When installing a new version of TinyTERM over an older version, you will generally need to restart Windows when the install is done. Sometimes this will give a message that TinyTERM is updating DLLs, and ask you to restart the PC again. This loop doesn’t end if you keep clicking OK.

To bypass the error, cancel out of it. Uninstall all versions of TinyTERM through Add/Remove Programs, then delete the C:\Program Files\Century folder. Also delete any copies of CenLic32.dll that may be left in other folders such as C:\Windows\System32.

You will also find in Start | Programs | Startup a “Century Repair” or “Cenrep” icon. Delete that, then restart the PC. You will be able to install the new version of TinyTERM after that.

This error means that TinyTERM isn’t detecting a dial tone. When you get this error, first check to see if other Windows programs — HyperTerminal, a dial-up Internet connection, etc. — can use the same phone line.

If not, then check to make sure the telephone line is properly plugged into the modem and the wall. If it is, try plugging a telephone into the same line. That will tell you whether the problem is in the line or the modem itself.

If other Windows applications can use the modem, first try updating your modem driver. After updating the driver, if TinyTERM still can’t use the modem, there’s a compatibility problem. You’ll need to dial the modem manually. Instructions are in our knowledge base here.

This error indicates either a file version conflict, or damage to a TinyTERM file. The first thing to try is deleting everything in the temporary directories in Windows. To check that path, open a command prompt and type “SET”, then hit Enter. A list of environment variables will display. The directories indicated by the TEMP and TMP variables need to be cleaned out before using TinyTERM.

If that does not fix the error, one or more TinyTERM files is damaged. Uninstall TinyTERM through Control Panel. Delete the C:\Program Files\Century folder, then reboot the PC and reinstall TinyTERM.

When you use TinyTERM 4.05, the emulator will reset the “Keyboard” settings in the Windows Control Panel. It forces the “Cursor blink rate” to it’s highest setting. In turn, the cursor virtually disappears while typing text.

There is no patch or workaround for this. The only solution is to use a different version of TinyTERM.

TinyTERM version 4 requires Winsock2 for TCP/IP connectivity. This is not installed by default in Windows 95. You will need to add two patches: DCOM95 and WS2Setup. We recommend you install these before installing TinyTERM.

This may happen on Windows NT when the Century NFS client is installed. If you are not using NFS, you can fix the problem by uninstalling TinyTERM Plus and NetUtils. Reboot, then reinstall TinyTERM Plus without the NFS component.

No version of TinyTERM Plus designed for Windows 2000 or XP installs NFS by default. The NFS client is not supported in those environments, so those systems should never see this error.

On a fresh install of TinyTERM version 4.0x, starting the emulator may give you one or more “Get Property” errors. That may mean some of the important files didn’t properly register in Windows. To fix that, open a command prompt and go to the C:\Program Files\Century\TinyTERM directory. Then run these four commands:

regsvr32.exe cenbrows.ocx
regsvr32.exe cencom.dll
regsvr32.exe cenft.dll
regsvr32.exe cente.ocx

Sometimes when starting TinyTERM, the splash screen displays upside-down. This is not a bug in the graphic; rather, it’s a bug in the way the video driver displays it. Updating the video driver will usually fix the problem.

This happens because the height value of a bitmap image determines how it’s drawn. If the height value is negative, the bitmap is stored in reverse order. TinyTERM makes a system call to the Windows graphics API and passes the bitmap information off to it. TinyTERM does not draw the bitmap; the video driver and Windows GDI do it. If the video driver does not accept the negative height value, it draws the bitmap upside down.

The video software subsystem should be able to handle both positive and negative height values, as both are defined in the Win32 API library. If it doesn’t handle correctly, it doesn’t draw correctly. That’s why we recommend updating the video driver.

You can also prevent the splash screen from displaying. Add the -nosplash option to the TinyTERM command line. That will cause the TinyTERM window to display immediately.

Some versions of TinyTERM Plus will cause VCFSD errors after install. This is caused by the NFS client.

When this happens, uninstall TinyTERM Plus and NetUtils. Delete the C:\Program Files\Century directory, then reboot the PC.

Once that’s done, you can reinstall TinyTERM Plus. Don’t install the NFS component of the Network Utilities, and you won’t see the error again.

This error happens most often with TinyTERM 4.0x versions. It indicates a damaged install of either TinyTERM or Windows 95. There are two possible fixes.

1. On Windows 95, the Winsock2 update is missing. You can download that patch here. Save it to a temporary directory on your PC, then run it. Reboot when the patch install finishes.
2. If you have TinyTERM 4.04 or 4.05, the product itself needs to be patched. There are separate patches for TinyTERM 4.04 and TinyTERM 4.05. To use the patch, unzip it to a temporary directory. It will create new copies of the tt.exe and cencom.dll file. Locate the current copies of those files on your PC in C:\Program Files\Century\TinyTERM. Rename the originals as backups, then copy the new files into that same directory.Next, open a command prompt in Windows. Change directory at the prompt to C:\Program Files\Century\TinyTERM, then run the command
   

   regsvr32 cencom.dll

   Exit the command prompt and reboot your PC to finish installing the patch.

If you have a newer version of TinyTERM, the error indicates file corruption. To fix that, uninstall TinyTERM. Delete the Century directory from C:\Program Files. Then reboot the PC and reinstall TinyTERM.