Paul thank you so much for coming back and letting us know what was up.
Good luck. Netti --- In [email protected], "Paul D.Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Netti, > > v5.5 sort of works - at least enough for what I needed for which, many thanks. FYI, what happened when I tried v5.5 was the following. > > - v5.5 installed fine (as did v5.6 and v6.0) > - The audio setup wizard worked fine (both v5.6 and v6.0 claimed the DSP TrueSpeech codec was missing) > - I invited v5.5/WinNT to a conference from a second PC, and v5.5/WinNT claimed that the audio was already in use by another program (sigh!) > - However, I pressed the "Audio Off" button on the conference, then switched it back on, and the conference worked! > > This leads me to conclude that Y!M on Windows NT seems to trip over its own boot laces. I suspect that one part of Y!M has the audio and/or codec in use whilst another is trying to get exclusive access, thus giving rise to these irritating problems. > > Anyway, for now I'm leaving v5.5 installed purely for when I need to do some testing. > > Again, many thanks for all your help and suggestions, > Paul DS. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul D.Smith > To: [email protected] > Sent: 06 April 2005 16:18 > Subject: Re: [Y!M] Re: Fw: Windows NT and "missing" codec > > > Netti, > > I finally did find some Yahoo directories last night (they didn't show up because they were "Yahoo!" and I didn't look for the exclamation mark). I deleted these, and the registry entries (one was a "run ypager" but the ypager had been deleted). > > Same problem with both v6 and v5.6 messenger. I'll give v5.5 messenger a try too, just-in-case. > > FYI, I'm finally convinced myself that the codec really is installed by creating a "DSP TrueSpeech" encoded file at work and then trying to listen to it at home. With NT saying "use this codec" it works, but if I disable the codec, it doesn't. So I have installed the correct codec ;-). > > Anyway, thanks for the suggestions. I'll have another try tonight! > > Paul DS > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Netti > To: [email protected] > Sent: 06 April 2005 15:33 > Subject: [Y!M] Re: Fw: Windows NT and "missing" codec > > > > Ok Paul, first.. If you have a yahoo folder, it would be located in > C:/program files/yahoo > > Or whereever you put it if you changed where you wanted it to be d/l too. > > If you did change it, my suggestion is to put it in your c drive > because then its easier to find the files you need. > > Secondly, YES yahoo is having big issues with Windows NT. But d/l an > older version should have taken care of this. I would also try v. 5.5 > 1226. > > When you said you saw the file and it was there.. WHERE exactly did > you see it? It could be that the file is not in the correct directory > and not registered, and therefore yahoo messenger can't find it. > > Please advise. > Netti > > --- In [email protected], "Paul D.Smith" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Netti, > > > > I uninstalled Yahoo 6 but could not find any "yahoo" directories. I > did find a few registry entries, which I duly deleted. I then > reinstalled but got the same error. > > > > I then repeated but this time installed Yahoo 5.6 (found on the web > - could not find an official Yahoo download) but got the same result. > Y!M claims the Codec is not installed, but I can see it and use it! > > > > Any other suggestions? There is some indication on the Yahoo site > that Windows NT is no longer supported but other pages claim it is! > > > > Cheers, > > Paul DS > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Netti > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: 04 April 2005 13:09 > > Subject: [Y!M] Re: Fw: Windows NT and "missing" codec > > > > > > > > some of these service packs having port issues closing ports that it > > doesn't think you need. I know that's not the error you're getting, > > but it is an issue. > > > > Also make sure you have all the updated programs you need to run > > yahoo. Those are needed. > > > > have you also totally uninstalled yahoo by the uninstall function, AND > > deleting the yahoo folder then reinstall? > > > > Does it work with older versions of yahoo? > > > > let me know > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Paul D.Smith" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Paul D.Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: 04 April 2005 08:48 > > > Subject: Windows NT and "missing" codec > > > > > > > > > All, > > > > > > Anyone know how to solve the following? I have a Windows NT v4.0, > > sp6 machine on which I've been trying to install Y!M v6 but it keeps > > claiming that the TrueSpeech DSP codec is missing when I run the audio > > setup. > > > > > > I've installed the codec and it works fine with other multimedia > > applications but Y!M refuses to accept that it's installed. 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