Msvcrt.dll hell First timer please help

hello all my name is omar. this is my first post. i have done the search all over the net for this problem but i can not find the solution. hope you guys can help me.any my story is i installed norton the other day and and ran it saw that it slowed me down a bit and could not get rid of something so i uninstalled it. As soon as i did that i started getting error messages. if i try to open yahoo messenger, nestcape or try to update some anti syware updates i get a message ypager has caused an error in MSVCRT.DLL ypager will now close same thing for netscape and my updates . and i can not play anything in windows media player for more then a few seconds with out that same message. oh yea and AIM to. anyway i have search all over but no site has had anyone with this same problem. any suggestions?

 

i am running ME but its a oem version so i dont have a disk can i still fix it?

 

i ried system restore and it said it had no availible date. so i guess i am screwed huh

 

Did you try the norton removal kit as posted by halo before?

 

Check out previous post for additional info/help/suggestions

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=38797

Hope this helps. Bazza

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i was able to uninstall norton wiyh no problem through windows. but still if i open pretty much ANY program it says it caused and error in Msvcrt.dll. i can only browse the net but nothing else.

 

Sorry, mrdectown, my previous post was wrong. Try

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=38787

for earlier post.

Bazza

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i extractedthe files to windows system. but nothing happened not sure i did it right

 

i did it in safe mode i think. see my girl tried to install windows xp a while back but it would never complete. it would get stuck in the middle. so when ever we turn on the pc it ask if we want to continue with xp setup. since we cant we select exit setup. anyway i pressed f8 and chose safe mode and it gave me the same screen witha blue safe mode at the bottom. but when i windows loads it dosent have the 4 corner safe mode. dont know if it should. so i extracted files in to windows system i still get the msvcrt.dll error for everything except internet explore

 

i have a windows 2000 disk do you think i should just do a clean install of it?

 

Read this article and try the fix at the bottom, see if it works. Steve

Error Message "MSVCIRT.DLL file is linked to missing export MSVCRT.DLL:??_U@YAPAXI@Z" after installing Norton SystemWorks 2001 under Windows Me and then restarting

Solution.

Note : The text enclosed in this table was copied from the symantec web site.

Error: "MSVCIRT.DLL file is linked to missing export MSVCRT.DLL" after installing Norton SystemWorks 2001 under Windows Me and then restarting

Situation:
After installing Norton SystemWorks 2001 under Windows Me and then restarting, you see the following error messages:
- MSVCIRT.DLL file is linked to missing export MSVCRT.DLL:??_U@YAPAXI@Z
- x:\Norton SystemWorks\Norton CleanSweep\csinsm32.exe A device attached to the system is not functioning

Solution:
Msvcrt.dll and Msvcirt.dll are shared files that are frequently updated or overwritten with older versions by software installations. This can result in mismatched .dll versions, which results in error messages. To solve this problem, restore a copy of the Msvcrt.dll file from your Windows Me installation files by using the System Configuration Utility.

To restore the Msvcrt.dll file
1. Click Start, and then click Run. The Run dialog appears.
2. Type msconfig in the Open box, and then press Enter. The System Configuration Utility appears.
3. Click Extract file. The Extract dialog appears.
4. Type msvcrt.dll and then click Start. The Extract File dialog appears.
5. In the Restore from box, type the location of your Windows Millennium installation files. The default location is C:\Windows\Options\Install, though in some cases they will be located in the C:\Windows\Options\Cabs folder.
6. Type c:\windows\system in the Save file in box, and then click OK. The Backup File dialog appears.

NOTE: If you installed Windows to a different location, then substitute the appropriate path.

7. Click OK to accept the default backup folder. You will be returned to the System Configuration Utility.
8. Click OK. You will be prompted to restart the computer.