>Also, why can't I manually register gdiplus.dll, msvcr70.dll, and vfprenu.dll and avoid the invalid entry point errors?

Jeff,

On the heels of Sergey's response - a DLL file can be registered if it supports the DLLRegisterServer function call. If it doesn't then it cannot be registered, hence the invalid entry point when REGSVR32 attempts to call that function.

Laterness,
Jon