[RESOLVED] missing or corrupted hal.dll

[terryZ]

i see the gma but they're for vista and 7

am i missing it somewhere else in that list?

[Midknyte]

At the top of the list, there is a drop down box for OS. Choose MS Windows XP. That will change the entire list to XP drivers.

These should be the XP drivers:

intel gma:
https://www.dell.com/support/drivers...&categoryId=VI

chipset:
https://www.dell.com/support/drivers...&categoryId=CS

audio:
https://www.dell.com/support/drivers...&categoryId=AU

[terryZ]

on my way home, mkdknyte. i guess i missed them because for some reason IE is not loading pics on that page and everything is thrown out of whack (havent installed firefox yet).

i'll dl them tomorrow. thanks again.

[terryZ]

managed to dl the intel gma driver. installed fine. no more headache from a stretched screen.

the other two i haven't gotten to yet. i'm trying to get as much critical "real" work done as i can not that i have most of my pc back (stilll installing software when in can).

i did instal firefox so at least now those pages look "normal".

[terryZ]

installed the other two drivers with no problem.

i'm back to "normal" work while continuing to re-install non-critical software as time permits.

again, a big thanks to all of your for all of your help.

ps. my home pc finally bit the dust last friday. frosting on the cake for the week, i guess lol. i replaced it with an ibuypower machine running windows 8 which i have NO experience with. so you might see me in the windows 8 forums soon