Lahore bus driver's dramatic escape

Gunmen surrounded the bus, driver
Khalil Ahmed said

The driver of the bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team that was attacked in the Pakistani city of Lahore has given a dramatic account of the assault.

Khalil Ahmed said that he and the players had a "lucky escape" when a rocket and a grenade were fired at his vehicle but caused minimal damage.

Mr Ahmed said that once he realised his coach was under attack, he drove at top speed to escape.

He said it was only by "the grace of God" that he and the players survived.

'Shocked'

"When we left the hotel under police escort I remember thinking how quiet the roads were," Mr Ahmed said in an interview with the BBC Urdu service.

Mr Ahmed has been hailed a hero by the media

"As we approached the city's Liberty Roundabout, I slowed down. Just then what seemed to be a rocket was fired at my coach, but it missed and I think flew over the top of the vehicle.

"Almost immediately afterwards a person ran in front of the bus and threw a grenade in our direction. But it rolled underneath the coach and did not seem to cause that much damage.

"Soon after that I was aware that the vehicles had come under attack by firearms. I was shocked and stunned."

Mr Ahmed said that it was only after a Sri Lankan official on board the vehicle yelled at him to drive fast that he became "sparked up" and drove off from the scene of the attack "as fast as I dared".

He said he saw several of the gunmen, all aged between 20 and 30, "many sporting beards".

The bus driver, who is now recovering with his family, has already been hailed a hero by the Pakistani press.

How the attack on cricketers happened

1. Masked gunmen ambush the players' convoy, firing at least one rocket grenade, and killing five police officers in an escort vehicle and one other on the ground. Several players are injured. 2. The driver speeds the team bus to the Gaddafi Stadium where the players are airlifted by helicopter to safety. 3. Gunmen escape in the direction of Liberty Market. Ammunition and weapons, including a rocket launcher, found.

Eyewitnesses to Tuesday's attack on Sri Lanka's cricketers described scenes of shock and horror as gunmen opened fire in the heart of the Pakistani city of Lahore.

"As the Sri Lankan team was approaching the stadium for the test match this morning, about a half a kilometre away from the stadium, two cars entered the roundabout... and fired a grenade," said Graham Usher, a British journalist, who was approaching the area just as the attack took place.

"As they did this, three other gunmen ran into the roundabout, where the bus was, opened fire on a police vehicle - where a police officer was killed - and then opened fire on the bus, spraying the bus we understand with machine gun fire," he told the BBC's Today programme.

Players were airlifted to safety by helicopter

"The gunmen targeted the wheels of the bus first and then the bus," Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene told Cricinfo website. "We all dived to the floor to take cover."

The driver of the bus carrying the Sri Lankan team, Khalil Ahmed, said: "As we approached the city's Liberty Roundabout, I slowed down. Just then what seemed to be a rocket was fired at my coach, but it missed and I think flew over the top of the vehicle.

"Almost immediately afterwards a person ran in front of the bus and threw a grenade in our direction. But it rolled underneath the coach and did not seem to cause that much damage.

Soon after that the vehicles were shot at, before Mr Ahmed drove off at top speed.

He said the attackers were all aged between 20 and 30 and many had beards.

'Bullet holes'

Another bus carrying the umpires for the game also came under fire, said a Pakistani umpire whose bus was stopped just behind the Sri Lankan players.

"The firing started at about 0840 (0340 GMT) and it continued for 15 minutes. Our driver was hit, and he was injured," Nadeem Ghauri was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying.

Lahore resident Ahmad Hassan described the chaos on the streets as he was driving to work near the cricket stadium.

"People got straight out of their cars, they were panicking and running in the road," he told the BBC. "All I could think of was that I might be killed by a stray bullet... It was the worst day of my life."

Former England cricketer Dominic Cork - who was providing commentary for the series - said he heard the loud gunfire shortly after he arrived at Gaddafi stadium and rushed into the commentary box to see what was happening.

