Reinstalled Windows XP on my desktop to make a donation to my city library


Hi am preparing my computer make a donation to the children Department of my city library.  I reinstalled Windows XP from the original CD and a message "the point procedure entry Get IUCR is not found in the dynamic link library"

Any help would be appreciated.  I hope that the children would be able to use it for games and educational software.

It was an attempt to get rid of nits and startup problems.

I think I'm all together with the question above I was able to load windows and move forward.   Thank you.

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