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Article #282667Re: Eraser Help
From: James Christie
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 23:32
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 23:32
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In message <pan.2005.05.11.23.02.22.54640@invalid.lan>, Dan C <youmustbejoking@invalid.lan> writes >On Wed, 11 May 2005 23:34:56 +0100, James Christie wrote: > >>>> "Component 'RICHTX32.OCX' not correctly registered: file is missing or >>>> invalid" > >>>Kind of obvious, isn't it? The file isn't there. Reinstall it. > >> But what file is it, and where is it? I copied the quake folder straight >> across from my external (backup) HDD, which in turn had been copied >> straight across from my other PC, and which has been used on other >> laptops without this problem before. > >Are you kidding me? The filename is right there in front of you!!! It >obviously isn't in the Quake directory, and is probably a Windoze system >file of some kind (in /windows or /windows/system or something). > >Another poster has done the work for you, I suggest you follow the link he >provided and restore the file. > >Windoze rots your brain, and this is clear evidence of that... ;-) > What I was trying to ask, was what kind of file was it. I've now found out it belongs in the System 32 folder, its now been replaced and everything works fine. I don't use my PC seriously enough to know the ins and outs of every folder, only really for playing games, watching DVDs and emails etc. Away and 'Phear the Penguin'. -- Regards, James Christie "Luck is my middle name," he said, indistinctly. "Mind you, my first name is Bad."
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!number1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!skynet.be!peer-uk.news.demon.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!NOSPAM.co.uk!james From: James Christie <james@christie.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: alt.games.quake2 Subject: Re: Eraser Help Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 00:32:50 +0100 Lines: 36 Sender: James Christie <james@NOSPAM.co.uk> Message-ID: <v$qksQFiYpgCFwlK@christie.demon.co.uk> References: <3zuivhFyMlgCFwmv@christie.demon.co.uk> <pan.2005.05.11.20.11.31.961812@invalid.lan> <ZfGpkjBQiogCFwwx@christie.demon.co.uk> <pan.2005.05.11.23.02.22.54640@invalid.lan> Reply-To: James Christie <jamie@NOSPAM.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: christie.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1115854617 20541 83.104.235.54 (11 May 2005 23:36:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 23:36:57 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Turnpike/6.02-S (<PlIeE1yjVcLg3KmSf50ypnTfRU>) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit