Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 2.0 Silent Update is available

[Brian Kvalheim - [MVP]]

Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 2.0 Silent Update is available

Microsoft has silently released an update for Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 2.0.
Indeed the build number of PhotoDraw 2000 2.0 that comes with the new Office
2000 Premium SR1 kits is 2.0.0.1129 while the retail version of PhotoDraw
2000 2.0 still carries the build number 2.0.0.915 which is obviously more
older. Unfortunately Microsoft didn't release yet a patch to update
PhotoDraw 2000 2.0 so there's no way to get the latest build except buying
Microsoft Office 2000 SR1 Premium.

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[Ludwig]

Where have I been under a rock? Mine still reads 2.0.0.0822. I paid good
money for the stand alone version. For goodness sakes! Photodraw 2000
version 2.
"Brian Kvalheim - [MVP]" <noon...@thisaddress.com> wrote in message
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[Walter Donavan]

So can we get it, and if so how and for how much $?

What's new and improved?

Etc.

[Brian Kvalheim - [MVP]]

This patch is free.

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"Walter Donavan" <inv...@email.com> wrote in message
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[JRFREY]

Where is the "free" patch without buying another version of the software I
already own?

"Brian Kvalheim - [MVP]" <noon...@thisaddress.com> wrote in message

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[Brian Kvalheim - [MVP]]

It's free, as in, it is free in PhotoDraw 2000 v2 on the Office 2000 Premium
SR1 package. I think I confused you all by saying free patch, as in
"downloadable"...but that is not the case.

Microsoft just silently put a newer version of PhotoDraw 2000 v2 SR1
release.

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"JRFREY" <jrf...@email.msn.com> wrote in message
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[Ludwig]

I happen to have the Office 2000 Premium SR1 patch cd-rom. It does not do a
thing for Photodraw 2000 as far as version's. Or anything else that I know
of. If it is in fact silent, it sure didn't improve it any! You've been in
the pub to much . :) I mean M Publisher.

"Brian Kvalheim - [MVP]" <noon...@thisaddress.com> wrote in message

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> It's free, as in, it is free in PhotoDraw 2000 v2 on the Office 2000
Premium
> SR1 package. I think I confused you all by saying free patch, as in
> "downloadable"...but that is not the case.
>
> Microsoft just silently put a newer version of PhotoDraw 2000 v2 SR1
> release.
>
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> Microsoft MVP - Publisher
>
> Publisher eSurvival (FAQ and More!): http://kvalcom.jvlnet.com

[Brian Kvalheim - [MVP]]

Ludwig,

This update is not even available on the SR1 Patch CD! Only available when
you buy the new full blown Office 2000 Premium SR1 Package...Retail...

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"Ludwig" <ral...@xta.com> wrote in message
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[Ludwig]

I thought you said it was free. What's this buy BS.? I bought the original
PHD2 of which I'm sorry for. And now an upgrade that you have to buy or you
don't get it? MS is becoming a real Winner! Like they came out with The Age
Of Kings Age Of EmpiresII, the Age of Conquers expansion before they came
out with a patch for the AgeOf EmpiresII. Everyone became so frustrated with
MS They had to issue it as the patch was released by Ensemble Studios long
before the Age of Conquers expansion came out. Reason, it was killing sales.
MS keeps dropping the ball in more ways that one. Where is the justification
of you buy the program, we (MS)have a patch for it, but you have to buy it.
After all they do have a download page or also called Office update site.
Please don't say free. Office 2000 Premium hasn't been out that long and
already you buy a SR1 patch?

"Brian Kvalheim - [MVP]" <noon...@thisaddress.com> wrote in message

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> Ludwig,
>
> This update is not even available on the SR1 Patch CD! Only available when
> you buy the new full blown Office 2000 Premium SR1 Package...Retail...
>
> --
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> Microsoft MVP - Publisher
>
> Publisher eSurvival (FAQ and More!): http://kvalcom.jvlnet.com

[Bob Buckland ?:-)]

Hi Brian,

Sigh. Well they didn't widely broadcast the release version differences
but it was documented in the KB and I've included mention of the Photodraw 2000 SR1
version here in a number of postings about versions :)

The version in Office 2000 Premium is Photodraw 2000 v2 SR1. There were several
months between the time Photodraw 2000 v2 was on the street and when
the Office 2000 SR1 Premium CDs with Photodraw 2000 v2 were on the street.

