Before i start.This is probably related to my problem in trying to play the sims 2.Below is the thread i made requesting help for the sims 2 problem i had so you can read the steps i took to rectify the situation as well as any problems encountered.The link below will bring you up to date with everything that happened yesterday.Since the problem seems to be graphic card related,i created this thread and will use it instead of the one linked to receive a proper audience that deals with graphics cards frequently and specifically.
Sims 2 won't start after university expansion installed!
Now for today's problems.I just booted up my computer and got the following message....
Clistart.exe - bad image
c:\windows\system32\atiadlxy.dll is either not designed to run on windows or it contains an error.try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support.
This message was followed by....
no ati graphics installed or the ati driver is not functioning properly.please install the ati driver appropriate for your ati hardware.
Any help resolving this issue would be appreciated.My graphics card is an ati radeon 3850 512mb pci-e.Current driver is 9.5.I had some problems with 9.6 as related in the thread linked above.
I won't uninstall any drivers yet until i get some help.I'll wait for specific instructions and not just uninstall and reinstall stuff and cause further problems.