Add/remove - with windows setup problems

[HighTide]

When I go to settings, control panel, then add/remove programs, then click on the windows setup tab... I get an error (white box) telling me that rundll32.dll has caused an error then I get another error message that is in a windows box.. telling me that setupx.dll has caused an error....

Can somebody please tell me what to do?

I have tryed extracting run32dll.dll back into the c: drive also tryied extracting setupx.dll from my windows Me disk. the error still happens...

My operating system is Windows Me... (upgrade from 98)..

please email me on hightide54@hotmail.com

Thanks

[bohr]

Sorry, I don't do emails.

Rundll32.dll errors usually refer to a piece of loaded software or an outdated device driver that isn't compatible or isn't updated with a patch to work with winme.
Since you upgraded winme overtop of win98, there is something that was in win98 that doesn't work with winme. It might come down to uninstalling winme from win98 if that is still possible. If not, then format and reinstall win98 or format and reinstall winme upgrade. You don't necessarily need to load win98 1st. When the winme upgrade is searching for authenticity of another preloaded operating system just insert your win98 cd and point it there for winme upgrade to find and see. Then it should proceed from their. Make sure you have the latest drivers for your hardware (printer, scanner, video card, modem, sound card, etc.) unless winme already has direct support for it or there are newer ones available. Be careful with what software you load as well. Older dos game or dos application software may not like to work with winme. Maybe you just want to stick with win98 and save winme for another newer computer system.


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[This message has been edited by bohr (edited September 13, 2001).]

[HighTide]

Thx for that help .. but it was a clean install of '98 then installed the motherboard drivers, gfx card drivers, sound card drivers then installed win ME...

I wish there was a way around this reformat done this so many times..... now... http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum1/noncgi/frown.gif

Please help me somebody...... or i'll got to Linux....

http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum1/noncgi/smile.gif Thanks

[Sowulo]

Why not a clean install of WinME? If your disk is the upgrade version it will still install. Somewhere along the way it will just ask you to put the 98 cd in your drive to verify you have a qualifying product. At least that way if it is one of your device drivers you can pinpoint it to the one you just installed....

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[bohr]

<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by HighTide:
Thx for that help .. but it was a clean install of '98 then installed the motherboard drivers, gfx card drivers, sound card drivers then installed win ME...

I wish there was a way around this reformat done this so many times..... now... http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum1/noncgi/frown.gif

Please help me somebody...... or i'll got to Linux....

http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum1/noncgi/smile.gif Thanks</font>

Then try out the winme only install that Sowulo and I have mentioned in our previous posts.

I don't know how well you know linux, but it is a whole new learning process. If you do decide to switch to linux, try Mandrake 8.0.

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COMPUTER PROBLEMS!!! IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOUR COMPUTER HAS A PROBLEM! ALL THAT MATTERS IS THE ROCK IS GOING TO KICK YOUR COMPUTER'S CANDY *** ALL OVER WINDRIVERS DOT COM. CAN YOU SMELLLL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKING
???????