thought I fixed hal.dll corrupt file - problem not solved

[Guest]

I started having message on about every 5th startup that hal.dll was corrupt or missing and to re-install. Re-starting is always successful. Using the Recovery Console, I did the steps outlined in Microsoft article 330184 to rebuild the boot.ini file. Has been starting up fine without the error message until I allowed an automatic Windows update today, and when I re-started, the hal.dll message was shown again. I manually shutdown, and then started again and was successful

Why am I getting the error message only occasionally, and why didn't rebuilding the boot.ini file fix it permanently? I am also hesitant to install any more Windows updates, as I suspect that is what caused the problem initially. I installed an Nvidia driver update a few weeks ago, and it seems that is when the problems started

Don't know where to go from here. Microsoft knowledge base doesn't have any other solutions other than that one article.

 

[Redmond]

From what I read on past posts about hal.dll missing..someone suggested
this..I was there a lot at this site..very good site ..so do try it.
Go here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
Click the "H" and scroll down to: HAL.DLL is Missing

I started having message on about every 5th startup that hal.dll was

corrupt or missing and to re-install. Re-starting is always successful.
Using the Recovery Console, I did the steps outlined in Microsoft article
330184 to rebuild the boot.ini file. Has been starting up fine without the
error message until I allowed an automatic Windows update today, and when I
re-started, the hal.dll message was shown again. I manually shutdown, and
then started again and was successful.

Why am I getting the error message only occasionally, and why didn't

rebuilding the boot.ini file fix it permanently? I am also hesitant to
install any more Windows updates, as I suspect that is what caused the
problem initially. I installed an Nvidia driver update a few weeks ago, and
it seems that is when the problems started.

Don't know where to go from here. Microsoft knowledge base doesn't have

any other solutions other than that one article.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Redmond ;

Works for me. )