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Hi Davidf17,
I was / am a HUGE fan of Winfax Pro / Talkwork. However, a version upgrade removed most of the features I loved and I stopped using it. This is old software and yet you can still pick it up fairly cheaply around the internet (eg: Australian site for $32 and eBay of course).
You can search on the Symantec site and find a slew of helpful topics. I'm afraid it's been many years since I last played with the product. As I recall, Microsoft changed a DLL dealing with modems (communicating with faxes too) with WIN98 / ME and XP. This affected WINFAX / Talkworks and the product quickly died out.
As I recall it integrated into Office and Outlook. Office has truly changed - the latest iteration bearing a passing resemblance to earlier versions. I do remember it worked OK with the XP flavour of Office.
Symantec answered this question for XP PRO here.
- WinFax Basic Edition 10.02, WinFax PRO 10.02, and later versions of WinFax PRO 10 are supported under Windows XP and with Office XP.
- WinFax PRO 10.00 and WinFax Basic Edition 10.00 are not supported under Windows XP. (But I'm uncertain about what 'not supported' means in this context - not supported by Symantec or don't work.)
Yes, you can get some old programs to work under Vista. I've done it: some involved lots of mucking around. I've no idea what impact Vista - SP 1 might have other than a general awareness that loads of drivers (which is where Winfax comes in) fell over post installation of SP 1. There are real differences between Vista flavours - I've got the Business and Ultimate versions. UAC (user access control) is a security measure that for many is a pain in the butt ... it's possible to get around it but not advised unless you are confident about your IT skills.
In VISTA you often need to disable UAC to install basic stuff (mySQL or postgreSQL etc). I can't recall off-hand if the high end Vista 'flavours' use quite different file formats - as in, different to NTSF or FAT32 - like EFS (encrypted fle system) or live file system(for CD's and DVD's).
I reckon (best guess - moderate confidence) that you might be able to get WINFAX to run OK depending upon the version you have (see above) and your flavour of Vista. It seems earlier versions are more likely to succeed - hard to find though.
If you are keen to do this then I'd recommend you do it in a Vista playground (separate partition / drive). Most systems have quite large drives - some have multiple drives. It's a snap to have a dual boot system (more if you are keen) so long as you install from earlier versions of windows to later ones. (Linux etc ... another issue entirely). Drives are dirt cheap and a physically separate drive is very handy for backing up your main system quickly.
A spare Vista installation (do a ghost image so you can always restore life to normal in a snap) means you can use it as a playground to test stuff like this without causing you grief by destroying your data or going through all the pain of reinstalling everything. While I doubt it, it's possible that Vista might cough blood if you force it to install Winfax because of the changes to how Vista handles communications since the early days of Windows when Winfax was around.
I'd be concerned about any problems it may cause to your installation of Office (depending on version) which is another reason to try this on a Vista playground partition. I doubt it will cause any real harm ... but the 2007 versions are so odd.
I expect you will need to go in as administrator - turn off UAC - install. See if it works ...
If not, replace the playground partition with a backup image and you'll be back in business in about 15 minutes.
This is tickly stuff ... still, I think you might be able to pull it off. Let me know if you manage it :)
I've got the older Winfax Pro / Talkworks version that worked flawlessly. I REALLY wish Symantec continued with this niche product because it was a fantastic answering machine. This product saved me so much grief because I had perfect records of all in / out calls and faxes ... truly good stuff for legal records.
Good luck ... hope this helped a little. (I checked on the forum and there are only a 2-3 Winfax entries - none appeared relavant.)
Kindest regards,
Has anyone tried Winfax Pro 10.xx with Vista. If so does it work?
Others can tell if you WinFax Pro works for them on their Vista machines, however Windows Vista is not a supported operating system for WinFax Pro. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks!