Okay, thanks for the suggestions...
Someone who knows more than I had suggested I "upgrade" from Windows9
SE) to WindowsME to solve the problem. This person claimed that the Wme install would overwrite/replace the DLLs and invalid applications. The stuff happened under Windows98 and there's no trace of it. I have Norton System Works, which was supposed to save me from such calamity, but he just says file cannot be found and shrugs his shoulders. The lying turnip brain is now sprawled in a gutter somewhere, trying to believe that all those intestines actually came from his abdomen... just kidding, by the way... I merely piddled in his gas tank... hehehe...
Anyhow, my system is rather antiquated, having been pieced together over time, a few years back. My mainboard is an Aopen AXB-6 (running a PentiumII 400), 192 MB of RAM (128/64 if that matters), 10.5 GB hard drive , 52Xmax CD Rom, Video Card is a Diamond Stealth S540(?) with 64 bit color and 32 mb of RAM(learned afterwards that the manufacturer wouldn't let Bill Gates' folk play with their stuff before release and they suffered Microsoft's wrath), Sound Card is a SoundBlaster PCI512 and that's about it - except for a monitor bearing "knuckle smudges" and a keyboard worn in by my forehead banging into it.
I have tried updating the video card driver and when I do, it puts in a bunch of crap that eats up memory and tries to use itself to control my computer. I am beginning to hate technology and may be forced to go back to my pre-Baldur's life of killing spare time in bars... hey... perhaps there IS an upside... hehehe...
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{Next time I send some damned fool, I'll go myself...}