Comments on: Dial-a-fix public beta update #1

By: Simon Zerafa

Simon Zerafa — Tue, 30 May 2006 14:48:26 +0000

Hi DJ, Not sure if you are working on COM+ related issues for incorporation into DAF however the COM+ Hotfix Cumulative Update is now publicly available for download via the \"Update for Windows Communication Foundation (KB912817)\" downloads at: Update for Windows Communication Foundation (KB912817) This might help with fixing COM+ issues however I have not had the opportunity to try this as yet. Kind Regards Simon

By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 28 May 2006 15:05:47 +0000

Noooo!!!
This program is fantastic!
It's so convenient to have everything in one place.
Please continue the full build ##begs on bended knees##
8¬)

By: DjLizard

DjLizard — Sat, 27 May 2006 22:47:15 +0000

Re InstMsiA: You're right, and I wonder why 9x never complained about InstMsiW.

Re XML 6: I only included 3 and 4 originally because they are tied into the operating system (XML3, for instance, is required for Windows Updates). I won't include the future releases. In fact…

Re VC++ 2005, MDAC, et al: I'm going to disband the full version of Dial-a-fix and just stick with medium/light. There's too many issues already with platforms and languages to be able to manage. Plus, people are downloading the full version all the time (when it's rarely required). So I think I'm going to remove all of the installers and just maintain a tab on the Help page which links to all of the redistributables (everything from DirectX to VC).

By: spud

spud — Sat, 27 May 2006 22:33:58 +0000

for win9x, the windows installer, shouldnt it be this file? (InstMsiA.exe)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cebbacd8-c094-4255-b702-de3bb768148f&displaylang=en#filelist

also xml 6 is avaiable, and can work along side xml 3 & 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=993c0bcf-3bcf-4009-be21-27e85e1857b1&DisplayLang=en

also out, vc++ 2005 runtime, your call on this one
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=32bc1bee-a3f9-4c13-9c99-220b62a191ee&DisplayLang=en

and have you considered including MDAC?

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:25:55 +0000

Might want to add image types in there too…
(that was the problem i was having)

By: DjLizard

DjLizard — Fri, 26 May 2006 11:25:05 +0000

That was in the works (well, for the important types: exe, com, bat, reg, pif, scr, vbs, js) but it is on pause while I work on some of the other things.

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 26 May 2006 10:05:06 +0000

How about a 'Restore file association' fix.
Restore to the default values for file types?
(just came up against this recently – LOTS of registry fixes to perform – lol)