The May 2000 KB article on the differences is below. PhD 2000 v2 SR1 is not available
separately as a download but for most folks, as you can see by the KB article content
it likely won't affect many folks who do not have Office 2000 Premium SR1 with
Photodraw 2000 v2 SR1 included and the other KB articles referenced should be
reviewed if one of the buglets happens to be run into.

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12-May-00 - Q253944 What Is New in PhotoDraw 2000, Version 2 Service Release 1
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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000, version 2.0
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SUMMARY
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This article describes the difference between the versions of Microsoft
PhotoDraw 2000, Version 2.

MORE INFORMATION
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The version of PhotoDraw 2000, Version 2 that is included with Microsoft
Office 2000 Service Release 1 (SR-1) is different than the retail version of
Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000, Version 2, which was released in the
Fall and Winter of 1999.

The retail version of PhotoDraw 2000, Version 2 that released in the Spring
of 2000, is the same version that is included with Office 2000 SR-1 patch.

To view the version number:

1. Open PhotoDraw 2000.

2. Click Help, and then click About Microsoft PhotoDraw.

3. The version number is on the second line of the dialog box.

NOTE: The Office 2000 SR-1 patch does not automatically update PhotoDraw
2000. PhotoDraw 2000, Version 2 SR-1 is not available for download.

The following table lists the different versions of PhotoDraw 2000, Version 2.

Product Version Description
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PhotoDraw 2000, Version 2 2.0.0.0822 Original version
PhotoDraw 2000, Version 2 2.0.0.0915 Java-compliant version
PhotoDraw 2000, Version 2 SR-1 2.0.0.1129 Service Release 1 version

The English-language version of PhotoDraw 2000, Version 2 SR-1 contains the
following changes.

Updates in Version 2.0.0.1129
-----------------------------

The following items are updated in PhotoDraw 2000, Version 2 SR-1
(2.0.0.1129):

- Microsoft Clip Gallery is updated to the same version that is included
with Office 2000 SR-1.

- The Targa (TGA) file filter Tgaimp32.flt is updated to version 99.12.8.0.

Fixes in Version 2.0.0.1129
---------------------------

The following issues are fixed in PhotoDraw 2000, Version 2 SR-1
(2.0.0.1129):

- The first screen you see when you run Setup from the Office 2000 Disc 3
CD-ROM does not say "Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 Version 2".

- PhotoDraw 2000 stops responding (hangs) if you open .mix files. For
additional information about this issue, see the article number below
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q260377 PhD2: PhotoDraw Crashes When Open a Mix File

- The last digit of the product identification (PID) number is missing. For
additional information about this issue, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q253709 PhD2: Unable to Verify Your Product ID

- "Error: 1904. Module <drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\System\OLE
DB\MSDAORA.DLL failed to register" when you restart the computer.

- Warning message that states "Microsoft Office 2000 is running" when you
install PhotoDraw 2000, Version 2 on a Windows NT 4.0-based computer.

- Setup Error 2715 when you use the Install On Demand option.

- Tutorial opens in a separate Help window.

- Error Message: "The Microsoft PhotoDraw Trial information has changed"
when you run the PhotoDraw 2000 Trial version on a Windows 2000-based
computer without Administrative rights.

- "Setup Error 1309 reading from file...msgr2en.lex and msgr2en.dll" when
you install PhotoDraw 2000 Trial version.

- Install on Demand does not work when you double-click a .mix file.

- "Photodrw.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows" error
message when you have Far-East fonts installed on your computer. For
additional information about this issue, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q256897 PhD ErrMsg: Photodrw.exe Has Generated Errors on Windows 2000

- "PhotoDrw.exe has Generated Errors" error message when you click Easy
Download, and then click Download before you click to select any
pictures. For additional information about this issue, click the article number
below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q260379 PHD2: PHOTODRW.exe Has Generated Errors Downloading from Camera

- Setup error message when you restart that informs you that the Msdaps.dll
file can not be registered. For additional information about this issue,
click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

Q260380 PhD2: Setup Is Unable to Register Msdaps.dll On Reboot

- No Windows Installer setup log is created when you run PhotoDraw 2000
Setup with the /a switch. For additional information about this issue, click
the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q260381 PhD: Setup /a Does Not Produce Expected Log File

- No PhotoDraw 2000 shortcut on the Start Menu after the Windows 2000
Administrator configures PhotoDraw 2000 to Install on Demand. For
additional information about this issue, click the article number below to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q260382 PhD: No PhotoDraw Shortcut on Start Menu After Setup /jm

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<<"Brian Kvalheim - [MVP]" <noon...@thisaddress.com> wrote in message

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Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 2.0 Silent Update is available

Microsoft has silently released an update for Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 2.0.
Indeed the build number of PhotoDraw 2000 2.0 that comes with the new Office
2000 Premium SR1 kits is 2.0.0.1129 while the retail version of PhotoDraw
2000 2.0 still carries the build number 2.0.0.915 which is obviously more
older. Unfortunately Microsoft didn't release yet a patch to update
PhotoDraw 2000 2.0 so there's no way to get the latest build except buying
Microsoft Office 2000 SR1 Premium.

