Problems with Al-Mawrid 2005 CD-ROM on non-Arabic OS Thread poster: Michael McCain (X)
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Michael McCain (X) 
France
Local time: 18:36
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I use the Al-Mawrid Dictionary CD-ROM on a Windows XP French and English OS. The CD-ROM stopped working recently. According to the publisher's website: http://www.elariss.com/en/index.html, the error may occur following a Windows Update. Ariss provides a patch to correct the problem. This patch does not solve the problem.
Has anyone else had this problem and, if so, have you foun... See more I use the Al-Mawrid Dictionary CD-ROM on a Windows XP French and English OS. The CD-ROM stopped working recently. According to the publisher's website: http://www.elariss.com/en/index.html, the error may occur following a Windows Update. Ariss provides a patch to correct the problem. This patch does not solve the problem.
Has anyone else had this problem and, if so, have you found a solution?
Thank you,
Michael ▲ Collapse
| | | | Michael McCain (X)
France
Local time: 18:36
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TOPIC STARTER | Doesn't work on Windows XP English SP2 and Windows Vista English (in XP SP2 mode) | Mar 13, 2007 |
I first notified El-Ariss of these problems over a year ago, yet their website still has the same ineffective patch. Worse, the dictionary is still distributed all over Cairo (and probably elsewhere).
| | | | Drabdulla
Qatar
Local time: 19:36
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| The same Problem | Aug 18, 2007 |
The CD rom is not working on windows vista. There was no response from company though I tried to conatct them many times.
| | | | Joehitti
Lebanon
Local time: 12:36
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| Al-Mawrid 2002 CD problem | Jan 9, 2008 |
I bought the dictionary (it came with the CD) a couple of years ago. The book contained a large chunk of missing pages. It took me seveal months and a lot of threatening to discredit the dictionary and the house, and I had people on the ground (in Beirut) pressuring them, and finally they agreed to exchange the bad book with a good one (but the process required people carrying the old book back and going in person to pick up the new one...).
Then I tried installing the CD (Windows X... See more I bought the dictionary (it came with the CD) a couple of years ago. The book contained a large chunk of missing pages. It took me seveal months and a lot of threatening to discredit the dictionary and the house, and I had people on the ground (in Beirut) pressuring them, and finally they agreed to exchange the bad book with a good one (but the process required people carrying the old book back and going in person to pick up the new one...).
Then I tried installing the CD (Windows XP - English), but I get one error message at first (Can't find SHELL.DLL), but that does not prevent the program to load and install. But when I try to open it, I get another error message (can't see or find ...maw02.exe). I gave up on the CD a while back, then I found it again and tried again, and the same problem.
I found your exchange and thought I'd add my own two cents worth to see if there is a way around these issues. I downloaded a new SHELL.DLL , thinking something was wrong with my own system, but it did not fix the problem.
What a typical "screw the customer" attitude by this typical Arab monopoly. And they have the gall to talk about customer service.
Joe Hitti ▲ Collapse
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| Try the patch file (ArissPatch.exe) | Jan 11, 2008 |
Hello Joe,
I think you need to download the patch file to run the dictionary under Windows XP SP2. You can download it from http://www.elariss.com/index.php
Regards
Amal
| | | | | It worked for me.. | Jan 11, 2008 |
I have the 2002 version. It worked fine with Windows XP Home Edition. Under Windows XP SP2, it only worked after I run the patch.
Amal
| | | | HAB
Local time: 18:36
Danish to Arabic
| Mawrid win xp SP2 non arabic os | Apr 21, 2008 |
I know that this topic is quite old, but better late than never )
I had this problem as well, 2 things to check:
1) (for win xp service pack 2) get the hotfix KB884020
2) that arabic (lebanon) is the default language for non-unicode programs.
that should do the trick
regards
HAB
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