setupx.dll problem

First off i'm a novice at this. I have a computer that has windows 98 se,
that i gave to my sister inlaw and she was having problems, so she had a
friend lookat it, now when you turn it on it reads cannot find device file
needed to run windows, something about the device file no longer exists.I ran
file checker, it says the following file is corrupted setupx.dll. My
question is if I get a copy of windows 98 se with the C.O.A can I restore the
file back? and how easy is that to do?
Thanks
Jim

You don't mention if the machine does boot or not.
See the section for your situation, boots or don't boot, under "Windows 98 and
Windows 98 Second Edition":
HOW TO: Extract Original Compressed Windows Files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/129605/EN-US/

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"454 56 chevy" 454 56 wrote in message
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First off i'm a novice at this. I have a computer that has windows 98 se,
that i gave to my sister inlaw and she was having problems, so she had a
friend lookat it, now when you turn it on it reads cannot find device file
needed to run windows, something about the device file no longer exists.I ran
file checker, it says the following file is corrupted setupx.dll. My
question is if I get a copy of windows 98 se with the C.O.A can I restore the
file back? and how easy is that to do?
Thanks
Jim

does boot up after several pages telling me to press any key.

"Brian A." wrote:

You don't mention if the machine does boot or not.
See the section for your situation, boots or don't boot, under "Windows 98 and
Windows 98 Second Edition":
HOW TO: Extract Original Compressed Windows Files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/129605/EN-US/

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375


"454 56 chevy" 454 56 wrote in message
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First off i'm a novice at this. I have a computer that has windows 98 se,
that i gave to my sister inlaw and she was having problems, so she had a
friend lookat it, now when you turn it on it reads cannot find device file
needed to run windows, something about the device file no longer exists.I ran
file checker, it says the following file is corrupted setupx.dll. My
question is if I get a copy of windows 98 se with the C.O.A can I restore the
file back? and how easy is that to do?
Thanks
Jim

Disregarding for a moment the claim by System File Checker (SFC) that setupx.dll is
corrupt, tell me, when you get the error message at startup that refers to "cannot
find device file", what file is it naming there?

Either somewhere as a title for the error screen, or else at the beginning or at the
end of the error screens, the file or device causing the problem should be named.
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"454 56 chevy" wrote in message
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does boot up after several pages telling me to press any key.

"Brian A." wrote:

You don't mention if the machine does boot or not.
See the section for your situation, boots or don't boot, under "Windows 98 and
Windows 98 Second Edition":
HOW TO: Extract Original Compressed Windows Files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/129605/EN-US/

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375


"454 56 chevy" 454 56 wrote in message
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First off i'm a novice at this. I have a computer that has windows 98 se,
that i gave to my sister inlaw and she was having problems, so she had a
friend lookat it, now when you turn it on it reads cannot find device file
needed to run windows, something about the device file no longer exists.I ran
file checker, it says the following file is corrupted setupx.dll. My
question is if I get a copy of windows 98 se with the C.O.A can I restore the
file back? and how easy is that to do?
Thanks
Jim

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:00:00 -0800, 454 56 chevy 454 56
wrote:

First off i'm a novice at this. I have a computer that has windows 98 se,
that i gave to my sister inlaw and she was having problems, so she had a
friend lookat it, now when you turn it on it reads cannot find device file
needed to run windows, something about the device file no longer exists.I ran
file checker, it says the following file is corrupted setupx.dll. My
question is if I get a copy of windows 98 se with the C.O.A can I restore the
file back? and how easy is that to do?
Thanks
Jim

SFC will allow you to restore an individual file off the original CD.
(or a copy of all the cabs and other setup files copied to your
harddrive).

What's odd, is that I just ran SFC and it said that same file was
corrupt. I let it reinstall the file and save a backup for me. When
it finished, I went to the backup and the file was the same size as
the replacement. I went to dos, and used the COMP command (COMPare).
The files were identical. I tend to wonder if this is a fault of SFC
itself, because my log file shows that the last time I ran SFC it did
the same thing. I dont have that older one, so I cant compare that
one, but I think it's likely that SFC is finding fault with this
particular file for no reason.

If the computer is working well, I'd ignore this one file, but if you
can find a CD, let it do the restore and see what happens.

Corrupted Setupx.dll After Installing Windows 98 Second Edition
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/231793
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AumHa VSOP: http://aumha.net
DTS-L.ORG: http://66.39.69.143/

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On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:00:00 -0800, 454 56 chevy 454 56
wrote:

First off i'm a novice at this. I have a computer that has windows 98 se,
that i gave to my sister inlaw and she was having problems, so she had a
friend lookat it, now when you turn it on it reads cannot find device file
needed to run windows, something about the device file no longer exists.I ran
file checker, it says the following file is corrupted setupx.dll. My
question is if I get a copy of windows 98 se with the C.O.A can I restore the
file back? and how easy is that to do?
Thanks
Jim

SFC will allow you to restore an individual file off the original CD.
(or a copy of all the cabs and other setup files copied to your
harddrive).

What's odd, is that I just ran SFC and it said that same file was
corrupt. I let it reinstall the file and save a backup for me. When
it finished, I went to the backup and the file was the same size as
the replacement. I went to dos, and used the COMP command (COMPare).
The files were identical. I tend to wonder if this is a fault of SFC
itself, because my log file shows that the last time I ran SFC it did
the same thing. I dont have that older one, so I cant compare that
one, but I think it's likely that SFC is finding fault with this
particular file for no reason.

If the computer is working well, I'd ignore this one file, but if you
can find a CD, let it do the restore and see what happens.