Chirp still will not work. I get the same error as before. Chirp says that it is not configured right!
I know it seems like chirp is giving you that error, but in fact, _Windows_ is giving you that error because it can't even _start_ chirp.
I am not sure how it can be configured wrong since it doesn't even start up. I get the same error as before. I appreciate everyone trying to heklp me, but this just sin;t working out well at all. Now the laptop is fairly hosed and almost nothing runs properly anymore. It's super slow to boot or draw icons, and the mouse ponter will sometimes disappear and the CTRL-AL-DEL fails.
Hosed because you installed Microsoft's service pack? Yeah, something was really wrong on this machine to begin with :)
I guess I could try Chirp on one of my newer WIndows 7 systems and see if it plays better. Looks like a lot of XP users might be shut out of Chirp. Maybe I was just unlucky?
Not unlucky, but definitely in the minority. It's hard to explain the details of this problem, and I understand that it surely looks like CHIRP's fault here.
The problem is, your system libraries (DLLs) could be out of whack for a million reasons, and it's really hard for us to diagnose it remotely for you. The applications you have that _do_ work properly are either targeting a much older system in order to be safe, or are shipping new libraries (compounding the ones you currently have on your system) to avoid any such issue. Unfortunately, I can't do that in chirp for various technical, legal and cost reasons. That said, I hope you will stick it out a bit longer and/or try another machine before you give up.