A winxp sp2 and otherwise patched system.

mshtml.dll disappears everytime I reboot.

The result is that the "User Accounts" in the control panel does nothing when I try to open it. AND the "general" tab in the Internet Options is simply not there.

Strange that Internet Explorer seems to work since most of the references found so far relate to mshtml.dll and impaired or non functioning Internet Explorer

I use regsrv to reregister the dll after makeing yet another copy and dropping it into the system32 folder and everything works until I reboot

weirdest thing I have seen this week, HELP !

Thanks in advance for any all replies/suggestions.

CW