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user32.dll fails to initialize

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by jjordan May 9, 2002 last reply May 10, 2002

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After deleting a bunch of temp files to gain hard disk space, this message started appearing. I went to the microsoft links listed in an earlier post which did not help.

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by jjordan May 9, 2002

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by timthetoolman May 9, 2002

Hi,

Which earlier post? Did you look at this one?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q184802

(remove spaces from the above URL)

Cheers,
Tim.

by shanghai sam May 9, 2002

I did and it did not help. The registry was already setup the way Microsoft suggested.

by deltree May 10, 2002

it may be related to Q218157.

by sebeling May 10, 2002

have you taken the time to look and see if the .dll is there? The file size should be 325kb and it is located in C:\winnt\system32

by jjordan May 10, 2002

I surely did. I even reapplied sp6A to be sure it was there.

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