TECHNICAL BULLETIN #51 - Rev 1.00 (8/1/96)

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TITLE   : Disabling/Restoring Fax Support
PRODUCT : PROCOMM PLUS for Windows 2.xx
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There may be some situations in which you want to disable the fax capabilities
of PROCOMM PLUS for Windows 2.x.  This document describes how to disable, as
well as restore, the fax capabilities of PROCOMM PLUS for Windows.

WHY WOULD I WANT TO DISABLE FAX SUPPORT?
For the vast majority of people, the fax support in PROCOMM PLUS will be
transparent and will not interfere with any other tasks they may perform under
Windows.  Some people may encounter a situation in which they will need to
disable the fax support in PROCOMM PLUS in the course of troubleshooting a
hardware or software problem on their computer system.

Some people purchase PROCOMM PLUS specifically for its data capabilities and
have no use for its fax capabilities.  While the fax support in PROCOMM PLUS
takes up very few system resources, some people may want to remove the fax
support in order to free up the small amount of system resources normally used
by the fax capabilities.

Should you have a reason to disable the fax support in PROCOMM PLUS, the steps
below will guide you through the process.  Please note that this will
completely disable the ability of PROCOMM PLUS to send or receive any faxes.
As long as you follow the procedure below, you can re-enable fax support by
reversing the process.  If you have trouble reversing the process, you can
re-install PROCOMM PLUS to regenerate the necessary files and settings.

DISABLING FAX SUPPORT
The following steps will render PROCOMM PLUS for Windows incapable of sending
or receiving faxes until you reverse the process.  To disable fax support,
complete the following:

== Version 2.11 ==
   1. Exit PROCOMM PLUS and Fax Status if the programs are currently running.

   2. Select Run from the File menu of Program Manager.

   3. Type PW2.INI in the Command Line field and click OK.

   4. Within Notepad, select Find from the Search menu, type [Options] in the
      Find What field, and click OK.

   5. A line below the [Options] section, add the following line.
      DisableFax=TRUE

   6. Press <Alt><F4> to exit Notepad.  Notepad will prompt you to save the
      changes; simply click Yes.

== Versions 2.00 and 2.10 ==
   1. Exit PROCOMM PLUS and close FAXSTAT if these programs are currently
      running.

   2. Rename the fax module, FAXSTAT.EXE, so that it can't be loaded.  This
      program is found in the main PROCOMM PLUS directory (usually
      C:\PROWIN2).  For example, rename the file FAXSTAT.EXE to
      FAXSTAT.OLD by using the Windows File Manager.

   3. Disable the virtual device driver DSTASK.386 that was added to your
      Windows configuration when you installed PROCOMM PLUS by following
      these steps:

      a) Use the Windows Notepad utility to open the SYSTEM.INI file in the main
         Windows directory (usually called C:\WINDOWS).

      b) Scroll down through the SYSTEM.INI file until you find the section
         labeled [386Enh].

      c) Search the [386Enh] section for the "device=dstask.386" entry.

      d) Once you find this entry, insert a semicolon (;) in front of the
         entry.

      e) From the File menu, select Exit.

      f) When you are prompted to save the changes to SYSTEM.INI, click on the
         YES button.

   4. You must now exit and restart Windows in order for the changes to take
      effect.

RESTORING FAX SUPPORT.
If this procedure fails, you will need to re-install PROCOMM PLUS for Windows
to restore its fax capabilities.  To restore fax support, follow these steps:

== Version 2.11 ==
   1. Exit PROCOMM PLUS if the program is currently running.

   2. Select Run from the File menu of Program Manager.

   3. Type PW2.INI in the Command Line field and click OK.

   4. Within Notepad, select Find from the Search menu, type [Options] in the
      Find What field, and click OK.

   5. Add a semi-colon (;) in front of the following line.
        DisableFax=TRUE

   6. Press <Alt><F4> to exit Notepad.  Notepad will prompt you to save the
      changes; simply click Yes.

== Versions 2.00 and 2.10 ==
   1. Exit PROCOMM PLUS and close FAXSTAT if these programs are currently
      running.

   2. In the main PROCOMM PLUS directory (usually called C:\PROWIN2),
      rename the previously renamed FAXSTAT.EXE program using the Windows
      File Manager.  For example, if you renamed FAXSTAT.EXE to
      FAXSTAT.OLD, then rename FAXSTAT.OLD to FAXSTAT.EXE.

   3. Re-enable the virtual device driver DSTASK.386 with the following steps:

      a) Use the Windows Notepad utility to open the SYSTEM.INI file in the
         main Windows directory (usually called C:\WINDOWS).

      b) Scroll through the SYSTEM.INI file until you find the section labeled
         [386 Enh].

      c) Search the [386Enh] section for the ";device=dstask.386" statement.

      d) Remove the semicolon (;) from the beginning of the line.

      e) From the File menu, select Exit.

      f) When you are prompted to save the changes to SYSTEM.INI, click on the
        YES button.

   4. You must now exit and restart Windows in order for the changes you made to
      take effect.

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