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More info?)
Or, by chance, noticing a $60 fax machine with a $50
rebate at Fry's...
IBM was no help anyway.
Thanks for your time and suggestions, they are appreciated!
David
>-----Original Message-----
>No, sorry. Your only recourse is with the OEM. Only they
can provide access
>to these files.
>--
>Russ Valentine
>[MVP-Outlook]
>"David" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:14d9f01c445a5$88c838c0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> I have done as you suggested and decompressed all of the
>> files that I found, but I still get the same error
>> message. Also, I am given no opportunity to choose a
>> directory for it to search in, it never tells me that
>> there are files missing or what it is looking for, it
just
>> simply says:
>>
>>
>> "The installation library for component fax could not be
>> initialized."
>>
>> with an OK button. After clicking I get the list of
>> components, but Fax Services is not shown.
>>
>> Any other ideas?
>>
>> David
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >When the installation routine is unable to find the
>> necessary installation
>> >files (even when directed to the appropriate i386
Folder)
>> it usually means
>> >that the installation files are compressed. This is
often
>> the case when the
>> >files are pre-copied by an OEM on the hard drive. If
you
>> do a search for the
>> >files that the installation routine claims are missing
>> (fxsapi.dll and
>> >fxcfgwz.dll) you won't find them, but you will find
>> fxsapi.dl_ and
>> >fxcfgwz.dl_. These are compressed DLL files and will
need
>> to be
>> >decompressed. Double click on them and you will get a
>> prompt for the file to
>> >use to open them. Click on BROWSE. and select Win32
>> Cabinet Self-Extractor,
>> >which is in the system folder. With any luck it will
>> uncompress them all and
>> >make them visible as DLL files. The install routine
still
>> may not find these
>> >files. If so, then you must manually direct the
>> installation routine to the
>> >i386 folder that contains these extracted files.
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >Russ Valentine
>> >[MVP-Outlook]
>> ><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >news:14f7001c4459a$fff47ef0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> I assume they are in C:\I386 ... this directory is
about
>> >> 480 MB in size. But IBM doesn't distribute CDs with
>> their
>> >> computers, to re-image there is a special partition
on
>> the
>> >> hard disk. Are there any particular files I need to
>> look
>> >> for? There are 31 compressed (.EX_, .DL_, etc) files
>> that
>> >> start with "FX" in the C:\I386 directory... The error
>> >> message doesn't give me an opportunity to point it
to a
>> >> directory to search for files.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> David
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >Where are your installation files?
>> >> >--
>> >> >Russ Valentine
>> >> >[MVP-Outlook]
>> >> >"David" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in
>> >> message
>> >> >news:14c5c01c44596$e0efcf40$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I am trying to install Windows XP Fax Services.
>> When I
>> >> go
>> >> >> to Control Panel, then Add/Remove Programs, and
then
>> >> when
>> >> >> I click on "Add/Remove Windows Components", I get
the
>> >> >> following error message:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "The installation library for component fax could
>> not be
>> >> >> initialized."
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Then, "Fax Services" does not appear in the list
of
>> >> >> components for me to install.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I have an IBM Thinkpad T40, WinXP Pro with latest
>> >> service
>> >> >> pack.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> David
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
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