Not everyone has a dedicated fax machine in their home or office. XP includes a fax service that provides you with complete faxing capabilities. Using your XP computer, you can send, receive, track, and monitor faxes.

The Fax service is not installed with XP by default. Therefore, if you want to utilize this feature, you must first install it. The process is very simple.

To install the fax component:

1. Click Start and click Control Panel.

2. Double click the Add or Remove Programs applet.
3. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
4. From the list of Windows Components, click Fax Services. Click Next. If prompted, insert the XP CD.
5. Click Finish.
6. Click Close.