After installing WinXP on my new AMD Athlon dual core, the control panel
function Add/Remove software doesn't work.
It produces a small window named Parser Message that says 'Value creation
failed " at line 451'. No further explanation given, just OK, after which
the message disappeares.
The system further seems to work fine, except for the DVD drive that
sometimes is not accessible, but that also happened under win98.

This is problem with
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Shellstyle.dll

Copy the shellstyle.dll file from a working machine of same service
pack level to ur System32 folder..

This shud work

Regards

Fazal


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Fazal

C.D. Koger wrote:

To get rid of this error you can switch back to a Microsoft Theme or go
to /WINDOWS/Resources/Themes/<Name of theme in use> and rename the shell
folder to the name of the visual style shown in the appearance tab.

If that doesn't help and it should, more info here:
http://www.jsifaq.com/subo/tip7400/rh7458.htm

Malke
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MS-MVP
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"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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Did you assume I played with these settings? I didn't.
This is XP-pro just as it came from the CD. Or almost, I chose the old style
menu presentation so the jump from win98 to XP is a bit smaller, at least
optically.
BTW, there is one very small anomaly: the character -"- (and -'-) does not
appear on the screen until the next keystroke. I can live with that but
don't understand why.

The link you provided results in a 'page not found'.

rgds,
Cornelis Koger

"Fazal" <fazalzaidi@msn.com> wrote in message
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The other 2 machines in my household run win98. This one has 2 Gb memory so
win98 won't run on it.

rgds
Cornelis Koger

Cornelis Koger wrote:

Did you assume I played with these settings? I didn't.
Why would I assume anything? I gave you the usual fix for the issue, which
is an old one. Thanks for letting me know the link doesn't work.

Google the error:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

Since you didn't tell us much about your computer or what you have
installed, you should look at those links yourself and see if anything is
applicable to your situation.

Did you remember to install all the drivers for your hardware after you did
the clean install? If not, you need to do this. Perhaps the "anomaly" is
occurring because you forgot to install video drivers. There's just no way
for me to know.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!