tks Jim, I found it on my system and inserted the reg c: etc., after I hit
enter, the screened quickly went black and then back up to normal screen.
So if msg. was showing, I missed it. I did reboot and it took quite a bit
longer this time but eventually came back on.

bill w
"Jim Pickering" <jim.pickering@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Try searching for the file msoert2.dll on your system. When you find it,
> re-register it by going to the Start/Run line and type:
> reg c:\windows\system32\msoert2.dll
>
> You should get a message of successful completion, then reboot and see if
> it's fixed. If you do not find it on your system, post back for
> instructions on how to use the msconfig utility to extract a fresh copy
> from your installation media. If the filepath to the file differs from
> the one above, modify the information before inserting in the Start/Run
> line.
> --
> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
> Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
> Thanks.
>
>
> "bill" <bw1945@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:evXmlCg7FHA.3660@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> AppName: msimn.exe AppVer: 6.0.2900.2180 ModName: msoert2.dll
>
> ModVer: 6.0.2900.2180 Offset: 00006d34
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> I get the above error msg after trying to open my OE 6.0. I use XP Home
> Editon and IE 6.0
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> tks all
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> bw
>