setup cannot load the install netdi.dll

[doobyj]

My daughter has an older PIII computer with Windows 98se. It was working fine, then all of a sudden it has slowed down and barely moved. I ran the Adware and norton on it be sure. Taken out items from the systray and cleaned out the temp files. It has helped, but AOL still won't work. I reloaded it and now when i start windows we keep getting "setup cannot load the installer (netdi.dll) for Net hardware being installed" When i go to the device manager and click on properties for the network devices i get the same error message. Any suggestions? SHould I reformat? Thanks

 

[dogpig]

doobyj -

I have the same issue on a older PIII box. Have any luck fixing it? AOL support has not solved the problem. Mine started when I selected "Auto Fix" in AOL 9.0 after I got disconnected.

 

[dogpig]

doobyj-

I fixed my problem.

To resolve this issue, extract a new copy of the Netdi.dll and Netos.dll file from your original Windows disks or CD-ROM. To extract the necessary files from your Windows disks, click Start and Run. Type sfc and press ENTER. Once the menu appears, click Extract One File From Installation Disk, and in the Specify The System File You Would Like To Restore box, type :\windows\ (where is the drive where the Windows folder is installed [generally C:], is the destination of the file that you want to extract, and is the file that you need). Click Start, browse to the Restore From box, and locate the installation files. The files are located on the hard disk in the C:\Cabs folder by default. You can also insert the Windows CD into your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive and locate the files in the folder named Win9x.