1. tsad.dll
- Posted by Arthur Adamson <euclid at ISOC.NET> Jan 13, 1999
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- Last edited Jan 14, 1999
I have finally installed win 98 upgraded over 3.1. It seems to work pretty well on a pentium. However, I get an error message on startup: necessary file tsad.dll not found. I click on OK and notice no bad results. Despite considerable internet searching, I haven't been able to find any info on it. Can anyone send tsad.dll to me or tell me where to get tsad.dll and what I need it for? Sorry for the non-euphoria question but I really am trying to get ready for .exw. Thanks, Art Arthur P. Adamson, The Engine Man, euclid at isoc.net
2. Re: tsad.dll
- Posted by Kevin Sieger <simkin at ZEBRA.NET> Jan 13, 1999
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- Last edited Jan 14, 1999
Hmm, I just installed win98 (clean, no "upgrade") a week ago. No tsad.dll on my system. There was a tsd32.dll however. Perhaps this is something from your first setup? Kevin Arthur Adamson wrote: > I have finally installed win 98 upgraded over 3.1. It seems to work > pretty well on a pentium. However, I get an error message on startup: > necessary file tsad.dll not found. > > I click on OK and notice no bad results. Despite considerable > internet searching, I haven't been able to find any info on it. Can anyone > send tsad.dll to me or tell me where to get tsad.dll and what I need it for? > > Sorry for the non-euphoria question but I really am trying to get > ready for .exw. > > Thanks, Art > Arthur P. Adamson, The Engine Man, euclid at isoc.net
3. tsad.dll
- Posted by Arthur Adamson <euclid at ISOC.NET> Jan 16, 1999
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I asked about tsad.dll...several of you responded helpfully...and set me on a trail of searching which uncovered some interesting info. Check out the URL below and it's 2 links for more details. I searched my win 98 partition for tsad.* and found nothing. Then I searched for file content with the word tsad. 6 or 8 files were named. None were sys or ini but one of them was tsadbot.exe. When I bravely tried to run it, it gave me the same error message I was getting during boot... "Can't find necessary file tsad.dll." What I discovered: There is a company, Conducant, which markets an add-on called tsadbot (prog 1) which permits another prog such as pkunzip (prog 2) to automatically install tsadbot.exe (prog 1). Prog 2 then offers advertising automatically as it goes about its normal task. In my case, I have no idea which prog added the tsadbot. It is in c:\program files\TimeSink\AdGateway\tsadbot.exe Clicking on properties refers to Condusant and the ver #. TimeSink seems to be part of the deal and is othertwise empty. PQUNZIP for Windows (which I don't believe I have) apparently adds tsadbot at least sometimes...per the URL below. I assume other "customers" programs do likewise. I renamed AdGateway and tsadbot.exe, rebooted, and got no error message. I see, so far, no ill effects. You Win98 Gurus can advise me re any further action I should take. I sent a message to Condusant per its web site but got an Undeliverable message report. A search for tsadbot via AltaaVista gave the following URL where I got some of the info. http://www.datafellows.fi/v-descs/tsadbot.htm It speaks of tsadbot as not a virus but a prog installed without the users cooperation. Thanks for the help. Bye, Art Arthur P. Adamson, The Engine Man, euclid at isoc.net