Re: XP Pro FAX

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From: William B. Lurie (billurie_at_nospam.org)
Date: 03/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:13:04 -0500

Sharon F wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 06:25:16 -0500, William B. Lurie wrote:
>
>
>>Thank you, Morgana, I may ask you for copies of
>>the files it needs.....of which there will be
>>several, all starting with 'fx' and with .dll
>>extension. Do you have a website where you could
>>put files for me to download and install? /wbl/
>>
>>Morgana. wrote:
>>
>>
>>>http://www.dynamiclink.nl/frames/dllindex.htm
>>>http://www.donker.ws/nuke/dll1f.php
>>>
>>>tried this one but does not have it
>>>http://www.dll-files.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>I also have the fxsevend.dll file on my pc if you need.
>>>have fax installed ...followed the instructions several months ago
>>>and it worked for me .....
>>>
>>>running XP Pro
>>>
>>>Morgana.
>>>
>>>
>>>"William B. Lurie" <billurie@nospam.org> wrote in message
>>>news:4067842D.2070106@nospam.org...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Sharon F wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 14:45:12 -0500, William B. Lurie wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>It didn't get installed on this PC. I believe it's
>>>>>>on the CD. How do I install it? Thanks.
>>>>>>Bill Lurie
>>>>>
>>>>>Control Panel> Add/Remove Programs> Add/Remove Windows Components. Place
>>>
>>>a
>>>
>>>
>>>>>check next to Fax Services and click Next. You may be prompted for the
>>>>>WinXP CD. If you run into problems, direct the wizard to the i386 folder
>>>
>>>on
>>>
>>>
>>>>>the CD.
>>>>>HOW TO: Enable and Configure the Fax Service in Windows XP
>>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=306550
>>>>
>>>>Sharon, I tried what you said, as I did last year at Rob's
>>>>direction. I just tried it with two different XP CDs.
>>>>It prompted, saying it needed file fxsevent.dll and
>>>>I browsed to i386 on the CD, and when I hit Enter, it
>>>>changed what was in my windows to \f\i386 or almost that,
>>>>but it never found the .dll file. Browsing on the CD I
>>>>find a zillion files starting ith fx .... and all with extension
>>>>.dl_ .....
>>>>Incidentally, I don't even have to go to Add/Remove etcetera.....
>>>>Just insertying the CD and waiting, its autorun starts it up
>>>>and gives me four choices, one of which is to Add Windows
>>>>Optional Components. That leads to the same impasse.
>>>>You and Rob are reminding me that I'm following the same
>>>>steps which didn't get that FAX installed last year. As a
>>>>scientist I'm curious as to why I follow the right steps
>>>>and get to where the 'uninstalled' .dl_ files are, and the
>>>>installer doesn't convert them to .dll files and install them.
>>>>I know I can buck it to the Microsoft insider Online Tech
>>>>support people, but I like to save that recourse for problems
>>>>that really *have* to be solved.
>>>>--
>>>> William B. Lurie
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
> If you're going to go this route (which I'm not to sure will work), you
> could expand the DL_ files from your CD.
>
> Directions for how to Expand a file can be found in this article:
>
> Description and Explanation of a Cabinet File
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310435&Product=winxp
>
Dear Sharon:
I did some more searching, and found some interesting files.
On my hard drive, in C:\windows\system32\dllcache I found all, or
maybe almost all, of the fxszzzzz.dll files that the FX Install
would require. I'd like to lead the Add/Remove>>Windows programs>>
Fax install to th file it says it needs, and wants me to give it
the Installation CD so that it can install them. Instead, I
tried to give it the file it asked for, from w:\Windows\system32\
dll cache, but it insists it wants the file from the CD. Well, it's
a CATCH22, because on the CD, the files are unexpanded. And when I
offer it an expanded file, it just ignores me and puts i386 in the
location window. Tell me, are we making progress? Can you tell me
how to move the file it wants to where it will accept it?
                Bill L.

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