I realize this question properly belongs under the Win NT forum but the issue came up only after trying to setup a 'client' = win nt 4.0 VFP workstation of a 'server' = Netware based Oracle server - so .... can any one here help me with this question as below?

1) After first uninstalling SP3 from an NT 4.0 workstation (which had been working very well for the past 2 years until I - recently - loaded the Novel 4.11 client for NetWare 4.11),
2) and then running the NT repair process from the original setup disks & CD ROM to correct a fundamental NT system problem,
3) and then re-installing SP3, I now get the above message as soon as I log on and the system sets up the NT 4 workspace environment. This message gets repeated several times as each part of the workspace's components is activated and as the desktop is being established.
4) I Tried uninstalling SP3 again - still get this message with the original comctl32.dll file in place.
5) Tried reinstalling SP3 once more - still get this message.... oy vay!!! what is happening??? Is this a registry problem? I do not know!!! What is the function of this dll? It does not seem to be any part of the Netware client. Is it affected by any other service packs such as the MS Office SP? or the VFP/Visual Studio SP? or Outlook SP?

I've tried looking for other versions of comctl32.dll to see if exchanging file copies would help but nothing seems to work. Why would this particular file now be a problem when no such problem existed before and what can I do to get rid of it?

FYI: the current comctl32.dll file is 310,032 bytes dated 05/01/1997 @ 12:00 AM - ie. it is the standard NT 4.0 SP3 version of this file.

Any suggestions would be welcome including ... "why not take up landscape gardening and forget about being in computers" :))

T.I.A.
Peter Beddows