Okay I did something stupid yesterday and installed a free screensaver. When I uninstalled it and I rebooted I got an error message in windows. I tried to reinstalled it to fix the problem but nothing. I also attempted to do a system restore to get rid of it but the restore point doesn't cover the time it was installed. I tried a couple days before and I got system restore incomplete. Windows is running without a problem but it kills me to see that message everytime I start up windows. Here is the error message. How can I get rid of it. netsh.exe - unable to locate component This application has failed to start because framedyn.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem Intel P4 2.8 prescott 800 HT Asrock mobo p4i65gv Mushkin 1024 mb ram 80 gig hatachi sata Sony dvd burner Dru-530A Mad Dog Nvidia Geforce4 mx 4000 128mb

Have you turned off the screensaver in Display Properties/Screensaver?

yes, turned it off and uninstalled it. When I got the error I had reinstalled to see if it fix the problem but it was a no go. Intel P4 2.8 prescott 800 HT Asrock mobo p4i65gv Mushkin 1024 mb ram 80 gig hatachi sata Sony dvd burner Dru-530A Mad Dog Nvidia Geforce4 mx 4000 128mb

On the off chance that this problem is not related to the screensaver, check the msconfig startup tab for netsh.exe.

JB, Take a look at this MSKB 319114 "Application Has Failed to Start Because Framedyn.dll Was Not Found" Error Message i_XpUser

Okay, I check msconfig nothing there. Then I did a google search for netsh.exe. Apparently this doesn't seem to have been cause by that dumb screensaver. This is what I found. Have no idea how this problem started. The only changes I made to my computer recently was installing that screensaver and uninstalling. Netsh.exe is a tool an administrator can use to configure and monitor Windows-based computers at a command prompt. That's what I found but have no idea how to fix it. Intel P4 2.8 prescott 800 HT Asrock mobo p4i65gv Mushkin 1024 mb ram 80 gig hatachi sata Sony dvd burner Dru-530A Mad Dog Nvidia Geforce4 mx 4000 128mb

xpuser, Thank you very much. I was able to fix my problem. the Framedyn.dll was missing from the first location given on the MSKB. It was in my c:/documentsettings/JB. I have no idea how it got in there. The message kept coming up after I did everything they said on the site. I went in and deleted the extra copy in documentsettings and everything is running perfectly again. There is nothing worse then system error it really bugs me. Intel P4 2.8 prescott 800 HT Asrock mobo p4i65gv Mushkin 1024 mb ram 80 gig hatachi sata Sony dvd burner Dru-530A Mad Dog Nvidia Geforce4 mx 4000 128mb