[cw-discuss] What to do when some windows component is broken

[Rolf-Werner Eilert]

bill at sunsouthwest.com schrieb:
> Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> When installing Office2k, crossover complainted about a "missing or 
>> damaged ils.dll" [what a precise statement this is] but installation was 
>> successfully completed without it. Everything runs flawlessly so far.
>>
>> What is ils.dll good for, and could I install it manually?
>>
>> Thanks for your time.
>>   
> Windows by design has thousands of 'problems', and we're always
> promised fixes in ''the next version'' if not the next service pack.
> 
> It usually works best to just google* for an answer to these questions.
> 
> For example:  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311139
> 
> ...tells us this is most often related to Windows 98, and if you needed
> a stand-alone copy of Netmeeting to ''re-install'' you can find one here:
> 
>  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=26c9da7c-f778-4422-a6f4-efb8abba021e&displaylang=en
> 
> Of course, if you're not going to be using Netmeeting, this 'fix' might
> as well be skipped.
> 
> Because of all the flaws in it's products, microsoft has a support staff
> about 1100 times the size of the entire Codeweavers company. Often
> a better source of solutions and work-arounds comes from the user
> base, most easily found using a search engine.
> 
> Bill
> 
> * Google is a financial supporter of Codeweavers and their efforts
>   to allow computer users to run Windows applications on a non-
>   microsoft operating system. Microsoft strongly opposes this effort
>   and suggests you run microsoft applications on windows ONLY!
> 



Bill,

Well I just thought my CD had a crack or somewhat like that. If it's for 
Netmeeting only, it doesn't play a role. I now do remember the doomed 
days of Win98 on our PCs when I sometimes saw this error - and mostly not.

You're right, googling for it or searching the MS database would be the 
first way, but I just didn't saw the relationship.

Thanks for the hints!

Rolf