"socalbob",
While I can understand this frustration, this does not appear to be a
Windows Update newsgroup item. Might I suggest the following two newsgroups
as better places to post this query?
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
and
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Sincerely,
Pat Walters [MSFT]
"socalbob" <> wrote in message
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> Was trying to clean up old Sony laptop and has now come up with an error
when
> starting Windows. The box stays on the screen at all times. Any ideas
how
> to correct error? A required .DLL file, ATL.DLL, was not found. Any help
> GREATLY appreciated.