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Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:02:21 -0500
Subject: Re: Which libraries for Python 2.5.2
From: Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu>
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On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 10:04 PM, W. eWatson <wolftracks@invalid.com> wrote:
> 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<wolftracks@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?

It should work from either but I prefer to use cmd in case there's an
error message.