On 12/28/2011 12:55 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
On 12/28/2011 9:37 AM, Ian Kelly wrote:
On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 9:33 AM, W. eWatson<wolftra...@invalid.com>
wrote:
Well, thing went slightly awry. The link gave me two choices. Download
msv...dll fixer, and download fixer. I took the latter. However, just
checking on the other one, found that I got the same exe file. I
installed
it on the XP PC, and pressed what looked like a reasonable place to
start.
It would download the dll, and register it.
Well, it seemed more interested in the registry. It scanned four
areas of
the registry, and found 123 problems in total. To fix them would require
buying something.
I noticed a large button near the top that said download dll. It
found one
the internet, and guess what? More purchase for the download.
It seems like dll-fixer has a corner on the market.
Definitely don't download that spamware fixer program -- who knows
what that does? You want the grey "Download zip-file" link, not the
not the flashy "Download fixer" ad links. Anyway, it sounds like
you've found another copy of the DLL.
If I were you, I would uninstall that fixer ASAP and then run an
anti-malware and anti-virus tool or two, just in case.
Run the sfc /scannow System File Checker command to replace a missing or
corrupt copy of the msvcp71.dll file. If this DLL file is provided my
Microsoft, the System File Checker tool should restore it.
I don't believe it is provided by Microsoft, but it wouldn't hurt to try.
A new dilemma. The PC XP in question with Python has the the msvcp71.dll
file in System32. The one I took off my other laptop has a slightly
newer
one. Feb 2003 vs Aug 2003.
Weird. Try registering the existing dll, try replacing it with the
other one (be sure to back up the original first), etc.
I haven't installed the newer version yet, Aug 2003. I thought I'd see
what happened if I entered sfc /scannow. Whatever, happened the black
window flashed by in a split second.
Somehow this doesn't seem helpful
<http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/system_file_checker.mspx?mfr=true>.
Although, 20 lines down or so it says:
If sfc discovers that a protected file has been overwritten, it
retrieves the correct version of the file from the
%systemroot%\system32\dllcache folder, and then replaces the incorrect
file.
I'm going to run this by a XP NG.
That certainly didn't help.
I'm going to save the msvcp71.dll from the Python laptop somewhere, then
insert the one from my other XP laptop. Finally, I'll register it.
regsvr32. Just to review, I presume not from cmd, but Run?
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