Hal not working

Colcoops

When my daughter logs on to her profile she gets a message "Hal not working" Nothing seems to be wrong but I would like to know what has gone wrong? What is Hal and what do i need to fix it.
TIA


PS
She is running vista Home

thomas01155

Maybe you hal.dll has gone missing go to My computer>C Drive>Windows>system32 and see if you can find hal.dll in there. If its not in there you can re download it here http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?hal and place it in there.

thomas01155

Make sure to install all the updates for vista


1. Open Windows Update by clicking the Start button then clicking All Programs, and then clicking Windows Update.
2. In the left pane, click Check for updates, and then wait while Windows looks for the latest updates for your computer.
3. If any updates are found, click Install updates. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/8f259118-0d61-4c7a-8c56-24987e87a8171033.mspx

thomas01155

Did you install this http://www.zabaware.com/assistant/
If you did remove it from start up see here: http://www.netsquirrel.com/msconfig/msconfig_vista.html

MrBG

Maybe Hal is just having a day off!
:rotfl:

DatabaseError

I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a... fraid.

(sorry )

Colcoops

DatabaseError wrote: »

(sorry )

Did you google it or do you just know it. Either way.....Very Sad:rotfl:

Colcoops

thomas01155 wrote: »

Did you install this http://www.zabaware.com/assistant/
If you did remove it from start up see here: http://www.netsquirrel.com/msconfig/msconfig_vista.html

Thomas thanks for your help. I did a system restore to 2 days ago and rebooted. So far no message.

DatabaseError

a bit of both, I don't remember it enough to quote, plus you'd already been given the solution, so all should be well.
Plus..how can any fan of Kubrick and/or Clarke let a thread with HAL in the title go by?

Colcoops

DatabaseError wrote: »

..how can any fan of Kubrick and/or Clarke let a thread with HAL in the title go by?

Agreed. Have a good 2010-1