WinFax Pro 10 from Symantec

[robphillips79]

Has anybody used this before? Can you recommend a good faxing alternative from the PC?

I'm mainly curious as to whether or not it's possible to share a phone line between the modem of the PC and the telephone when sending/receiving faxes, or must the modem have its own phone line.

Any info would be great. Thanks.

 

[Richard98]

As I understand, Distinctive Ring detection isn't supported natively in Win 2K/XP, but there are workarounds. I was able to get my modem to answer only the incoming fax calls by following these suggestions:
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I made the changes to the registry suggested by Kyle R (but I also have the U.S. Robotics 56K Fax Win Int" (part number 3CP5699A)