"The Sri Lankan team bus had arrived with bullet holes all over. There was a lot of, obviously, screaming and shouting from the medical staff of the Sri Lankan team. We could see that at least six players at that time I knew had got wounds."

"They all hit the ground, then there was shrapnel flying all over," Mr Cork said.

He said one of the players remembered thinking, "This is it. I'm dead."

Journalist Graham Usher said police were investigating the scene.

"There are two white cars that were apparently used in the ambush that are being investigated by police officers, and there is the police van that bore the brunt of the gunfire," he said.

Five police officers travelling behind the players' coach were killed

"One of the police officers, we understand, was killed in this van. It is surrounded by broken glass and there is blood spilled and congealed on the seats and there is a real sense of shock and bewilderment as hundreds of local journalists and police are milling around."

Punjab Governor Salman Taseer arrived at the scene about an hour after the attack.

"These [attackers] were fully trained people, the way they were running and the kind of weapons they had... they are the same [type of] people who launched attacks in Mumbai. They were no ordinary terrorists."

Gunmen shoot Sri Lanka cricketers

Gunmen have attacked a bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team on its way to play in the Pakistani city of Lahore.

At least six policemen escorting the team bus were killed, along with a driver. Seven cricketers and an assistant coach were injured.

Pakistani officials said about 12 gunmen were involved and grenades and rocket launchers have been recovered.

Officials said the incident bore similarities to deadly attacks in Mumbai in India last November.

The Mumbai attacks were blamed on Pakistan-based Islamic militants.

Pakistani cricket was already suffering from serious security concerns.

Pakistan invited Sri Lanka to tour only after India's cricket team pulled out of a scheduled cricket tour on security grounds, following the Mumbai attacks.

And International Cricket Council president David Morgan told the BBC it would be "very difficult for international cricket to be hosted in Pakistan for quite some time to come".

Evacuation

Reports suggest 10 to 12 gunmen ambushed the team coach and its accompanying police detail on the Liberty Square roundabout in the heart of Lahore, as the convoy was on the way to the Gaddafi stadium for a Test match.

The BBC's Barbara Plett, in Islamabad, says accounts suggest the attack was sophisticated in nature, with one group of gunmen firing a rocket-propelled grenade in order to create a diversion, while others then approached, firing guns on the convoy.

She says the gunmen - two of whom were shown in TV pictures carrying backpacks - seemed to be well-trained.

Sri Lanka's assistant coach Paul Farbrace, who is British, told the BBC: "There was a lot of shouting and people hitting the floor and when I got to the floor I realised that the blood that I could see was coming from me - luckily superficial wounds."

The Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara told Australia's ABC radio that he and his team mates probably owed their lives to their bus driver.

"We had an amazing driver who just kept driving the bus straight through all of that to the ground and that's probably what saved us."

Officials in Lahore said two members of the Sri Lankan team, Thilan Samaraweera and Tharanga Paranavitana, were sent to hospital.

'Security failure'

The Pakistani politician Imran Khan, a former captain of the country's cricket team, said the Sri Lankan visitors had been given inadequate protection.

"This was one of the worst security failures in Pakistan," he said. "The Pakistan government guaranteed the Sri Lankan cricket team that they would provide them security."

None of the attackers was killed or apprehended at the scene. Grenades and rocket launchers were found there, police said, and a manhunt is under way.

Our correspondent says security forces will be investigating any connections to al-Qaeda and Taleban militants as well as Kashmiri jihadi groups.

A Pakistani air force helicopter has now airlifted uninjured members of the Sri Lankan team out of the Gaddafi Stadium.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse condemned the "cowardly terrorist attack" and ordered the players' evacuation back to Sri Lanka. A plane is being chartered for this purpose. Mr Rajapakse is cutting short a visit to Nepal.

