Comments on: Internet Explorer 8, “the following file is missing or corrupt: system32\hal.dll”

By: Ann PC

Ann PC — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:14:33 +0000

Good stuff.

I saw something like this in SE Michigan recently on machine in for repair.

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By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:08:24 +0000

Always good to have a copy of linux!
Glad you got it sorted

By: lisathelugubrious

lisathelugubrious — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:22:16 +0000

I just got this error message. Luckily I have a dual boot with Ubuntu so I was able to look it up online. I was blaming myself until I read this post and realised it was actually Microsoft’s fault. Grr.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:52:21 +0000

Have a look at this article:
http://benosullivan.co.uk/windows/are-you-getting-stop-0x0000007b-error-in-windows-xp/

Specifically the hard drive corruption section.
What you need to do is to boot the pc with the install disk, then load the recovery console and type in fixboot

This link explains how to get into the recovery console
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial117.html#start

Good Luck!

By: Joanne Wainwright

Joanne Wainwright — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:41:44 +0000

Re hal.dll error with IE8

We are faced with the problem above and you say uninstalling the IE8 will resolve issue…. but we cant get into the PC to uninstall it. We have tried all sorts using the original disc to reboot but the same message just keeps coming up. How do you get past it to perform an uninstall?

HELP urgently required

Thanks Jo