_mbsnbcpy_ is not found in msvcrt.dll

Hi, This is probably a windows bug I got, but maybe some of you could help me with this...

I've always had XP pro (legal copy), but recently, my friend got a modified version of windows made by someone working at Microsoft (He removed all useless stuff in XP so it runs better)... But it seems some dll's aren't working ... Now, when I try to run 3DGS, i get an error :

_mbsnbcpy_ is not found in msvcrt.dll

Or something similar, my windows is in french so it's not the perfect translation.

I googled my problem and found that there is a link between this and C development...

Can you guys help me?

Thanks a lot in advance!!

Marc

Then probably some stuff which was NOT useless after all was removed...

Yeah well, I know a way to solve this would be to install my regular XP version, but maybe there's something I can do??

I have no solution out of the box, sorry.

You can try to find out from which DLL this function is coming from and copy it manually, but chances are high that the next DLL will be missing.

Also you could try some sort of dependency checker. It should list the dependencies between DLL files.

You can probably fix your stripped down XP version by installing the VC++ runtime package. msvcrt.dll belongs to it, but there are more DLLs. I believe the runtime packages are available somewhere on the Microsoft website, but I don't have the URL - you must google it.

You should better discuss this on a Microsoft forum. It does not really belong here and certainly not in 'Bug Hunt'.