Annoying Message

I tried to set up a network linking my 98 desktop to my
XPpro laptop, but was asked to insert the 98 CD which I do
not have as 98 was preinstalled.

I cancelled the operation and because the files needed by
Windows networking are not available, a DOS screen tells
me every time I boot that they cannot be found.

My friend has a 98 network, so I looked at the location of
the specified files on his machine and then copied them
into the corresponding directory on my machine.

This has worked but I still get a message in a window just
before Windows starts saying:

Cannot find Dynamic Link Library msnp32.dll
The system cannot find the file specified.

I have tried running MSCONFIG to disable the dll at boot
but it re-checks the box EVERY log-on.

PLEASE can someone help?

Try these, in this order:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;243431
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302590

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"Matthew Gaunt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:09bc01c39951$cab731b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I tried to set up a network linking my 98 desktop to my
> XPpro laptop, but was asked to insert the 98 CD which I do
> not have as 98 was preinstalled.
>
> I cancelled the operation and because the files needed by
> Windows networking are not available, a DOS screen tells
> me every time I boot that they cannot be found.
>
> My friend has a 98 network, so I looked at the location of
> the specified files on his machine and then copied them
> into the corresponding directory on my machine.
>
> This has worked but I still get a message in a window just
> before Windows starts saying:
>
> Cannot find Dynamic Link Library msnp32.dll
> The system cannot find the file specified.
>
> I have tried running MSCONFIG to disable the dll at boot
> but it re-checks the box EVERY log-on.
>
> PLEASE can someone help?