I have purchased a used laptop with Win xp2 pro. I want to setup the windows
fax and it keeps asking for disk 2. The laptop did not come with any disks
so how can I install this without disk 2?
Thanks,
Monica

Monica <Monica@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I have purchased a used laptop with Win xp2 pro. I want to setup the
> windows fax and it keeps asking for disk 2. The laptop did not come
> with any disks so how can I install this without disk 2?
> Thanks,
> Monica

Hi - this is a group for MS Windows Server issues - not the right group for
your question. You should post XP questions in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general -

That said, note that the first thing you should do when you get a used
computer is a clean format/install of the operating system - always make
sure you have a copy of the installation media and software (and license
keys) you need. This is true even if you have to buy them separately.

Note also that you will have a much better overall experience navigating
these newsgroups if you start a news client, such as Forte Agent,
Thunderbird, or even Outlook Express, rather than the pretty clunky web
interface. It's a lot easier to do nearly everything that way. You can mark
messages to be watched, filter the views so you can see replies to your
posts easily, and search.

The Microsoft public news server is msnews.microsoft.com and you can
subscribe to as many groups as you like; no authentication is required.

The following is from a post by MVP Malke ...

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Here's information on Usenet and using a newsreader:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief
explanation of newsgroups
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlo...ssnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...wto/default.asp
- Set Up Newsreader

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
working properly
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs.
crossposting

Some newsreaders for Windows
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php - for Forte
http://www.mozilla.org (Thunderbird does newsgroups)
http://gravity.tbates.org/

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