Brian Kvalheim>>

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[Ludwig]

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q255/2/75.ASP

"Ludwig" <ral...@xta.com> wrote in message

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> I thought you said it was free. What's this buy BS.? I bought the original
> PHD2 of which I'm sorry for. And now an upgrade that you have to buy or
you
> don't get it? MS is becoming a real Winner! Like they came out with The
Age
> Of Kings Age Of EmpiresII, the Age of Conquers expansion before they came
> out with a patch for the AgeOf EmpiresII. Everyone became so frustrated
with
> MS They had to issue it as the patch was released by Ensemble Studios long
> before the Age of Conquers expansion came out. Reason, it was killing
sales.
> MS keeps dropping the ball in more ways that one. Where is the
justification
> of you buy the program, we (MS)have a patch for it, but you have to buy
it.
> After all they do have a download page or also called Office update site.
> Please don't say free. Office 2000 Premium hasn't been out that long and
> already you buy a SR1 patch?

> "Brian Kvalheim - [MVP]" <noon...@thisaddress.com> wrote in message

> > > "Brian Kvalheim - [MVP]" <noon...@thisaddress.com> wrote in message

> > > news:Oe2WJ7oKAHA.262@cppssbbsa04...
> > > > It's free, as in, it is free in PhotoDraw 2000 v2 on the Office 2000
> > > Premium
> > > > SR1 package. I think I confused you all by saying free patch, as in
> > > > "downloadable"...but that is not the case.
> > > >
> > > > Microsoft just silently put a newer version of PhotoDraw 2000 v2 SR1
> > > > release.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Brian Kvalheim
> > > > Microsoft MVP - Publisher
> > > >
> > > > Publisher eSurvival (FAQ and More!): http://kvalcom.jvlnet.com
> > >
> >
>
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> > > > The opinions expressed in this message are my own personal views and
> do
> > > not
> > > > reflect the official views of the Microsoft Corporation
> > > >
> > > > "JRFREY" <jrf...@email.msn.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:OLpeXuoKAHA.278@cppssbbsa04...
> > > > > Where is the "free" patch without buying another version of the
> > software
> > > I
> > > > > already own?

> > > > > "Brian Kvalheim - [MVP]" <noon...@thisaddress.com> wrote in
> message

[Ludwig]

I guess there was not much if any improvement to the program itself if any?
Just numbers! I guess I wouldn't talk to much about that either! I bet if
you couldn't register the program, it would be fixed in no time. Microsoft
would have a fit.
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[Al Heigl]

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

> ==========
> 12-May-00 - Q253944 What Is New in PhotoDraw 2000, Version 2 Service Release 1

That article seems to be a 404 these days. Wonder why?

And why can't MS make a patch file available for download????
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[Brian Kvalheim - [MVP]]

Ludwig, sorry for the confusion as I mentioned before. I was just posting
some info that I found.

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"Ludwig" <ral...@xta.com> wrote in message

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> I thought you said it was free. What's this buy BS.? I bought the original
> PHD2 of which I'm sorry for. And now an upgrade that you have to buy or
you
> don't get it? MS is becoming a real Winner! Like they came out with The
Age
> Of Kings Age Of EmpiresII, the Age of Conquers expansion before they came
> out with a patch for the AgeOf EmpiresII. Everyone became so frustrated
with
> MS They had to issue it as the patch was released by Ensemble Studios long
> before the Age of Conquers expansion came out. Reason, it was killing
sales.
> MS keeps dropping the ball in more ways that one. Where is the
justification
> of you buy the program, we (MS)have a patch for it, but you have to buy
it.
> After all they do have a download page or also called Office update site.
> Please don't say free. Office 2000 Premium hasn't been out that long and
> already you buy a SR1 patch?

