error message

[Guest]

I use WindowsXP Home,when trying to boot up my computer the following message
appears: The following file is missing or corrupt.<windows
root>//system32//hal.dll. I can not open windows, maybe a virus?

 

[CS]

I use WindowsXP Home,when trying to boot up my computer the following message
appears: The following file is missing or corrupt.<windows
root>//system32//hal.dll. I can not open windows, maybe a virus?

Read the following by MVP Kelly from her web page:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_haldll_missing.htm

Be sure to scroll through all the reasons for the "missing hal.dll
error".

 

[Rock]

I use WindowsXP Home,when trying to boot up my computer the following
message
appears: The following file is missing or corrupt.<windows
root>//system32//hal.dll. I can not open windows, maybe a virus?

See the response by the late Alex Nichol, MVP in this thread.
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...k=st&q=missing+hal.dll+XP+nichol&rnum=6&hl=en