Really need some help here.

[Chainedlord]

Right now I'm on my laptop, not my desktop. And I got the following message when I booted my computer this morning.

 

userinit.exe - unable to locate component

This applicaion has failed to start because ole32.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.

 

I must've been infected with a virus or something, but I'm looking through other forums off of google trying to come up with a solution.

 

Any ideas or support would be helpful.

[SpikedRocker]

In my research, the dll is a windows component. Sometimes used by Mircosoft Programs. if you have word/excel programs like that, try to re-install them. That specific dll ties multiple programs together like putting a spreadsheet from excel into a word document.

[Chainedlord]

  SpikedRocker said:

In my research, the dll is a windows component. Sometimes used by Mircosoft Programs. if you have word/excel programs like that, try to re-install them. That specific dll ties multiple programs together like putting a spreadsheet from excel into a word document.

 

Do you mean re-install by cd's because my whole screen is blank except for the desktop background when I boot up. Not even the start key is there nor any icons.

[SpikedRocker]

Yeah I'd say thats the way to go, you might be able to find something though the setup menu when you boot up (f10,11 or 12 i don't remember) but probably just as best to wipe it clean anyway.