Problem with XP PRO? CD rom Drives?

[nick_simpson17]

I currently have a system in that the woman wanted upgrading to xp so I found a copy of pro installed it and now when i try to run an application from a cd rom in either drives it comes up with?

THIS IS NOT A VALID WIN32 APPLICATION! (When the program i am installing is)
KERNAL32.dll NOT FOUND!

Any ideas on how i can sort it?

Cheers NIck (ElitePC)

 

[iss]

How did you install XP? was it a clean install? what hardware are you using? if it is an oder machine did you run the XP compaitability utility first?

 

[nick_simpson17]

Its running a

1. 1800+ AMD XP
2. MSI 6238 MOBO
3. 512DDR RAM
4.20GIG HDD
5. DVD ROM
6. CD R/W

No compatibility test ran but it shoulnt be a problem as it was running xp originally its a long story! It has a windows home edition cd key on the back but the woman lost the windows cd!

 

[iss]

you could try running system file checker but you nees the XP cd to do it. if you find it put it in the cd rom and open a command prompt and type sfc /scannow

 

[nick_simpson17]

yeah ill try that tommorow to tired to do anything now but i still dont think thats the problem as i have tryed several diffrent copys of xp