missing hal.dll file.how can copy this file to system32 folder?

I have had my Vaio Computer using Windows XP (SP3) Media Player Edition w/Microsoft Office 2003 for 6 years. I am getting messages when I start my computer...

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to handle USB Root Hub cannot be recognized? when I plug-in my external HDD device through USB. Thanks in advance for...

I've got many mixed sequences of photos and clips from my digital camera showing names such as dscf1234.jpg, dscf1235.jpg, dscf1236.avi, dscf1237.jpg and so on...

Recently I installed an HP OfficeJet j4550 and later wanted to replace it with a PSC AIO 2400xi, so I uninstalled the J4550. I first used the install disk...

When I pull up a document to edit, then choose "Save As" to save changed document under a new name, the path does not stay in the same folder. Instead, it...

I was trying to update to Vista. Tried many times without success. Always crashed at the end and revert to XP. I think i have a problem with XP. Sometimes i...

my mother was using her system and while trying to change her background her system did a restart and on startup asked for a password ( she never had to use...

I loose much time to find the genuine documentation about Ghost 11.5, then, I decided to make it available for everyone to avoid other people the difficults...

I'm working on a Windows XP Home netbook that has the strangest problem - it will not save any settings on any user account, whether it's an Administrator or...

It's now a month later and the system is back with another worm which has been cleaned up. Still can't do an update to the system. "Charles W Davis"...

And I cannot turn it off! Also, I can't map the drive and store files in "my documents" because I get "access denied.." I have even set sharing to "everyone"...

Win XP Pro SP3 I downloaded a data file which I knew was a picture. Copied it and changed the copied file extension to jpg so that I could see it. I now...

Just rec'd a blue screen on Thursday that references the file - rdbss.sys. I have rec'd a Windows XP disk from the repair tech that worked on my computer on...

I am using XP with SP3, and cannot find my netowork neigberhood, which disappear on my desktop, does anyone have any suggestions on how to locate it? Thanks...

Hi, we are using one old DOS application where it prints only in LPT1 port. So we have one system in the domain which is connected directly to the Parallel...

Win XP I have an onboard sound card toggled through the BIOS and also an On-Board sound card. With the onboard sound "enabled" Play works and Record works...

I am sick of having to upgrade my anti-virus software every few minutes and still getting virusses I am toying with the idea of removing my hard drives and...

Very shortly after windows has started up, according to the event log, 3 services are terminated and my system just freezes. I have tried disabling these...

I realize this forum is for XP but maybe someone has experience with Yahoo Messenger. When I initially installed Yahoo Messenger 10, I noticed that something...