Had a dandy today.  A client called saying that their computer would no longer boot.  When I asked them if there was any kind of error message, they read me the following: Win_root\System32\Hal.dll missing or corrupt: Please re-install a copy of the above file. Sounds serious, huh?  It is.  When I arrived at the office there was an ominous "clicking" sound coming from the hard drive area of the computer. (cue scary music)  And we all know what that generally means.  Being … [Read more...]