SVCPACK1.DLL?

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Ohaya

Hi,

We have a mix of Windows 2000 Pro, Server, and Advanced Server machines,
all at SP4.

On some machines, there is a DLL in c:\winnt\system32 called
SVCPACK1.DLL, whereas on other machines, this DLL is missing.

We have an ActiveX control that we developed that uses SVCPACK1.DLL, but
we can't figure out why some machines have this DLL while others don't.

Can anyone provide any info on this?

Thanks in advance!!!
 
Hi,

BTW, it looks like SVCPACK1.DLL doesn't even have any exports (using
Dumpbin), so does anyone know what this DLL even is????
 
In microsoft.public.win2000.general Ohaya said:
We have a mix of Windows 2000 Pro, Server, and Advanced Server machines,
all at SP4.
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On some machines, there is a DLL in c:\winnt\system32 called
SVCPACK1.DLL, whereas on other machines, this DLL is missing.
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We have an ActiveX control that we developed that uses SVCPACK1.DLL, but
we can't figure out why some machines have this DLL while others don't.
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I do not have the DLL in system32, but's there's a copy in the spuninst
subfolder of the uninstall folders for service pack 3 and each of the
installed patches. Perhaps on some of your machines a patch put the DLL
in the wrong place.
 
Gary said:
I do not have the DLL in system32, but's there's a copy in the spuninst
subfolder of the uninstall folders for service pack 3 and each of the
installed patches. Perhaps on some of your machines a patch put the DLL
in the wrong place.
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Gary,

Thanks. I should clarify: This ActiveX doesn't actually USE
SVCPACK1.DLL in the sense of calling any functions, etc. In fact, from
what I can tell, SVCPACK1.DLL doesn't export any functions at all. It
looks like the ActiveX is just checking for possibly the version of
SVCPACK1.DLL, but we don't know why, or what the significance of the
SVCPACK1.DLL version is.
 
Thanks. I should clarify: This ActiveX doesn't actually USE
SVCPACK1.DLL in the sense of calling any functions, etc. In fact, from
what I can tell, SVCPACK1.DLL doesn't export any functions at all. It
looks like the ActiveX is just checking for possibly the version of
SVCPACK1.DLL, but we don't know why, or what the significance of the
SVCPACK1.DLL version is.
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Evidently SVCPACK1.DLL is used by the uninstalle program SPUNINST.EXE, but
it can't be doing very much in 3,856 bytes. There are about 20 copies of
this DLL on my machine, all identical, most dated 06/12/2001. The only
thing I can see that you might be able to conclude from the presence of
the file anywhere is that *some* service pack or patch has been applied.
 
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