Doug Miller
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- Doug Miller
About 2 years ago, somehow my System 32 file got deleted or corrupted. I had the computer restored, then about 6 months to a year later, I was having problems with my scanner bridging again. The computer itself had been running OK, but now that my wife left her job to have our second kid, I figured I'd clean the computer of all of her work programs.
Well, I spent time trying to repair using the system disk, but sure enough it said that there was "An error ocurred loading: C:/WINDOWS/System32/inetcomm.dll" I just decided to just restore the whole thing -- which why Dell has to make loading the drivers such a pain in the ass is besides me.
So, my question. How has my System32 file been getting corrupted? I've got anti-virus, firewall, and antispy running at all times. Is it something I'm loading? The other thing I wondered, is when I go and uninstall programs that were factory installed with the computer -- like AOL, etc., is it possible that's corrupting the System32 file?
Thanks,
Doug
Well, I spent time trying to repair using the system disk, but sure enough it said that there was "An error ocurred loading: C:/WINDOWS/System32/inetcomm.dll" I just decided to just restore the whole thing -- which why Dell has to make loading the drivers such a pain in the ass is besides me.
So, my question. How has my System32 file been getting corrupted? I've got anti-virus, firewall, and antispy running at all times. Is it something I'm loading? The other thing I wondered, is when I go and uninstall programs that were factory installed with the computer -- like AOL, etc., is it possible that's corrupting the System32 file?
Thanks,
Doug