Dawn's Page

"Dennis, Thanks for sharing the link.It is good to see that Corel has help for this.I was too impatient to wait until Jan 3rd to talk with tech support.   I decided to print the article and keep it with my X5 install disc just in…"

"Michele, Hey thanks for the offer to send me the Corel link you talked about. I do appreciate everyone's help. Happy New Year to Al !!!"

"I had a problem trying to install CorelDRAW X5 on a computer with Windows 7.  CorelDRAW X4 was already installed.  Tech support for Corel suggested that I manually remove all CorelDRAW files, not uninstall them, before trying to…"

"Sorry looks like I am a bit to late-I am glad you got it resolved"

"Dawn, I had the same problems-email me and I will send you the link Corel sent me. cca@new.rr.com"

"Dats what I am talking about!"

"Nice fix and thank you for following up with us! There are a lot of times when we try to help someone out and never end up finding out what the solution finally was. Great work to all!"

"Glad you got it resolved. All is well when you don't have to "USE A BIGGER HAMMER""

"I appreciate the update concerning Vista or Windows 7 and Corel. I wouldn't want to cause any issues for anyone! Have had plenty myself. I guess having someone who can steer you in the right direction is important. Glad I can count on on my…"

"Glad you got it working Dawn. I saw your post on Tom's Wilcom forum so I know you've been battling this for awhile.       The only added information I can provide is for folks using Vista or Windows 7..............Corel…"

"Thank –you to everyone who took an interest to try and help me resolve my installation issue. I now have CorelDRAW X5 successfully installed!   I ended taking my issue to my computer guy when I read the suggestions to check for a missing…"

"We hope it was resolved in 7. Just upgraded with no problems. The problem with 7 is, if you don't specify notification when updates are availiable you will update and download everything that Microsoft wants you to have. Computer did…"

"Butch, you're 100% right. I found a bunch of posts addressing that very same subject. I also found a good amount complaining about Windows installing something "odd" with one of it's automatic updates. There's a fix on the…"

"Dawn, You are actually missing the Microsoft file .msi not the Corel file. Go to Microsoft search for msi download for XP. Follow download instuctions you should be good to go."

"Dawn, I've been sifting through 100's and 100's of messages for you. One of the problems is that most folks with X5 are using Windows 7 or at least Vista. All the msi references I've come across are in relation to X3 From what I…"

"Dawn I vaguely...........very, very vaguely remember this issue coming up with X3. Unfortunately I can't remember what happened or what the solution was. I believe the msi file had something to do with Microsoft coupled with it's…"