> "Brian Kvalheim - [MVP]" <noon...@thisaddress.com> wrote in message

> > > "Brian Kvalheim - [MVP]" <noon...@thisaddress.com> wrote in message

> > > news:Oe2WJ7oKAHA.262@cppssbbsa04...
> > > > It's free, as in, it is free in PhotoDraw 2000 v2 on the Office 2000
> > > Premium
> > > > SR1 package. I think I confused you all by saying free patch, as in
> > > > "downloadable"...but that is not the case.
> > > >
> > > > Microsoft just silently put a newer version of PhotoDraw 2000 v2 SR1
> > > > release.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Brian Kvalheim
> > > > Microsoft MVP - Publisher
> > > >
> > > > Publisher eSurvival (FAQ and More!): http://kvalcom.jvlnet.com
> > >
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > > > The opinions expressed in this message are my own personal views and
> do
> > > not
> > > > reflect the official views of the Microsoft Corporation
> > > >
> > > > "JRFREY" <jrf...@email.msn.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:OLpeXuoKAHA.278@cppssbbsa04...
> > > > > Where is the "free" patch without buying another version of the
> > software
> > > I
> > > > > already own?

> > > > > "Brian Kvalheim - [MVP]" <noon...@thisaddress.com> wrote in
> message

[Gilles Racine]

And that "silent" patch does not even solve the big problem of resolution in
PhotoDraw : you have a GIF or JPEG image of 200 x 100 pixels, for instance,
and, when imported or inserted in PhotoDraw, you get 100 x 50 pixels
instead. You resize the image to its original dimensions (200 x 100) and
what you get is a blurred image. So much fun with MS products !
Article ID Q248585 does NOT the issue. Just silly workarounds.

Gilles

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[Bob Buckland ?:-)]

Hi Gilles,

Well, not to get back into the issue of what version is available <g>, because
yes, if there had been a change in the behavior of the program relative
to fewer fuzzies it would have most definitely been (1) available to everyone,
somehow, <g> and (2) *widely* talked about here and probably cheered if
it worked :)

The newest MS graphics app that uses some of the same stuff under the
hood is MS PictureIt!2001 (Sep2000). Looking over the PI newsgroup
the reports are from 'no improvement' to 'some improvement' to 'not a problem' with
the blurred issues, so it's hard to tell what's happening for sure as far as
progress on defuzzing.

Actually the MS KB article you mentioned is one of my favorites if only
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q248/5/85.ASP
because it lists MS Image Composer (a favorite tool of a number of folks who
frequent this newsgroup) as a workaround to MS Photodraw for this problem <g>

It isn't just MS's Photodraw that looks for DPI/PPI resolution information within
a graphic, it's a variety of MS Office products. In Photodraw you get one
treatment when you use File=>Open and another may occur when you
use Insert=>Picture (right Bill? <g>) Take a look in Irfanview, for example,
http://www.irfanview.com at the File information screen when you open a
graphic to see if it declares a DPI setting for a particular graphic.

A bitmap, for example, a screenshot saved from MS PhotoEditor and
MS Photodraw both have settings to select the DPI to use when
saving a file, but their pictures don't show that in IrfanView's file
information, but if you paste and save the BMP in MS Windows Paint
the File info does list 96dpi and then the Office apps use that (and there
are some permutations on being able to see what to expect, etc, but
yes, it's a surprise to most folks on what happens).

Another question is when you look at the Zoom percentage dropdown
what is it a percentage of? It's partly related to the visible display
area on the screen and the Pan & Zoom window, but I've not seen a
definitive explanation of it as just when it seems to have an explanation
you try a different switch and it stops making sense again. Yes size
of the picture or even the selected would be what I would have liked/(expected?).

The blurry/fuzzies are indeed frustrating and MS's KB articles that some of
(smoothing) is intentional, and not optional is equally frustrating.

FWIW, there was a rumour blurb this week on Photodraw's possible
future incarnations in a newsletter this week.
http://www.woodyswatch.com/office/archtemplate.asp?v5-n44

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<<"Gilles Racine" <digi...@aei.ca> wrote in message news:OSnUtwq...@cppssbbsa02.microsoft.com...

And that "silent" patch does not even solve the big problem of resolution in
PhotoDraw : you have a GIF or JPEG image of 200 x 100 pixels, for instance,
and, when imported or inserted in PhotoDraw, you get 100 x 50 pixels
instead. You resize the image to its original dimensions (200 x 100) and
what you get is a blurred image. So much fun with MS products !
Article ID Q248585 does NOT the issue. Just silly workarounds.

Gilles>>
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