LOL......At first I thought that you may have had a virus at one time and it's probably a virus that might be long gone but at first it corrupted your system.....but alas....according to Microsoft's Tech News, if you even install and uninstall certain protocols for ME (actually...even 9x also) then they can corrupt certain strings of the dll thenselves!!!!
******Sigh****** Windows ME........ ******Sigh******
-Mike