How to replace a lost .dll ?

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CmsMin.dll is not an XP file.

WINDOWS\downlo~1\CmsMin.dll
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=CmsMin.dll&btnG=Go...

PROGRA~1\3721\Helper.dll looks like spyware
http://www.mac-net.com/296485.page

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news 41EF13D-BCD9-445E-8CC6-26EB914BD9B8@microsoft.com,
Linus <Linusverl@mspamn.com> hunted and pecked:
> Running a 4 year old Hp Pentium 4. Model 9870 Mulitboot with Windows ME
> and
> an older Chinese local language version of XP Pro on a 250 Gb hard drive.
> 512 Mb RAM.
>
> Don’t use the Chinese OS very often & every thing was fine until I ran
> disk clean up and defrag on it last week. Now, at start it up It gives me
> two
> error messages as follows:
>
> RUNDALL. Can’t load D:\WINDOWS\downlo~1\CmsMin.dll (Module is
> absent)
>
> RUNDALL. Error loading D:\PROGRA~1\3721\Helper.dll (Module is absent)
>
> When I click Windows Media Player I am advised that it is not installed
> properly and ask if I want to reinstall it.
>
> When I click on Microsoft Word I get an installation window followed by
> “Cannot make use of this product installation source. Please validate
> it’s existence and whether or not it can be used.�
>
> When I try to run System restore I get an error message titled
> “rstrui.exe� as follows:
> This issue requires close down. We withal evocable inconvenience and
> show regret. In the event that you deal with this in the middle course,
> Information has likely been lost.
> Please click below to send report of present problem to Microsoft.
>
> None of the other programs on this OS appear to be affected. It looks
> like I need to replace CmsMin.dll and helper.dll but I don’t know how
> to do that, I don’t even know why I lost them. Any advice will be
> greatly appreciated. --
> Linusverl

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

Thank you Wesley Vogel for the help. My Problem is finally solved, I
downloaded the free MSN Spy Sweeper and it removed eight instances of serious
spy ware completely, there were three items connected with the CnsMin.dll
that I had to remove by hand, but the instructions are clear so that turned
out pretty straight forward process.

Linusverl


"Linus" wrote:

>
>
> Running a 4 year old Hp Pentium 4. Model 9870 Mulitboot with Windows ME and
> an older Chinese local language version of XP Pro on a 250 Gb hard drive. 512
> Mb RAM.
>
> Don’t use the Chinese OS very often & every thing was fine until I ran disk
> clean up and defrag on it last week. Now, at start it up It gives me two
> error messages as follows:
>
> RUNDALL. Can’t load D:\WINDOWS\downlo~1\CmsMin.dll (Module is absent)
>
> RUNDALL. Error loading D:\PROGRA~1\3721\Helper.dll (Module is absent)
>
> When I click Windows Media Player I am advised that it is not installed
> properly and ask if I want to reinstall it.
>
> When I click on Microsoft Word I get an installation window followed by
> “Cannot make use of this product installation source. Please validate it’s
> existence and whether or not it can be used.�
>
> When I try to run System restore I get an error message titled “rstrui.exe�
> as follows:
> This issue requires close down. We withal evocable inconvenience and show
> regret. In the event that you deal with this in the middle course,
> Information has likely been lost.
> Please click below to send report of present problem to Microsoft.
>
> None of the other programs on this OS appear to be affected. It looks like I
> need to replace CmsMin.dll and helper.dll but I don’t know how to do that, I
> don’t even know why I lost them. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
> --
> Linusverl