3.3.2 FAX

Fax supports scanned graphic images and will automatically convert graphics to a .tif file format before you fax them. Also, you can use mail programs to send e-mail and fax messages simultaneously.

To send and receive faxes all you need is Windows 2000 and a fax device, such as a fax modem. Your fax device must support fax capabilities and not just data standards. While some modems offer both capabilities, the two are not interchangeable. Fax supports classes 1, 2, and 2.0. For more information on modem compatibility with Fax, see the Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility List at the Microsoft Web site(http://www.microsoft.com/). Fax for Windows 2000 does not support shared fax printers. This means you cannot share your fax printer with other users on a network.

When you attach a fax device, such as a fax modem, Windows 2000 detects it at startup and installs the fax service and a fax printer. If these components are not detected at startup, the Add/Remove Hardware wizard can search for and install these components.

Although you may send and receive faxes using more than one fax device, all faxes are filtered through only one fax printer (printer port). Fax allows you to create multiple copies of the fax printer. With each copy you can define individual printing preferences such as the time to send, paper size, and orientation. You can also define customized printing preferences such as billing codes, which can be tracked in the fax event log. Use the Add a Fax Printer button in Fax in Control Panel to set up multiple fax printers.

The following table provides a brief explanation of each Fax command. If you have a fax device installed, click Start, click Programs, click Accessories, click Communications, and then click Fax to see each command.

Command Action

Fax Queue To view, cancel, resume, or pause a sent fax.

Fax Service Management To set up your fax device to receive faxes; to set security permissions; to set the number of rings before the fax is answered and the number of retries attempted before the fax send is discontinued.

My Faxes To view, print, or delete sent and received faxes. This folder also stores all cover pages. Send Cover Page Fax To fax a cover page only. This accesses the Send Fax wizard.

3.3.3 Games

Windows provides four games on the Start menu. You can add others using Add/Remove Programs.

FreeCell: The object of FreeCell is to move all the cards to the home cells, using the free cells as placeholders. To win, you make four stacks of cards on the home cells, one for each suit, stacked in order of rank, from lowest (ace) to highest (king).  Open FreeCell.

Minesweeper

The object of Minesweeper is to find all the mines as quickly as possible without uncovering any of them.

Open Minesweeper.

Space Cadet 3D Pinball

The primary goal of Space Cadet 3D Pinball is to launch the ball and then get as many points as possible by hitting bumpers, targets, and flags.

The game is divided into nine levels of play, represented as ranks. The lowest rank is Cadet, and the highest rank is Fleet Admiral. Advancement to the next rank is achieved by selecting and completing a series of missions. As you advance in rank, new and more challenging missions become available to you. The higher the rank, the greater the point reward.

Regardless of your skill level, you start each game with three balls and the rank of Cadet, and you earn additional balls and rank advancement as you play.

Open Space Cadet 3D Pinball.

Solitaire

The object of Solitaire is to use all the cards in the deck to build up the four suit stacks in ascending order, beginning with the aces.

Open Solitaire.

 Notes

·         To open a game, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to Games, and then click the appropriate game.

·      If you do not see Games on your Accessories menu, then the games were not installed when Windows 2000 was installed. To find out how to install the games, see Related Topics.

·      For information about playing a game, click the Help menu in that game.