msnp32.dll - and MSN has had no problem running on the occasions I've tried it. I couldn't find any references in the registry. (I've never actually done anything in regedit, but I've looked there, to see what it was like.) At the time the message started to appear, 3 VXD files were also claimed as missing (I've got a note of them somewhere). Two I was able to copy. The other was picked up by the McAfee Office 2000 registry editor and sorted somehow. It has no idea about the DLL file. I've tried using it with the copy I found on the computer, and with it off with no success. Interestingly, computers at school of the same type had no trace of the offending DLL file on them - I thought they were the most likely source for the missing stuff.

Thanks for the support. I feel there should be snatches of Vivaldi between these postings.

Penny

Penny