I was having some problems with my internet and I was told to delete any programs that I didn’t recognize…since then whenever I turn on my computer, I get these:
Microsoft C++ Runtime Library
Program C://PROGRAM FILES/HEWLETT-PACKARD/HPIS/BIN/MAD.EXE
Abnormal program termination
IPCFGDLL.DLL cannot start because of error
Whenever I try to start netscape, I get this…Netscape was unable to create a network socket connection. There may be insufficient system resources or the network may be down. Whenever I try to start IE, it tells me that the server is down. I still get pop-ups, but they are blank.
I assume that I deleted something that I wasn’t supposed to. I talked to a few more tech people and they told me that I should restore windows. I would only do that at the last resort. Is there anyway around this. Oh yeah, I keep on deleting files and it still tells me that I don’t have enough memory, whenever I try to run programs.
Thank you.
That sounds like, at best, a rather bad piece of advice and at worst, a recipe for disaster.
What did you delete and how did you delete it, perhaps more importantly, where (which folders) did you delete it from?
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Bad advice.
I’m a Mac user, not a PC user, but even based on what little I know, I think you may have to do a reinstall. Problem at this point is that, unless you wrote down everything you deleted, including the path, and also have a backup you made prior to doing all this — you aren’t nodding with a “yes, I did that” expression on your face, now are you? — you don’t know what to copy back and don’t have anywhere to copy it back from.
If you’re running XP, system restore (assuming you have a suitable restore point to go back to) will put back any essential files; other versions of Windows (ME, for example) also have system restore, or something like it, but I can’t vouch for them.
It seems the problem is you listening to people who haven’t the foggiest idea what their doing.
Now, while your wrists are still red (bad boy!), see if the deleted files are still in the Recycle Bin, and restore them if so. If you deleted them before runnig for a few days to make sure you don’t need to restore, consider your wrists slapped again 
This is the program that’s quitting. It’s an MS thing, so you may have to restore or re-install.
In all fairness, what most needs a slap is the arse of the person who told eightball that it was OK to delete stuff all over the place (it wasn’t my boss, was it? - he’s always deleting system files, then asking me why something has stopped working)
Click on Start, Run and start SFC /Scannow. Have your XP install disk handy because it will want to look at that and possibly reinstall some programs that are missing of corrupted.