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when I try to open firefox a pop-up box with Firefox.exe Entry Point not found comes up. How can I solve this box. I still can get into firefox but am worried about a virus

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Kathy56
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Inside the box it says: The procedure entry point Is ThreadDesktopComposited could not be located in dynamic link library USER32.dll. I spoke to a computer geek and he said to reinstall firefox but how can I do this

Inside the box it says: The procedure entry point Is ThreadDesktopComposited could not be located in dynamic link library USER32.dll. I spoke to a computer geek and he said to reinstall firefox but how can I do this

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Moses
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To reinstall Firefox just go to www.getfirefox.com and install it normally but first go to Start>Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs and Features then go to Mozilla Firefox and click Remove

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This issue can be caused by a problem with the file c:\windows\system32\dwmapi.dll

The file dwmapi.dll is a Vista file and should not be present in Windows XP.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969155 - On a Windows XP-based computer with Family Safety installed, you receive an error message: “The procedure entry point IsThreadDesktopComposited could not be located in the dynamic link library USER32.dll”