installation routine claims are missing (fxsapi.dll and fxscfgwz.dll)
you won't find them, but you will find fxsapi.dl_ and
fxscfgwz.dl_. These
are compressed DLL files and will need to be decompressed.
Double
click on them and you will get a prompt for the file to use to open
them. Click Browse…. and select Win32 Cabinet
Self-Extractor, which is in the system folder. With any luck it will
uncompress them all and make them visible as DLL files. The install
routine still may not find these files. If so, then you must manually
direct the installation routine to the i386 folder that contains these
extracted files. ...
(Source http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/FAQFAX.htm
21 November 2004; http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/WinXP/microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax/2004-03/0761.html)
