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[pariah]

Win XP

It says something to the effect of (lost the written error mssg)

Windows Visual basic C++ Runtime

Error: Floating point not installed


If I unstall and reinstall in runs once. I get this with Recuva and CCleaner. I have not yet run Defraggler

[davey]

pariah, on Apr 15 2008, 07:22 PM, said:

Win XP

It says something to the effect of (lost the written error mssg)

Windows Visual basic C++ Runtime

Error: Floating point not installed


If I unstall and reinstall in runs once. I get this with Recuva and CCleaner. I have not yet run Defraggler

Hi pariah,
You may need one of these links depending on what OS you have.
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en
Windows 2000; Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP
EDIT Don't forget good computer habits. Always IMMEDIATELY REBOOT after installing new software.
Good Luck, davey
P.S. Need the complete message.You may have a hardware problem.Any changes recently?

P.S.S. It could also be a virus. Run some different scans.

http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/ ESET link free online

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ Trend Micro Housecall free online

I Recommend you install AVG Free,REBOOT ,run it and check for updates then run a scan .
Use it is an excellent anti-virus. You can check out others later.Do it ,even if you don't find a virus with the on-line scanners.
AVG Free Edition. http://free.grisoft.com/doc/downloads-prod...s/frt/0?prd=aff

Edited by davey, 16 April 2008 - 07:23 AM.

[Andavari]

You may want to try the Microsoft Visual Basic Runtime Files installation first, as it's less involved than installing all the stuff listed above which has software requirements of their own like Windows Installer, etc., and hopefully it works.