"Procedure Entry Point GetModuleHandleExw not located"

Thanks for the google suggestion. Apparently turns out to be part of MS planned obsolescence program for W2K. They have a hot fix for some of their own programs, which I'm not using, but apparently I have loaded some program that is really only compatible with XP, just don't know which one. And it is constant across all programs so it is already loaded; may well be my free antivirus. The gamers have a fix--at least Soulstorm does but you have to buy DOW to use it. Others are trying to replace the kernalxx.dll but that's too scary for me. Probably will just put up with it. W2K was always better than the dumbed down XP, and faster than the ponderous Win7 but I guess we have to keep MS in business if only for the hotfixes. Thanks for your help..

I ran W2K for many years and NEVER found MSFT to be forcing this issue.

I read "I have loaded some program that is really only compatible with XP" and this appears to be the premise of your claim (and ire?)

As a programmer (I do that and more) if my client needed my apps to be on 2000 and if they pay the bills (mine!) then I will look into the issue and fix my app to run on 2000. I did this years ago on one app to make it run on W95 when all of us were on W2K.

Sorry if you are offended in any way by my reply. But without knowing what the app is, I'm very limited in what I can offer. For example, years ago I would put W2K into Virtual Box for testing. Today, I have no clients on W2K so the office doesn't test for that.
Bob

Microsoft end support 5 years after they last sell it, or something like that. But it still works after that.

Other vendors of other programs might decide it isn't worthwhile to put time and money into making or keeping their programs compatible with an OS that hardly anybody still uses. Then it's time to find another program to do what you want to do or another OS. Totally your own choice here.
No need to blame MS for anything.

Kees

So I suppose blame for such rapid obsolescence falls on those who feel they have to have the "newest" the market supplies. Or maybe it's the FTC for not preventing the practice of manufacturers from supplying or OS makers from forcing them via discounts and other pressure to equip boxes with a particular OS so that consumers are forced to upgrade, speeding up the process and forcing everyone to continue to "rent" the products they have paid for. Naturally, programmers and software producers can't be expected to sympathize with any slowing of the cycles, but as a society, we might look at the costs.

-> Back to my work in programming. It came about in self defense since at times I could not find an app for what I needed.

As time progressed you find most can only use the machine.

But your point about society is very simple. If folk learned to repair their own cars, they would have less to complain about the repair bills.

Same for this PC. If you wrote the app, you would be able to fix the issue.

NEW QUESTION. Ever consider open source OS and Applications?
Bob

I said the FTC should limit the OS makers from leveraging their power to manipullate the turnover in OSs. If you can write apps or patches to get around these problems, more power to you. You're not a threat the FTC has any business worrying about.

As for car mechanics or learning programming or getting into open OSs, it's a bad investment in time and money for me at 80.

Forever.

Besides if you see what's going on now, the PC age is ending (for USERS) and the tablet is what the CONSUMERS are picking up.

But that's off topic.

The market drives the changes, not the companies. Your example of the error is very easy to point back to the author who didn't support YOU.

It's all about YOU.
Bob

Do you blame car manufacturers for designing and producing new cars every 3 years or so?

Don't forget we are a consumer society and it is us consumers who drive the development of computers and mobiles and tablets and such. We always want faster, more capacity, better graphics.

Sorry but it is progress and while some of us would rather slow that down at times, the majority is against us.

As to your Win 2K system, my own XP is now 10 years old and although I use it much less than I used to since getting a new computer, it still runs fast and smooth, despite there being little to no support for it now.

Mark

Yes, of course. VW had a good run for years at roughly the same model and the last one I bought cost $3,000. And the absolute last car I'm going to buy is a 1990 Suburu Loyale cost $1400 in 2000.

As you can see I'm not a consumer, not into graphics or audio or games, just want a word processor, browser and Zoot. Still use DOS Word 5. I don't mind others pushing the edge for graphics, etc. if that's what they like, I just want my little corner. I bought W2K retail in 2004 because I thought it would last for most of the rest of my lifetime and it was clear that XP had been dumbed down to the toy class no matter what little goodies lay under the hood for you techies. I had hoped the more serious W2K would not be abandoned as quickly as the obvious general consumer item of the moment. So that's progress only for some.

Twenty years back, I had an old manual underwood typewriter handmedown. Only ribbons to buy. Now I have the genuine convenience of Word 5 and Zoot and the impressive research facilities of the net, but it would cost me nearly $500 for a new motherboard, memory, DVD to put in my case and worse yet, an outrageous $50 a month for Internet only cable service. Long before my car gives out, on a fixed income, I'll be forced to turn it all off and go back to a typewriter (if I can find one). The "progress" is illusory if it disappears with forced rising costs to support what are, for me, frills. There ought to be a slower, sustainable track for us less adventurous plodders.

All you need is a system that does what you want and of course there is nothing wrong with that.

With care and attention your system could last for as long as you wish, (and I am not suggesting you don't do that anyway), and may be this problem you are experiencing can be sorted out. I don't know Win 2000 at all, my own system at that time was Windows ME which I know is from the same family, but for me that is 12 years or so ago now and I soon moved on to XP, so my knowledge of troubleshooting is minimal.

It seems that this error, "Procedure Entry Point GetModuleHandleExw not located" is related to specific software that is open or running at the time, but it could be any software, as opposed to an OS related problem, so fixes you find in a Google search may not be suitable if the fix offered is for different software to what you are running.

If this were me I would attempt to narrow down the problem by shutting down every application and test each application one at a time. I may have to check the Task Manager to see and identify what Processes are running when this error occurs. There is information about the Windows 2000 Task Manager here;
http://labmice.techtarget.com/troubleshooting/taskmgr.htm

For your information there are still plenty of free software titles available for Win 2000, and a Google search for Win 2000 free software found me this, along others;
http://www.completelyfreesoftware.com/

I hope that helps.

Mark

I'll do a clean boot but since it comes up with the desktop, my guess is it's the anti-virus which I wouldn't want to change. It's annoying but I can live with it, just concerned it heralds more serious ones. Thanks for your help and putting up with my gripes.