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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:-)
-