Load DLL's needed for Kernel - XP

Had a user call reporting their computer shutting off suddenly. On reboot, they received the message "On last operation CPU reported a thermal event" Well.. This told me that the CPU fan had probably choked and the CPU had overheated causing the PC shut down. Upon inspection I found my initial thought was only partially correct.

The CPU had overheated, that was obvious, because the heat sync below the fan was completely clogged with dust... or a small feline, I'm not sure which. BUT, The fan was still working. Everyone should now take a look at the blog entry I made on cleaning your PC.

What does that have to do with the DLL title? Well, it appears that one of the times the PC shut down on them, Windows was making use of some system files and they were corrupted or deleted. This caused the error:

"Windows unable to start, Load DLL's needed for Kernel" this effectively halts boot-up. No chance for safe mode... Nothing. The only solution at this point was to do an "In place" reinstall of Windows XP. This is a pain in the ... but things could be worse. So.. In short... Take the time and check out the state of your PC.. Or have someone do it for you. It could save you ALOT of grief.