An interesting, yet annoying problem.

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John Stump

First off I would like to stress my EXTREME displeasure
at the lack of an email adress. The fact that microsoft
would immediatly shrug their problems off to other
companies, without taking responsibility for their own
products, angers me greatly. Still my question must be
answered, so here I am.

I run windows xp home edition and have resently noticed
that whilst installing software of any kind (games,
programs, anything made recently) the computer tells me
that that it is not a valid win32 application. I use to
run windows 32, I hated win32, I am NOT running win32. I
am shocked that my computer "thinks" it is win32. No the
programs are not specific to win32, and I have no current
viruses.

If it is of any help, I had a problem with a runtime
error and downloaded the patch. I first downloaded the
wrong patch (the win32 one) and installed it by accident.
However, I do not think that this is the problem as I
doubt the patch fully installed without noticing it was
the wrong system. This error was not in conjunction with
the cd drive, I just can't remember what it was,
something about a "remote procedure call".

So there you have it, the disk is clean, my computer
relatively new (bout a year old), and my virus slate
wiped clean. What could possibly cause this error and how
do I fix it?
 
John Stump said:
First off I would like to stress my EXTREME displeasure
at the lack of an email adress. The fact that microsoft
would immediatly shrug their problems off to other
companies, without taking responsibility for their own
products, angers me greatly. Still my question must be
answered, so here I am.
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Sorry but email addresses and Microsoft Windows are two different things.
Microsoft supply Windows software which is an OS. An email address is
something provided by your ISP. It's like saying that you are displeased
with your breakfast cereal provider because they don't provide the milk.
I run windows xp home edition and have resently noticed
that whilst installing software of any kind (games,
programs, anything made recently) the computer tells me
that that it is not a valid win32 application. I use to
run windows 32, I hated win32, I am NOT running win32. I
am shocked that my computer "thinks" it is win32. No the
programs are not specific to win32, and I have no current
viruses.
Click to expand...

You used to run Windows 32 eh?
Win32 is a reference to Windows software that runs in 32 bit mode, as
opposed to the older OSs that run in 16 bit.
Win95 onwards is 32 bit software that runs on 80386s onwards..
When it says that it is not a valid Win32 application it is just techie
speak for "I can't run this piece of software because it doesn't look like
anything I can run".
If it is of any help, I had a problem with a runtime
error and downloaded the patch. I first downloaded the
wrong patch (the win32 one) and installed it by accident.
However, I do not think that this is the problem as I
doubt the patch fully installed without noticing it was
the wrong system. This error was not in conjunction with
the cd drive, I just can't remember what it was,
something about a "remote procedure call".
Click to expand...
So you installed the wrong 'Win32' patch and now you are getting win32
errors. There is an obvious connection here.
You need to roll your PC back using System Restore to before that patch.
This may not work however, depending upon what file the patch replaced.
If your PC is only a year old then i suggest you restore it back to the shop
bought condition using the restore CD that your supplier will have given
you.
Don't forget to fetch the security updates after you do this.
 
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