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Lucrezia Herman

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Jan 11, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/11/98
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Hi-

I've been installing the software for my new camera, and have run into a
bit of a problem. The Olympus software loaded OK, but when I loaded MGI
PhotoSuite, attempting to open the read.me file after supposedly
successful installation resulted in the message: "... can't find file
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MFCUIA32.DLL ". I've never knowingly deleted a file
by this name, but I suppose it could have gone when I deleted old copies
of Netscape. Anyway, the not-strictly-on-topic question is: what's the
best way of dealing with this? (Please oh please don't tell me that I
have to re-install Windows 95 from scratch...! The prospect terrifies
me after a weekend of sorting out newsreader traumas.) Is it possible
to upload a _single_ file from my Windows 95 disk? All knowledgeable
replies gratefully received!

Thanks,

Lucrezia
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Dan Spencer

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Jan 11, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/11/98
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Lucrezia,

I just you a copy of the file. Copy it into the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder.
You might have to reboot your computer after you copy it to get it to work.

Dan

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TheCharlie

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Jan 12, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/12/98
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On Sun, 11 Jan 1998 17:40:39 +0000, Lucrezia Herman
<l...@bagels.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Hi-
>
>I've been installing the software for my new camera, and have run into a
>bit of a problem. The Olympus software loaded OK, but when I loaded MGI
>PhotoSuite, attempting to open the read.me file after supposedly
>successful installation resulted in the message: "... can't find file
>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MFCUIA32.DLL ". I've never knowingly deleted a file
>by this name, but I suppose it could have gone when I deleted old copies
>of Netscape. Anyway, the not-strictly-on-topic question is: what's the
>best way of dealing with this? (Please oh please don't tell me that I
>have to re-install Windows 95 from scratch...! The prospect terrifies
>me after a weekend of sorting out newsreader traumas.) Is it possible
>to upload a _single_ file from my Windows 95 disk? All knowledgeable
>replies gratefully received!

You might still have the file on your system. Windows95 keeps a backup
of damned near everything, even f you don't want it to. (Ever wonder
why your 200 meg drive never seemed to fill up, yet your 1.6gig is
almost full??)

Try going to the Start icon, Find/files and Folders and type in the
name. See if you find it under a backup folder. Do not include the
path, just the filename.. but be sure to put it back where your
program was looking for it..

(Who excatly *is* General Failure .. and why is he trying to read my
hard drive???)

This should be easier than trying to unarchive the .cab files (which
can be done, email me if you still have trouble)

Good luck
Charlie

Dan Spencer

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Jan 13, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/13/98
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Luc,

If you read the thread, you will notice that I already sent the file to
Lucretia. I did not post the file since it is a *binary*. Remember the
controversy?

Dan

luc wrote in message <01bd1ebb$a82bc3c0$72f0ccc3@homepc>...
>here is the missing file as attachment
>gl
>--
>luc.che...@nospam-rl.telia.no
>thx for taking out nospam- for answer
>
>Lucrezia Herman <l...@bagels.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
><Ko6YTCAX...@bagels.demon.co.uk>...


>> Hi-
>>
>> I've been installing the software for my new camera, and have run into a
>> bit of a problem. The Olympus software loaded OK, but when I loaded MGI
>> PhotoSuite, attempting to open the read.me file after supposedly
>> successful installation resulted in the message: "... can't find file
>> C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MFCUIA32.DLL ". I've never knowingly deleted a file
>> by this name, but I suppose it could have gone when I deleted old copies
>> of Netscape. Anyway, the not-strictly-on-topic question is: what's the
>> best way of dealing with this? (Please oh please don't tell me that I
>> have to re-install Windows 95 from scratch...! The prospect terrifies
>> me after a weekend of sorting out newsreader traumas.) Is it possible
>> to upload a _single_ file from my Windows 95 disk? All knowledgeable
>> replies gratefully received!
>>

Lucrezia Herman

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Jan 13, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/13/98
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Thanks to all who sent me the file (would've replied sooner if Demon had
been working properly...)--I discovered that I could open MGI PhotoSuite
without it, as it was only required for the read.me file. In any case,
I am not very impressed with this software as a lot of the gimmicks
(magazine covers and the like) don't interest me, and it doesn't allow
me to do a couple of things I want to do. So for the time being I'll
rely on PaintShop until I get a copy of PhotoDeluxe. Can anyone out
there tell me if PhotoDeluxe 2 offers all the special effects of
PhotoShop 4.0? I'm especially interested in the watercolor, pastel,
fresco, film and patchwork effects.

Another related question: uploaded photos viewed using the Olympus
software are of exceptionally good quality (and all indoor ones, too!
much better than expected from what I'd read), but when the same
untouched photos are viewed using PaintShop or PhotoSuite, the quality
is eroded (i.e. visible "dots"), and they look as they do on the web.
Why is that?

Thanks again for being such a helpful group of folks!

-Lucrezia

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