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Search the Windows registry for S32EVNT.DLL and remove all references. &nbsp;Make sure you back up the registry, first, though, in case something gets messed up.<br />
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To edit the registry, go to Start, Run, and type &quot;regedit&quot;. &nbsp;Hit OK and it will bring up the registry editor.<br />
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Back up the registry first, run a search for S32EVNT.DLL, and then delete out all references you find.
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I ran a search for all references for S32EVNT.Dll and there were zero search results.
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I went ahead and purchased emeditor and am executing the search.
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I tried executing the search and Microsoft generated an error report message
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Never mind I think I found the reason that I received the error message. &nbsp;I'm trying the search again
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Hi,<br />
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I've completed the search and have the results. &nbsp;There are many log files that are referencing S32EVNT1.DLL
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I have found the problem. &nbsp;I deleted the &quot;C:\Program Files\Symantec Shared&quot; folder, deleted the Symantec Live update program and then modified the registry as per<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314452/" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314452/</a>&nbsp;by deleting the VDD in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\<wbr />CurrentCon<wbr />trolSet\Co<wbr />ntrol\Virt<wbr />ualDeviceD<wbr />rivers\VDD<wbr /> which had been apparently corrupted and then recreating it<br />
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Glad to hear you found a solution. :)
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The primary error was a corrupted registry error as I describes. &nbsp;However, the proffered solution was extremely helpfull in narrowing the problem
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Hello,<br />
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I've removed symantec from my PC which is running Windows XP Professional.a while ago &nbsp;Since then I have been getting the the following message box upon bootup<br />
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C:\PROGRA~1\Symantec\S32EV<wbr />NT.DLL. An installable Virtual Device Driver failed Dll initialization. &nbsp;Choose 'Close' to terminate the application. &nbsp;The title of the message box is 16 Bit Windows Subsystem. &nbsp;If I choose Close, the system reboots. &nbsp;How do I get rid of this error message. &nbsp;I thought I had completely removed the Symantec application 
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Hello,

I've removed symantec from my PC which is running Windows XP Professional.a while ago  Since then I have been getting the the following message box upon bootup

C:\PROGRA~1\Symantec\S32EVNT.DLL. An installable Virtual Device Driver failed Dll initialization.  Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.  The title of the message box is 16 Bit Windows Subsystem.  If I choose Close, the system reboots.  How do I get rid of this error message.  I thought I had completely removed the Symantec application 

16 Bit Windows Subsystem Error Message

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