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Hi there: Glad to see this reference here; it is one of the problems I have been experiencing as well. One question though: If this exists in other Control Sets, should they also be changed? In addition to Current Control Sets, I have ControlSet002, 003, 004. Hope you can answer this for me. Cheers

I was guided to this page after using dependency walker with the Sysinternal Process Explorer. I would like to know if the information here is still applicable. It identified the two dlls listed here and additionally, one for the GoogleDesktopCommon.dll. All of the references to these dlls indicate the "system cannot find the specified file" and states this:" Warning: At least one delay-load dependency module was not found. Warning: At least one module has an unresolved import due to a missing export function in a delay-load dependent module." I, too have IE7 and I am unclear whether the version I have (which does seem to have a reference to Vista in it) is causing some of my issues. I know Windows uses explorer.exe to open IE and I use it extensively on my laptop (as I guess most of us do). I have a student's version of an app on my desktop (since relocated after having lots of problems) and it opens from my documents path, with, of course, explorer.exe. It also had some missing dlls according to dependency walker. At one point, I was asked by SIFVERIF to insert a Windows XP Professional CD to replace some system files (after downloading a new driver for my mouse and printer) and did so,(this was my daughter's laptop which she used from time to time at home and passed on to me and the disc was from work), and then was unable to back out of the process without accepting the change(s) made to my files. After much research, I discovered that in an OEM install (Toshiba laptop purchased with o/s already installed), this was a problem before SP2. Being the researcher that I am, I started doing a lot of investigation, downloaded countless fixes from Windows, and still cannot resolve all of these issues. I suspect that the incorrect system files are causing at least some of my problems. Sysinternals process, as well as many others, records excessive page faults and refers to so many USER32 errors, that I contacted Microsoft in the hope of fixing this. I had found reference to a problem with SHELL opening files and although the fix was included in SP2 (which presumably IS loaded on my laptop and Windows Defender identifies explorer.exe as a digitally signed file from them) I am still having these issues. Also, hope you can answer this question which perhaps is not totally related. Why do some system files show with ".exe" and others with ".EXE"? I have a number of references to system files with these differences and Windows Defender still identifies them as digitally signed by them (although SIGVERIF may not). By the way, this all started as a result of a trojan (dialer) that was on the laptop and has mushroomed out of control since then. Being a student, and needing to use this laptop to access some online courses, I cannot get into the mode of learning a new o/s (Vista) at this time. As it is, my learning curve (almost typed in curse here), includes the new Office 2007 (which I do like but need to have more time to explore) and three online courses, one of which I am almost two weeks behind in completing, as a result of all these problems. Sorry for being so long winded and hope this message is in the correct place and that you can verify that these 'missing' dlls are not "really missing" and I can go on with researching other reasons I am experiencing so many page fault errors. By the way, my explorer.exe version is listed as 6.00.2900.3156 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.070613-1234) and the IE version is 7.00.6000.16608 (vista_gdr.071204-1500). Since this is my first post, I hope it is alright to ask all these questions in this forum. If not, please redirect me to the correct forum. Thanks

Warm greetings to all of you. B) Found this great resource after experiencing issues with my laptop and attaching Sysinternal's Process Explorer Dependency Walker. Learning SO much from all the research I have had to do to try to resolve some issues. In fact, the greatest knowledge I have gained is the realization of the gap between how much I THOUGHT I knew and what I really do know. The technologies are in such a constant flux, it is next to impossible to keep up with everything. Greetings to all members and I hope that I gain some further knowledge and also contribute positively to these forums.