Thilan Samaraweera (L) and Tharanga Paranavitana went to hospital

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari also strongly condemned the attack, and ordered an immediate investigation "so that the perpetrators are identified and their motives exposed", said a statement from his office.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for India's foreign ministry offered sympathy and urged Pakistan to take "prompt, meaningful and decisive steps to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure once and for all".

But a Pakistani minister, Sardar Nabil Ahmed Gabol, reportedly told private Geo TV that evidence suggested the attackers came across the border from India.

He said the assault came in reaction to the Mumbai attacks, and was a "declaration of open war on Pakistan by India".

The third day of play in the Second Test was scheduled to begin, but officials said the match has now been cancelled.

Security fears

Pakistan is engaged in a bloody struggle against Islamist insurgents who have staged high-profile attacks on civilian targets before.

Meanwhile, Sri Lankan authorities are waging their own domestic military campaign against Tamil Tiger separatist rebels.

India and Australia have pulled out of cricket tours in Pakistan in the recent past citing security concerns.

The sport's world governing body, the International Cricket Council, last month decided not to hold the 2009 Champions Trophy in Pakistan due to safety worries.

'Slumdog Millionaire' prevails at Oscars 2009: Complete Winners List

Slumdog Millionaire' prevailed at the 81st Academy Awards on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, with 8 Oscars from 10 nominations. Sean Penn with Robin Wright Penn at the Oscars 2009. Photo Credit: Erik Ovanespour / A.M.P.A.S.

February 23, 2009, (Sawf News) - Slumdog Millionaire prevailed at the 81st Academy Awards on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, with 8 Oscars from 10 nominations.

The Danny Boyle helmed film bagged Oscars for Best Motion Picture (Christian Colson), Directing, Adapted Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy), Cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle), Sound Mixing (Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty), Film editing (Chris Dickens), Original Score (A.R. Rahman) and Original Song (A.R. Rahman).

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button won three Oscars; Art Direction, Makeup, Visual effects.

Milk won Oscars for Original Screenplay and Best Actor; and The Dark Knight for Best Supporting Actor, Sound editing.

Sean Penn was named best actor in a leading performance in Milk.

Kate Winslet won her first Oscar from six nominations for her performance as Hanna Schmitz, a Nazi prison guard, in The Reader.

Late Heath Ledger won the award for the Best Supporting actor in The Dark Knight. The award was accepted by his parents and sister on behalf of his daughter Matilda.

Best motion picture of the year

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight),
 A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, Producer - Winner
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.),
 A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy,
 Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
* "Frost/Nixon" (Universal),
 A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production,
 Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
* "Milk" (Focus Features),
 A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production,
 Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
* "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company),
 A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production,
 Nominees to be determined


Performance by an actor in a leading role

* Sean Penn in "Milk" (Focus Features) - Winner
* Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor" (Overture Films)
* Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon" (Universal)
* Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
* Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

* Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) - Winner
* Josh Brolin in "Milk" (Focus Features)
* Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder" (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
* Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt" (Miramax)
* Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

* Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company) - Winner
* Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married" (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Angelina Jolie in "Changeling" (Universal)
* Melissa Leo in "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Meryl Streep in "Doubt" (Miramax)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

* Penélope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company) - Winner
* Amy Adams in "Doubt" (Miramax)
* Viola Davis in "Doubt" (Miramax)
* Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
* Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)

Best animated feature film of the year

* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton - Winner
* "Bolt" (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard
* "Kung Fu Panda" (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne

Achievement in art direction

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.),
 Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo - Winner
* "Changeling" (Universal),
 Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.),
 Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
* "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films),
 Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
* "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage),
 Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Achievement in cinematography

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle - Winner
* "Changeling" (Universal), Tom Stern
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda
* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister
* "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins

Achievement in costume design

* "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O'Connor - Winner
* "Australia" (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West
* "Milk" (Focus Features), Danny Glicker
* "Revolutionary Road"  (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky

Achievement in directing

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle - Winner
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher
* "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Ron Howard
* "Milk" (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant
* "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry

