Am running Dell Inspiron laptop1400, with Windows XP Pro, Service Pak 2. It is about 1 1/2 years old.

I am told that the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer program is part of Windows XP. I cannot find it anywhere-it is not in 'My Programs' or in the list of programs in the 'Add/Remove' part of the Control Panel. I do not have a fax capability installed on my computer, as we have internet service via cable modem, and cannot connect a telephone wire to the computer.We do have a printer with a scanner.

Someone suggested I try START/Run, and type   regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll

I did so and got a message stating it was 'done'.

Yet when I did a search for this .dll, nothing came up.

I have tried  'Control Panel/Add-remove programs/install Windows Components', but no such program is shown in the list.

Where can I download this program from, and why don't I already have it?

Kimjor