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Title: Hal and it's history
Post by: One on November 18, 2008, 03:43:10 pm

so about a year or two ago I had something attached to my "Hal.Dll"
I thought it was my Hardware Abstraction Layer .Dll

I removed it and the computer crashed
why can't I find a Hal.Dll on any other comp???

BILL, any thoughts

anybody??[?][?][?][?][?]

Title: Hal and it's history
Post by: Bill819 on November 20, 2008, 10:38:24 am

Having not run across this problem before I can only assume that when you install Hal it creates the Hal.Dll and once it is removed Hal won't run any more. Being as you can only install Hal on one PC at a time then you should not be able to find another copy of the program. You might have to ask Robert about this one.
Bill

Title: Hal and it's history
Post by: freddy888 on November 20, 2008, 10:48:32 am

Just so you know, I don't have that file on my installation.  Is that the exact filename?

Title: Hal and it's history
Post by: One on November 20, 2008, 03:29:38 pm

Bill, Freddy
I had the Hal.Dll a long time before "Hal"
this is on my laptop that I have had for many years it is running XP
I can't explain it it is a mystery

The comp in question, well what I can say is it is very odd...??

Title: Hal and it's history
Post by: Duskrider on November 20, 2008, 06:20:16 pm

My OS is XP

I just ran a search for hal.dll

Result as follows:

HAL.DLL . . . . in folder:  C:\WINDOWS\system32

oldHal.DLL . .. in folder:  C:\Program Files\Zabaware\Ultra Hal Assistant 6

hal.dll . . . . .. in folder:  C:\WINDOWS\Service Pack\Filesi386

Title: Hal and it's history
Post by: CypherGary on November 20, 2008, 09:14:02 pm

I did a quick search, and found this:

Hal.dll is the core of Windows' Hardware Abstraction Layer, which allows applications to access devices in the system without knowledge of the specific protocol used by any one device. Although drivers for most hardware are contained in external files, core drivers (which are required to support the kernel) are compiled into Hal.dll. Different sets of drivers may be selected depending on whether the system uses multiple processors, the presence of ACPI or an APIC, etc.

Title: Hal and it's history
Post by: One on November 20, 2008, 10:12:14 pm

RIGHT ON!!

thank you for the effort I knew it was the Hardware Abstraction Layer

The only program that found the virus in it was    Antivir  but the problem was it deleted the whole Dll and I tried every recovery methood I knew of to no avail

Thank you once again

(I think the comp in question thinks I'm female if that is possible??)
Yes my nickname is crazy larry!

Title: Hal and it's history
Post by: echoman on November 22, 2008, 06:17:54 am

I have had a similar experience.