Best documentary feature

* "Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures),
 A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn - Winner
* "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)" (Cinema Guild),
 A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
* "Encounters at the End of the World" (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment),
 A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
* "The Garden" A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
* "Trouble the Water" (Zeitgeist Films),
 An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best documentary short subject

* "Smile Pinki" A Principe Production, Megan Mylan - Winner
* "The Conscience of Nhem En" A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki
* "The Final Inch" A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
* "The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306" A Rock Paper Scissors Production,
 Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Achievement in film editing

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens - Winner
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.),
 Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
* "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
* "Milk" (Focus Features), Elliot Graham

Best foreign language film of the year

* "Departures" (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production,
Japan - Winner
* "The Baader Meinhof Complex" A Constantin Film Production, Germany
* "The Class" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France
* "Revanche" (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria
* "Waltz with Bashir" (Sony Pictures Classics),
 A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel

Achievement in makeup

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.),
Greg Cannom - Winner
* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
* "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman - Winner
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.),Alexandre Desplat
* "Defiance" (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard
* "Milk" (Focus Features), Danny Elfman
* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

* "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight),
 Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar - Winner
* "Down to Earth" from "WALL-E" (Walt Disney),
 Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
* "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight),
 Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman andMaya Arulpragasam                

Best animated short film

* "La Maison en Petits Cubes" A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato - Winner
* "Lavatory - Lovestory" A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production,
 Konstantin Bronzit
* "Oktapodi" (Talantis Films) A Gobelins, L'école de l'image Production,
 Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
* "Presto" (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
* "This Way Up", A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best live action short film

* "Spielzeugland (Toyland)" A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank - Winner
* "Auf der Strecke (On the Line)" (Hamburg Shortfilmagency),
 An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
* "Manon on the Asphalt" (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production,
 Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
* "New Boy" (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production,
 Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
* "The Pig" An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh

Achievement in sound editing

* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Richard King - Winner
* "Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Tom Sayers
* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
* "Wanted" (Universal),Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke
 and Resul Pookutty - Winner
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.),
 David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney),Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
* "Wanted" (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Achievement in visual effects

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba,
 Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron - Winner
* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
* "Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow,
 Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Adapted screenplay

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy - Winner
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.),
 Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
* "Doubt" (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley
* "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan
* "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare

Original screenplay

* "Milk" (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black - Winner
* "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt
* "Happy-Go-Lucky" (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh
* "In Bruges" (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh
* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, 
Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Oscar 2009 winners list

Slumdog Millionaire is in top of Oscar awards 2009 winners list, it has won 8 Oscars in 81st Academy Awards 2009. “Slumdog Millionaire” and its director, Danny Boyle, with their modern-day fairy tale about hope and hard times in the slums of Mumbai, pushed aside big-studio contenders to sweep top honors at the 81st annual Academy Awards on Sunday.

The many prizes for “Slumdog Millionaire” — whose writer, Simon Beaufoy, was honored for best adapted screenplay, among others prizes for the film — completed the film’s steady march past competitors like “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” from Paramount Pictures and “Frost/Nixon” from Universal Pictures.

A.R. Rahman

A.R. Rahman, won the Oscar. As for the medley, the show went on with Rahman performing both “Jai Ho” and “O Saya,” the song he co-wrote with M.I.A. John Legend stepped in for Peter Gabriel, singing the 65-second version of “Down to Earth” that the producers demanded of Gabriel.

Oscar Winner Kate Winslet

Best actress honors went to Kate Winslet for her performance in “The Reader” as a German woman who becomes romantically involved with a teenager while concealing her role in the Holocaust.

Oscar 2009 Winner Penelope Croz

Penelope Cruz won for best supporting actress for her role in “Vickie Cristina Barcelona,” she gave part of her speech in Spanish.

