Re: Please help me install MS Fax services

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

Try using your XP CD, not the SP2 CD.

--
Alias

Use the Reply to Sender feature of your news reader program to email me.
Utiliza Responder al Remitente para mandarme un mail.

"LarseeBear" <grandpaallen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

> When I try to add Fax Services as an XP Home SP 2 windows component in the
> add/remove control panel, I get a prompt for file fxsapi.dll. I can see
> the file in C:\Windows\Service Pack Files\i386 but this setup routine says
> it can't find it even when I point it to it. After I hit retry many times
> I try the other solution it asks for- which is to insert the windows xp
> home service pack 2 CD-ROM. I do that and it says it can't find the file
> on the CD either.
>
> I've also tried removing MSN and it says it can't find certain files to
> remove MSN either. What is corrupted? Service Pack 2? I have 3 other XP
> computers and never had this problem before.
>
> When I point it to C:\windows\system32\ , I receive the same copy error
> box which says "Setup cannot copy the file fxsapi.dll"
>
> "Ensure the location specified below is correct, or change it and insert
> "Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 CD" in the drive you specify"- so
> I put in the CD and it still can't read the file which is on the CD as
> plain as day. ;(
>
> Copy files from:
> "C:\Windows\system32\"
>
> And my choices are "Retry" "Cancel" or "Browse" {I see the file fxsapi.dll
> in that system32 folder, yet it won't copy it for some reason when I keep
> hitting "Retry")
>
> When I do a search, I have 4 occurances of fxsapi.dll:
> a. C:\Windows\system32\fxsapi.dll
> b. C:\Windows\LastGood\system32\fxsapi.dll
> c. C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386\fxsapi.dll
> d C:\Windows\\system32\dllcache\fxsapi.dll
>
> I point the copy error box to each of these 4 fxsapi.dll files and it
> still says it can't copy them.
>
> I have a folder called C:\Windows\Software Distribution with 6 sub-folders
> in it but no instance of fxsapi.dll in any of the 6 sub-folders.
>
>
>
>
>


.

Relevant Pages

  • RE: Please Help me install XP Fax Services
    ... > service pack 2 CD-ROM. ... > I've also tried removing MSN and it says it can't find certain files to ... > in that system32 folder, yet it won't copy it for some reason when I keep ... > in it but no instance of fxsapi.dll in any of the 6 sub-folders. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax)
  • No one responded to my 7/22 thread
    ... service pack 2 CD-ROM. ... I've also tried removing MSN and it says it can't find certain files to ... in that system32 folder, yet it won't copy it for some reason when I keep ... in it but no instance of fxsapi.dll in any of the 6 sub-folders. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax)
  • Re: No one responded to my 7/22 thread
    ... the original source of the installation files for your operating system. ... > home service pack 2 CD-ROM. ... > in that system32 folder, yet it won't copy it for some reason when I keep ... > in it but no instance of fxsapi.dll in any of the 6 sub-folders. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax)
  • Please Help me install XP Fax Services
    ... When I try to add Fax Services as an XP Home SP 2 windows component in the ... service pack 2 CD-ROM. ... in that system32 folder, yet it won't copy it for some reason when I keep ... in it but no instance of fxsapi.dll in any of the 6 sub-folders. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax)
  • Please help me install MS Fax services
    ... When I try to add Fax Services as an XP Home SP 2 windows component in the ... service pack 2 CD-ROM. ... in that system32 folder, yet it won't copy it for some reason when I keep ... in it but no instance of fxsapi.dll in any of the 6 sub-folders. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)