Configure Mail to Fax system as Windows Service

The Fax Voip T.38 Modem application, and also Mail to Fax - Microsoft Fax system can be configured as Windows Service. The services can be automatically started on Windows startup, before user logon. This option is useful for multi-user systems.

It is strongly recommended to run Fax Voip T.38 Modem mail service on behalf of the regular user account, and not under the local system or network service accounts. The specified user will be able to configure file type associations (responsible for the correct printing of various documents) and also view and manage faxes generated by the service in Windows Fax and Scan application (when using Mail to Fax - Microsoft Fax function).

To configure Mail to Fax system as Windows Service

1.     Open Fax Voip T.38 Modem Control Panel. Click Options in TreeView.

2.      In the case when Fax Voip T.38 Modem is not yet configured as a service, flag the Run Fax Voip T.38 Modem as Windows Service box, and then click Apply. In the case when Fax Voip T.38 Modem is already configured as a service, click Select User Account button. Administrator privileges are required.

3.     In the Mail to Fax service window, specify the user name and password of the account that will be used to run the Fax Voip T.38 Modem mail service. The user account must be in the form DOMAIN\Username. By default, Fax Voip T.38 Modem suggests you to use the current account (with administrator rights). You should clear understand that the file type associations (responsible for correct printing of various documents) should be configured under the specified user account. Also, only the specified user will be able to view and manage faxes generated by the service in Windows Fax and Scan application (when using Mail to Fax - Microsoft Fax function). For the reasons mentioned above, you should not run this service under system or network service accounts*. Click OK.

4.     After the installation is complete, be sure that the name of the selected account is displayed in the Mail to Fax service (Microsoft Fax) is configured to be started under this account field, see picture below.

Notes

• (* : To start the service under Local System account, type LocalSystem in the User name box (password is not required). To start the service under Network Service account, type NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService in the User name box (password is not required). Please note that running Fax Voip T.38 Modem mail service under system or network service accounts is not recommended.
• The user account that will be used to run the Fax Voip T.38 Modem mail service should have Log on as a service right. When installing the service, Fax Voip T.38 Modem forcibly adds Log on as a service right to the specified account. On some systems you can check and configure Log on as service right by using Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) under Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment, Log on as a service policy.

To change user account under which the service is started

It is assumed that Fax Voip T.38 Modem is already configured as Windows Service.

1.     Right click the Start button, and then click Computer Management.

2.     In the Computer Management, on the left pane double-click Computer Management (Local), double-click Services and Applications, click Services.

3.     Right click on the Fax Voip T.38 Modem MsFax Mail service. On the context menu, click Properties.

4.     In the Fax Voip T.38 Modem MsFax Mail Properties (Local Computer) window, on the Log On page, select This account and then click Browse... .

5.     In the Select User dialog, type account name and then click Check Names. Click OK.

6.     Type the password for the selected user account in the Password and Confirm Password boxes, and then click OK.

7.     Right click on the Fax Voip T.38 Modem MsFax Mail service. On the context menu, click Restart.

Notes

• Alternatively, you can click Select User Account button on the Options page, in the Fax Voip T.38 Modem Control Panel. Then follow the procedure described at the beginning of this chapter, specifying the desired user account.