MSVCP50.dll

I wanted to remove Messenger from one of our laptops, and I used the way of this site; the "Remove Messenger from XP"-section. I typed "RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove" to start menu's "Run..."-app and it gave me a warning something like "Can't delete file "XYZ0B123123", but on the other hand it said "success". I tried this few times, checking the spelling and finally copy-pasteing it from the browser. I also tried to shut down all other apps and it still didn't work. I went to regedit and removed the Folder "MessengerService" from LOCAL_MACHINE --> software --> microsoft.

Now I thought: "all right, let's boot and see how it goes - this is just a routine operation and, ffs, worked before!"

After booting, the antivirus software and the email-app (not outlook) didn't work. It complained about a missing file "MSVCP50.DLL" and said, that "maybe reinstall would help" or sth.. Outlook, and some other programs worked fine, but the rest didn't. And I need them. I searched for the file, and search found it at I:\i386 named MSVCP50.DL_ (note the underscore - not the "L"-letter)

Now my question is, that if I copy the file to the folder X (don't know, where it belongs), will it work, or could the XP's own recovery-system work (I don't have the admin password, so could be hard). It's been a few days since I did all this. The recovery-settings were set to keep the recovery-file big (12%).

I need it up and running as fast as possible and I can't get access to admin rights...

Whuut should I do?

Well that file in the i386 folder is the one you need. You need to place it in the c:\windows\system32 folder.

you will then need to enter into the Run.. box

regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\MSVCP50.dll

This will register the DLL file with Windows. You should have just removed it from the start up section of the registy. This will stop Messenger from loading.

Thanks dude, that worked!

BUT, it said "The file was [sth], but could not initiate DllRegisterServer [or sth], could not find a [free translation from finnish] startingpoint.

Anyway, every program, I tried, worked - that good.

I'll get back if there's a problem.

Thanks again, I was in deep ****!

EDIT: Man, I'm so happy. This is why it's great to have this public forums to discuss problems, without DevShed, I'd be hangin' myself

No problems, now you know not to do that again