I'm USING a windows 98 and reccently when I start up a window pops up that says ' A required .DLL FILE,  C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHLWATPI.DLL, was not found After that another window pops up that says I need to reinstall windows. I've tried to reinstall it but the computer doesn't seem to realize the disc is there and it never opens to  set up, it just freezes on the error window. I'm not sure what to do and i'm very confused.... please help
jenniTry opening your run box, (Start >> Run) and type SFC and have it check for missing or damaged files, have the 98 disk available.trojan maybe run this scan>http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/  what browser version have you got?....if the above fails...go into the control panel and repair the  INTERNET explorer ...click the add/remove icon... scroll down the list now click on the internet explorer program...then click the add/remove button..a screen will APPEAR chose the repair option ...done... To reinstall Windows, you need to insert your startup floppy disk and restart. Then start with CD-ROM support. Now try reinstalling Windows. It should install over the top so no need to format. Does this solve the PROBLEM? on my xp machine i get the error" file not found" when i try to open any program, what could be the problem?