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Dial-a-fix intimidates know-it-alls

Filed Under Dial-a-fix 

http://forums.techguy.org/all-other-software/609118-solved-dial-fix.html

Basically Dial- a fix .. Does nothing .... Very few cases .. it solves the problem

...and this gem...:

All this can be easily achieved by a batch file

I've seen stuff like this floating around the web before. It doesn't really faze me as it just proves the poster's ignorance.

Dial-a-fix started as a set of batch files which were long and ugly like devil_himself's list of DLLs. Batch language differs slightly between Windows versions, and so do DLL registrations. Obviously, Windows 9x can't register all of the same DLLs that Windows XP can. IE7 also changed a lot of DLL registrations.

After a few months of using multiple batch files for each issue set (Cryptography, Windows Installer, etc) I got tired of having to fix them whenever a new conditional interrupted the workflow (such as a new version of a DLL that is no longer registerable, or to add dependency checks for missing files that I didn't realize could be missing when I first wrote the batch) so I converted the entire project into actual compiled code. This way, I could use real logic instead of a weak batch engine, and support more platforms.

The main problem that I have with that thread is that the junior member penguin47 has said that Dial-a-fix has solved the problem and simply wondered how it works. I wish he had asked me or Lunarsoft.net, but what can you do? Fortunately, the "senior member" devil_himself let him/her know that Dial-a-fix does nothing at all and has implied that it can accidentally fix your problem sometimes. I love that at the end devil_himself stated that this can all be easily accomplished with a batch file. Did you expect penguin47 to have found or written one?

penguin47 found my program, and it fixed the problem easily - for free. What's so wrong with that? Sure, you can easily write a junk batch file that does similar things to Dial-a-fix, but why would you shit on a program that makes it ten times easier and works on multiple versions of Windows, checking for stuff your batch file could never check for? My guess is that devil_himself is not an actual bench technician or has never used Dial-a-fix. I can't imagine any other reason to avoid something that is free and works this well just because you have some kind of batch file pride.

Yes, Dial-a-fix tells you all of the basic commands necessary to perform the same operations (somewhat) in its tooltips but you must remember that there is not enough advanced logic in a batch file to match what Dial-a-fix does now (checking for dependencies, etc).

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12 Responses to “Dial-a-fix intimidates know-it-alls”

  1. # Sudesh Kumar on October 10th, 2007 5:30 PM

    The Dial a FIx took care of the problem that has been stumping the IT guys for months.

  2. # DjLizard on October 10th, 2007 6:04 PM

    Glad to hear it! What was the issue?

  3. # Dr JD Azil on October 10th, 2007 9:06 PM

    devil_himself's bloviation only proves what a gigantic douche bag he is.

    While he runs his nifty 1000 line batch files, I'll be happily running dial-a-fix and laughing all the way to the bank.

    What the ass goblin fails to realize is that even if dial-a-fix doesn't solve the problem at hand , it will lead you down the right path. I can not count the times that dial-a-fix has pointed me in the right direction. Give me dial-a-fix and the free sysinternal tools and the problem is a lot more easily solved.

    If I could be bothered, I'd register and flame devil_himself's dumb ass.

    Thank you, drive through.

  4. # DjLizard on October 10th, 2007 10:23 PM

    Bloviation? Is that the word-of-the-day on your iGoogle? :P

  5. # Dr JD Azil on October 10th, 2007 10:36 PM

    I always thought it was a funny word.

    The guy makes me think of some neckbearder sitting in his boxers eating twinkies spouting off how smart he is.

    So...my definition of bloviate - a douche bag, twinky eating, boastful braggart.

    :-)

  6. # midas on October 11th, 2007 7:58 PM

    word

  7. # DjLizard on October 11th, 2007 8:17 PM

    excel

  8. # Dr JD Azil on October 11th, 2007 9:02 PM

    powerpoint damnit

  9. # Greenknight on October 12th, 2007 6:55 AM

    I thought it was rather amusing how he said it basically does nothing, then gave a long list of the things it does. Unique definition of "nothing"...

  10. # Ghaas Gheet, Sr. on October 13th, 2007 11:21 PM

    I wish Dial-a-Fix could fix the Windows C++ runtime library. I futzed with this one time when trying to make another program work, now, every-once-in-a-while, an install or run problem occurs, e.g. NERO 8. Now, I have to futz around the MS website for the third time. . .

  11. # DjLizard on October 13th, 2007 11:42 PM

    What happens with the C++ runtime library? If I had some information about it I could potentially implement it.

  12. # Chad on November 5th, 2007 3:42 PM

    As a technician, I can't tell you the amount of time that DAF has saved myself and my coworkers. Sure, we used to spend a whole bunch of time looking up errors and re-registering DLL's and the sort. Now if we have issues, we run DAF and 9 out of 10 times Windows Updates work. That guy obviously, is just bitter.

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