Posted: 9/24/2009 4:28:02 PM EDT
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Ok, so some background. Trying to help my inlaws w/ their computer. I repaired windows XP from the original disk, seemed to resolve the initial issue but, now when I try to open internet explorer (yes I will download firefox on their machine) I get this error message
"the procedure entry point setdlldirectoryw could not be located in the dynamic link library kernel32.dll." Any ideas what this means or how to resolve it Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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oh I'm sorry that's the ID ten T error. ID10T kidding you tired a system restore for a few weeks back? I freaking hate windows and so everyone's computer I mess with I do a fresh install and image it if its fucked up again I can fix it asap. also Google is a great help, It could honestly put IT people out of a job if noobs weren't to scared to mess with system files. |
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It sounds like the kernel runtime library is fucked.
I know next to nothing about windows though, but I do know a little about kernels, and if it's messed up, you're going to need to reinstall. ETA: Reading comprehension ftl. You get this when you try to run internet explorer? 
Everything else is fine though. |
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms686203%28VS.85%29.aspx You could try running this command sfc /scannow More info on system file checker |
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oh I'm sorry that's the ID ten T error. ID10T kidding you tired a system restore for a few weeks back? I freaking hate windows and so everyone's computer I mess with I do a fresh install and image it if its fucked up again I can fix it asap. also Google is a great help, It could honestly put IT people out of a job if noobs weren't to scared to mess with system files. those of us in IT make a LOT of $ off people who think like you do. 
sometimes "just dump and reload" isn't gonna cut it. 9 times out of 10 google makes it worse. "just replace this dll from another machine" and completely miss the failing HD that cause the dll to go missing. ... if i could count how many $300-$500 bills i've given people to recover family photos from a repartitioned, formated and written over hard drive, and they are happy to pay it. i always make them swear to never let "that guy" touch the computer again. |
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Mismatch between what the application is expecting and what the loaded DLL is trying to provide. Generally arises from incompatible versions - that is, version X of program A expects there to be version Y of dynamic library B, but program C actually installed version Z of dynamic library B because C needs version Z instead; thus causing A to potentially break.
This used to be common, and is given the name "DLL hell". Modern Windows OSs provide Windows side-by-side assembly (WinSXS) capability to avoid such issues, by allowing multiple versions of otherwise-identically-appearing DLLs to exist distinguished by external manifests. In short - something is out-of-date; do a full update (OS to SP3, IE to 8) and it should be fine. |
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oh I'm sorry that's the ID ten T error. ID10T kidding you tired a system restore for a few weeks back? I freaking hate windows and so everyone's computer I mess with I do a fresh install and image it if its fucked up again I can fix it asap. also Google is a great help, It could honestly put IT people out of a job if noobs weren't to scared to mess with system files. those of us in IT make a LOT of $ off people who think like you do.
sometimes "just dump and reload" isn't gonna cut it. 9 times out of 10 google makes it worse. "just replace this dll from another machine" and completely miss the failing HD that cause the dll to go missing. ... if i could count how many $300-$500 bills i've given people to recover family photos from a repartitioned, formated and written over hard drive, and they are happy to pay it. i always make them swear to never let "that guy" touch the computer again. Ill agree with him on one thing. Format and re-install is usually the answer to most fucked up windows PC's. You can pay me $$$ per hour to try to fix shit that will end up coming back to haunt you or just let me spend 2 hours backing up your shit and reformatting. PC runs like new and you have all your shit back. Its not like a format takes more thant 30 minutes. |