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by half9

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Hi guys
I downloaded the microsoft updates the other day and my computer started doing funny things
My wife wanted to copy some files and it said that group policy prevented access. Then the home network crashed. It decided it did not like a usb keyboard.So I had to dig out a ps2 one. On boot it comes up with the setup option
I ran WMI Diag and it says that my WMI is not good. errors are
18-22 24 30-31, 40, 42-47 49,53-55, It said it would create a log file in notepad and it is not doing this.ok I dont think he has been in the box but it says there is a HAL DLL file missing, on startup.
win xp sp3

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by seanferd

It's a dll that gets customized for your system when the OS is installed. Sounds like it is possible an update broke it.

Check out these pages for fixes, look for the type of fix most applicable to your situation - it will probably involve copying a good copy of the file to your drive, or possibly fixing a registry entry.

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

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbyerrormessage/a/missinghaldll.htm

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/restorehaldll.htm

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000490.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314477

http://shanegfowler.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/missing-haldll-error-corrupt-bootini-file-quick-fix/

These will overlap in several places, but I always like having a variety of sources.

Please post back if you need further help with this.

by half9

We tried a brand new PS2 keyboard and managed to get it running,Seems it corrupted the usb ports. Went into Revo and saw that it had installed Microsoft Netframework SP3,with windows update so removed that, It let me in and did a full repair with the disc, seems to be ok now. my wife had the similar problem with her laptop running vista through our home network. She could not connect to the internet. Once the main one was fixed the connexion came back. She had the same updates. Thank for the good infomation

by larryd4

Try usng a restore point to go back to when the PC was working or try removing the patch you applied.

Then you can work on why the update broke things.

by half9

I tried that and it would not let me do a system restore

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