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I get the message, "system32 file is missing
Running Windows XP professiona
What di I look for as being the problem
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Describe what you were doing (or what was running), when you got the error.
e.g. was XP loading, were you logging in, were you starting a program, etc.
 
sanman said:
I get the message, "system32 file is missing"
Running Windows XP professional
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Check your startup settings to find out what is causing this.
Applications that start with Windows can be found here:
- the WIN.INI, section [windows], entries "run=" and "load="
- the Registry keys
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
- the folders
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\START MENU\PROGRAMS\STARTUP
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\{username}\START MENU\PROGRAMS\STARTUP
See also "How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows
XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310560) and "How to Perform a
Clean Boot in Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310353).
Note: there is no SYSTEM32.EXE file in a standard Windows
installation, but files with such "important names" often are used by
viruses to prevent users from erasing them. If you recently catched a
virus on this system, the startup settings may still contain a link to
the EXE file and you can safely remove this link.
 
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