I agree, this is what images are for. If the cause of the problem is known, and also its solution, there´s no need to use images. The restore should take only minutes, and if it solves the problem, it´s not necessary to look further.
Only if the restore doesn´t solve solve the problem, or solves it only temporarily, it is necessary to look for the cause, or to apply a more radical "solution", such as a clean install.
Tried that and the programme worked fine, but the dll error message still pops up. In all the suggestions I tried there was a small improvement eventually. When the message popped up it would go away if I clicked on it, and after a few seconds the action I was trying to make would then go ahead!
On Sunday I gave up and used AOMEI to restore using the system image. Took a while but when completed all my files and programmes came back to what they were on 12th June before the MS crash happened. I have had to add back a couple of items I had installed after the 12th, but they worked without any problems.
I now have a full and stable installation again although it still leaves me in the dark as to what actually happened.
Hopefully when MS get around to suggesting I update to ver 2004 I won't have any problems with that!
Tony
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