Personally, I'd recommend dumping Windows for Linux or getting a Mac Mini. I'm partial to Slackware Linux, myself.
I pinged Golden Eagle and Bush2000 as they are the resident defenders of Windows products (or, at the very least, proficient bad-mouthers of other operating systems) in these parts.
| Prime Choice | To delete a DLL file, boot off a CD-ROM or floppy. Change directory to your hard disk. Delete the file normally. Then restart your system. |
| Calamari | Can you boot DOS? If you can boot to DOS, delete the file from the DOS prompt... |
| lafroste | Tried that... Trouble is that they can only read FAT files, this machine has NTFS so they don't see even the hard drives at all. |
Yeah, that's the thing. Most OEM installs of modern Windows use NTFS partitions, and DOS can't even read 'em.
| vollmond | You could try picking up a Linux based Livd [sic] CD like Knoppix... This will let you boot from the CD, and then mount the hard drive so you can go in and delete any files that are giving you trouble. |
Well, no. Some distros can read NTFS, but I don't know of a stable driver which will let you write on it. There are some 3rd party Windows drivers for ext2/3 also, but I haven't seen any stable enough to want to write anything with them.