Thank you did as you specified it says my setupx.dll is corrupted in my c windows system and to restore it with my installation disk. Does this mean I should put in my windows 98 second additon cd and run it? If I do will it fix it or is there another step I need to take? Thank you in adance. Please make it simple (smile) Pen ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Durham" <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 12:06 PM Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Fw: > > Obviously something weird going on with it. Just to make sure windows > isn't behind the problem, please go to > Start > Run > type SFC > (that's System File Checker). It will compare all Windows files with the > originals and see if they have changed. Any altered ones can be > replaced. Then once the operating system is out of the way, the symptoms > of your problem may change.