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Are you having a problem installing FaxMail Network for Windows? If you
are, read the rest of this document. If you are still having a problem,
email us at FaxMail@ElectraSoft.com, or call us at 281-261-0307 and we at
ElectraSoft will help you:-)
FaxMail Network for Windows Installation
Installing or reinstalling FaxMail Network for Windows:
If reinstalling go to [My Computer], [Printers] and be sure that the
[ElectraSoft Convert to Fax] is not your default print driver. If
reinstalling in Windows 95/98, you may need to go to [My Computer],
[Printers] and delete [ElectraSoft Print to Fax].
Be sure to get the newest version from our www-page.
If FaxMail is or has been running, shut down and restart the computer
because you can not reinstall or modify a file that; is in use, is
running, and in some cases if it has been running earlier. When rebooting,
be sure you do not start any apps or programs. Be sure that FaxMail and
associated files are not running or in use, and that FaxMail is not
running as a service.
If you are installing on NT and you have [RAS], [Proxy Server], [Exchange
Server], [all Backoffice Services], [wingate], and/or any other Services
that may be reserving resources and/or the modem running as a service, go
to [Services] in the [Control Panel] and disable/Stop them. After
installation re-enable any services that you disable now.
Be sure to log on as the administrator.
Be sure that FaxMail has full read/write access.
Be sure the time and date are the same on all computers on the network.
To install FaxMail on Windows 95/98/NT4.xx, use [Start], [Run], [Browse]
and browse to the directory where you unzipped FaxMail and select
INSTALL.EXE. Do not run INSTALL.EXE in any way other than the way just
described.
Install or reinstalling FaxMail without any programs running in the
background. Be sure that, not even, FaxMail is running in the background.
Be sure that the FaxMail INSTALL.EXE has read/write access to the
HardDrive and all files. Otherwise some files may not get copied or
modified. Re-boot immediately after installing.
The install instructions are in the INSTALL.EXE.
Be very careful when asked for this computer's HardDrive. This computer's
HardDrive should usually be C: drive. If installing on a network you will
select the Server HardDrive later.
If installing on a standalone computer, do nothing. If installing on a
network, the Server HardDrive is the mapped drive that all instances on
FaxMail will be using as their [Server HardDrive]. Do not map to FAXMAILN
directory.
You may need to reinstall all workstations. Be VERY careful when asked for
THIS COMPUTERS HardDrive and then for the SERVER HardDrive. THIS COMPUTERS
HardDrive is normally C: drive.
If you have mapped the workstation 2 SERVER HardDrive to the
ServerDriveLetter:\FAXMAILN, it will not work. You will need to re-map it
to ServerDriveLetter:\
You can use paths if you are good with mapping directories.
To learn how to map to a directory instead of the root of a server drive,
go to www.ElectraSoft.com, the bottom of [Run FaxMail Network for Windows
as an NT Service] and read the message thread on this subject.
You may want to dedicate a whole server drive to FaxMail.
After final installation:
If you have installed FaxMail two or more times; once on one HardDrive and
once on another, go to the [printers] and be sure that the ?:\TOFAX port
is correct. Where ? is the HardDriveLetter that FaxMail is installed on.
ElectraSoft Print to Fax MUST use ?:\TOFAX as its port!
Be sure you do *NOT* have a directory or file called ?:\TOFAX on the
system.
Do not share the ElectraSoft Print to Fax on ?:\TOFAX. Each station has
its own.
All versions of Windows except NT will have the ElectraSoft Print to Fax
available now.
If you have Windows NT, go to the Printer-Installer and create the
[ElectraSoft NT Print to Fax] as per the FaxMail README instructions. The
section you want to read is called WINDOWS NT.
For free tech-support: 281-261-0307, FaxMail@ElectraSoft.com
If your are installing on Windows 95/98 and after rebooting your computer
the [ElectraSoft Print to Fax] does not show up in the printer selection
list, use the Add Printer ICON as follows:
o Click [My Computer], [Printers], [Add Printer], and the Add
Printer Wizard box will appear.
o Click [Next].
o Click [(*)Local Printer], [Next] to go to the Printer selection box.
o Under [Manufacturer:] select [ElectraSoft].
o Under [Printers:] select: [ElectraSoft Print to Fax]
o Click [Next] to go to the [Available Port:] selection box.
o Select [*]?:\TOFAX Unknown local port. Where the ? is the drive you
installed the fax program on.
o Click [Next].
o Click [(*)No], [Next].
o Click [(*)Yes], [Next] and wait up to one minuet.
o When asked [Would you like to start the fax program, click [Yes].
o Shortly the ElectraSoft [Send Fax] box will appear.
o Click [View Fax] to be sure it worked ok.
o When asked [Did the test page print correctly] click [Yes].
Thousands of people are using FaxMail. You can too:-)