PSAPI.DLL error message

Welcome to Windrivers towdesign
You would have thought tier 3 would have a clue wouldn't you!

after fixing my psapi.dll problem my computer starts up very very slow - i have to walk away and come back in 2-3 minutes. I'm sure it's because sbc/yahoo techs had me remove sbc/yahoo. There must be some remanants of files laying around. How do I detect and fix my dragging computer. Im on win xp home edition.

-thanks - t

OK, I would reinstall sbc/yahoo and then just rename the psapi.dll it installs. See if that does the trick. There is also the possibility that you have some spyware/virus/trojan that was using it, and is now slowing everything down while it decides it cannot get to the files you uninstalled.

Start a new thread in the XP forum if reinstalling and renaming the psapi.dll does not work.

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Originally Posted by stuinn

SmartBridge Alerts:SprintDSLAlert.exe-Entry Point Not Found

The procedure entry point GetProcessImageFileNameW could not be located in the dynamic link library PSAPI.DLL


To work around this error:

1. Navigate to the installation location for SmartBridge via My Computer (\Program Files\Sprint...\Smart...)
2. Find PSAPI.DLL and rename it to something like PSAPIOLD.DLL
3. Reboot the system

The program will find the new PSAPI.DLL in the \Windows\System32 directory and function normally. :wave:

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After a computer and connection upgrade I was having the problem of that file not being found. It was frustrating as I am not too tech savvy.

I tried Stu's suggestion a few days ago...so far so good.

Chris

Welcome to Windrivers ctmom05

Glad this thread helped

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Originally Posted by stuinn

# SmartBridge -- SmartBridge is distributing an old version of PSAPI.DLL. As a result, users may receive the following error message after installation of Internet Explore 7 Beta 2:

SmartBridge Alerts:SprintDSLAlert.exe-Entry Point Not Found

The procedure entry point GetProcessImageFileNameW could not be located in the dynamic link library PSAPI.DLL
My error shows sprint, some show verison, just depends who you use.

To work around this error:

1. Navigate to the installation location for SmartBridge via My Computer (\Program Files\Sprint...\Smart...)
2. Find PSAPI.DLL and rename it to something like PSAPIOLD.DLL
3. Reboot the system

The program will find the new PSAPI.DLL in the \Windows\System32 directory and function normally. :wave:

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Im new to this forum and being a pro drummer im obviously terrible with PC's :) I found the file 'PSAPI.DLL.' in programme files and renamed it as per stuinns post but after re-boot i got the same annoying message?
Any other suggestions?

Welcome to Windrivers drumteacher.

Have a search for all files named psapi.dll.. rename all of them except the one in system32 (make sure you have system and hidden files showing and select it in the search, otherwise it won't find any!)

Thanks NooNoo - i located SmartBridge and found the file 'PSAPI.DLL.' there and renamed it - after reboot i didn't get the annoying error message.
Many Thanks

Anytime

Hi! I too have the psapi.dll error, however my problem is compounded by not being able to open anything that lists files, i.e. My Computer, or Windows Explorer, therefore I can't think of any ways to rename my files... I downloaded the Process Explorer which finds the files fine, but the right mouse click doesn't work in it's windows to do the renaming. I'd really love to hear from anyone with some idea on what to do. Thanks!

Welcome to Windrivers Agl

If you cannot use explorer in normal mode, can you use it in safe mode? The lack of explorer tells me you have a major spyware and virus infestation and the psapi.dll message annoyance is the very least of your computer's problems!!

Thanks, Noo Noo. I am sure virus infestation is not one of my problems, I run Norton antivirus and Ad-aware regularly. I'll try running things in safe mode, as you suggested. From your answer I deduced though that the error message and my other problems may not be related.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by stuinn

# SmartBridge -- SmartBridge is distributing an old version of PSAPI.DLL. As a result, users may receive the following error message after installation of Internet Explore 7 Beta 2:

SmartBridge Alerts:SprintDSLAlert.exe-Entry Point Not Found

The procedure entry point GetProcessImageFileNameW could not be located in the dynamic link library PSAPI.DLL
My error shows sprint, some show verison, just depends who you use.

To work around this error:

1. Navigate to the installation location for SmartBridge via My Computer (\Program Files\Sprint...\Smart...)
2. Find PSAPI.DLL and rename it to something like PSAPIOLD.DLL
3. Reboot the system

The program will find the new PSAPI.DLL in the \Windows\System32 directory and function normally. :wave:

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THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS ONE...

Welcome to Windrivers peppers. Glad this thread helped.

I was wondering after renaming the file PSAPI.DLL, what are the exact steps to reboot the system, does that mean reboot the whole computer??? Help!!!