If you want to be an expert, just start deleting stuff. Stop one step ahead
of rendering your machine in-operable. Just kidding. :-)

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:6F85A7C4-1ABC-4AA1-B0ED-BA02F058B10F@microsoft.com,
Pete @ ereitiz <pete.hunt(removethis)@ntlworld.com> hunted and pecked:
> Thanks Wesley
> I wish I knew how much of the junk on my C: drive I could get rid of
> without causing problems with any programmes, I suspect about 50% of
> windows & office would be about right, freeing up loads of space and
> possibly stopping some of the conflicts and slow-downs..
>
> Thanks again
>
> Byeeeeeeee
> --
> EREITIZ
> But I am not quite sure what IT is ???
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> Now that I think about it, .NET Framework may have come with SP1 or as an
>> update, I can't remember. I got rid of it though. The only thing that I
>> have is a .NET passport and I wouldn't have that if I didn't need it for
>> some MVP stuff. ;-)
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:CB1BB763-0DC5-4392-AFD9-C03308E02B91@microsoft.com,
>> Pete @ ereitiz <pete.hunt(removethis)@ntlworld.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> Thanks for that, it could explain a few things, I belive the DOT Net was
>>> part of XP SP2, but I am not completely sure. It did appear just after I
>>> updated to SP2.. So did a few glitches ????
>>>
>>> Thanks again
>>> --
>>> EREITIZ
>>> But I am not quite sure what IT is ???
>>>
>>>
>>> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I wouldn't go as far as saying that msvcr80.dll is part of Windows. I
>>>> have Windows XP Pro Sp1a and I do not have msvcr80.dll. I do not have
>>>> dot NET either.
>>>>
>>>> MS sez msvcr80.dll is Microsoft® C Runtime Library. Comes with
>>>> Microsoft SQL 2005 Server Enterprise and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
>>>> Professional.
>>>>
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/dllhelp...l&S=1&x=9&y=11
>>>>
>>>> I do not doubt that msvcr80.dll is also included with dotNET.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>
>>>> Wes
>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>
>>>> In news:MHEuf.599$WY5.576@newsread2.news.pas.earthlin k.net,
>>>> JP <jp@private.nospam> hunted and pecked:
>>>>> "Pete @ ereitiz" <pete.hunt(removethis)@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:70BEB9F2-5685-4513-9E7C-A4EBABEC2289@microsoft.com...
>>>>>> JP
>>>>>> Many thanks, I think it must be me who needs 'new' glasses, you are
>>>>>> quite right about the file name, and I have completed the actions you
>>>>>> suggested, with favourable results - so far...
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> EREITIZ
>>>>>> But I am not quite sure what IT is ???
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I appreciate your follow-up. I am glad my input (from my own
>>>>> experience, actually) was of some help.
>>>>>
>>>>> AFAIK: the msvcr80.dll is one of the Dynamic Link Library files
>>>>> that is a component of MS Dot.NET v2.00, and thereby, presumably, of
>>>>> Windows itself. I do not know the exact function, but Dot.NET uses it
>>>>> from the directory I had pointed out earlier.
>>>>>
>>>>> NSW however, expects all system files (or most of them at least) -
>>>>> including such dlls - to be located within the default
>>>>> Windows\System32 directory which is the *normal* location for most
>>>>> essential system files. Which is why it comes up with the 20 or so
>>>>> instances where it tries to find "links" or such to this file from MS
>>>>> Dot.NET pointing to the System32 directory. Which, naturally, it does
>>>>> not. Hence those "errors" that it finds on a scan!
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not dissing NSW but WinDoctor has a habit of labelling as an
>>>>> error whenever it encounters such situations and apparently cannot
>>>>> (or will not) recognize that such "missing" files do exist elsewhere!
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheerio.
>>>>>
>>>>> JP
>>>>> ---
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> "JP" wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sorry, the location directory for msvcr.dll should read this way:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_1fc8b3b9a 1e18e3b_8.0.50727.42_x-ww_
>>>> 0de06acd
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maybe I do need glasses after all as my better half always gently
>>>>>>> suggests
>>>>>>> from time to time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> JP
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "JP" <jp@private.nospam> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:SUyuf.5498$nu6.5105@newsread1.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
>>>>>>>> Might be that the file is actually msvcr80.dll (not msver80.dll).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> AFAIK:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This error usually is "caught" by NSW after a PC is updated with MS
>>>>>>>> DotNET
>>>>>>>> Version 2.0.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The file is installed correctly in the appropriate directory:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
Windows\WinSxS\x86_policy.5.2.Microsoft.Windows.Ne tworking.Rtcdll_6595b64144
>>>> ccf1df_x-ww_c7b7206f
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> NSW gives the error because it thinks the file should actually be
>>>>>>>> located
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> the Windows\System32 directory.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can either select "Ignore the problem" within NSW or simply
>>>>>>>> copy (NOT
>>>>>>>> move!) msvcr80.dll to Windows\System32 directory. That will keep
>>>>>>>> NSW *happy*.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Or one can always *Ignore NSW* - a course of action deemed wise by
>>>>>>>> many,
>>>>>>>> including yours truly.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Double check the file name on your NSW error list before doing
>>>>>>>> anything.
>>>>>>>> The
>>>>>>>> above suggestion is worthless if the file name is not msvcr80.dll.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anything you do, you do at your own risk.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> JP
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Pete @ ereitiz" <pete.hunt(removethis)@ntlworld.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>> message news:FD571C96-09C5-4BD1-9402-EA7F4EDA2851@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>>>> I have been using NORTON systemworks for some years now with very
>>>>>>>>> little
>>>>>>>>> trouble but, since I obtained ntl broadband and installed the
>>>>>>>>> appropriate
>>>>>>>>> software i keep getting an error repeated 10 to 20 times every
>>>>>>>>> time I run
>>>>>>>>> 'one button checkup' .. Basically several applications are trying
>>>>>>>>> to find
>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>> file "msver80.dll" .. I have searched my XP installation disk and
>>>>>>>>> all the
>>>>>>>>> other software I can think of to no avail. Can you tell me where I
>>>>>>>>> can find a
>>>>>>>>> copy of this file and where should I copy (or install) it to ??
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> EREITIZ
>>>>>>>>> But I am not quite sure what IT is ???