[mothug]

Hey guys, im trying to fix a friends computer he originally gave it to me saying it needs to be cleaned up and has a virus, however it won't let me do anything, when i run certain system programs it says rundll32.exe is missing, and other programs gives me a "open with" box but hasn't got much options, i tried system restore and i get the above error, i tried installing virus scan same error even sfc /scannow finds errors but doesn't fix them, i read that rundll32 can be extracted from the disc..... and well you guessed it, he hasn't got it.... any ideas ?? any help would be appreciated. BTW he's running windows vista home premium

Thanks in advanced guys.

 

[beers]

At this point in the game you'd be better off with fresh format.
You should be able to back up any critical data (and can do so with something such as a Linux LiveCD).

 

[taintedmind]

A clean install would be recommended indeed...

 

[mothug]

yea that was my only option.... and just finished