Here is Oscar 2009 winners list:

BEST PICTURE: Slumdog Millionaire

BEST DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn, Milk

BEST ACTRESS: Kate Winslet, The Reader

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Milk

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: A.R. Rahman and Gulzar — Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Wall-E

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Departures

BEST ART DIRECTION: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Slumdog Millionaire

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: The Duchess

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: Man on a Wire

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY: Smile Pinki

BEST EDITING: Slumdog Millionaire

BEST MAKEUP: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST ANIMATED SHORT: La Maison en Petits Cubes

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT: Spielzeugland (Toyland)

BEST SOUND EDITING: The Dark Knight

BEST SOUND MIXING: Slumdog Millionaire

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

.DLL Error

The .dll error messages appear to users when they encounter problems related to corrupt, unregistered or missing .dll files or other messages related to .dll files. These errors can easily be fixed by replacing the .dll files with a newer version of .dll and then registering the file with the Windows Registry.

What are these dll files?

DLL stands for Dynamic Linked Library and it is a collection of small programs, which can be called upon as and when required by the executable program or .exe file that is running. The .dll files let the executables communicate with a specific device such as printer or may contain source code to do particular functions.

The causes of .dll error

Your Windows operating system usually displays .dll error messages if the .dll file is corrupt or it is missing from the main directory. Here are some of the possibilities that could generate .dll error messages:

• You have uninstalled a program, but that program along with its files has removed a .dll file that is required by some other program.
• You have installed a program that may have overwritten the .dll file with an older version or with a version that is not compatible with the program.
• A bad installation has occurred that caused the .dll errors.
• Another user or program maliciously or by mistake has deleted the .dll and associated file.
• There is a hardware issue with the computer, such as bad hard drive, causing the data on the drive to become corrupt, causing the .dll errors.

As the main cause of dll error messages is missing dll files you can resolve the problem by downloading a copy of that .dll from another computer onto your computer. However, be careful while copying this file; it should not replace any other .dll file. In that case you will get another issue of missing files.

Sometime the .dll error prevents the user from getting into Windows, to troubleshoot the computer. In that case you boot the computer into safe mode to fix the error.

If you are encountering .dll error messages while running a particular program, it is likely an issue with that program. If the program previously worked perfectly on your system, but now showing error, you only need to uninstall it and then install it again. It will almost resolve your problem. Thankfully, resolving a program specific .dll error is easier that an operating system specific .dll error. If the .dll error message is operating system related, you might require reinstalling your OS.

Clean Registry to avoid .dll error messages

The .dll file is registered with the Windows Registry. But as you use Windows more and more, this registry becomes jumbled and fragmented. Your PC starts performing slowly, you get abnormal errors and it seems everything is in a mess. Therefore, it is recommended you clean your system registry periodically. It will not only enhance your system's performance but also helps you avoid all such errors like .dll error, .exe error and so on.

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What is a computer virus?

Computer viruses are small software programs that are designed to spread from one computer to another and to interfere with computer operation. A virus might corrupt or delete data on your computer, use your e-mail program to spread itself to other computers, or even erase everything on your hard disk. Viruses are most easily spread by attachments in e-mail messages or instant messaging messages. That is why it is essential that you never open e-mail attachments unless you know who it's from and you are expecting it. Viruses can be disguised as attachments of funny images, greeting cards, or audio and video files. Viruses also spread through downloads on the Internet. They can be hidden in illicit software or other files or programs you might download. To help avoid viruses, it's essential that you keep your computer current with the latest updates andantivirus tools, stay informed about recent threats, and that you follow a few basic rules when you surf the Internet, download files, and open attachments. Once a virus is on your computer, its type or the method it used to get there is not as important as removing it and preventing further infection.

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Bollywood Star Heights

People are interested in knowing the heights of Bollywood actors and actresses. Amitabh Bachchan is the tallest in the actors and Sushmita Sen in the actresses. Tall actors and actresses are preferred in films. The height is an important consideration in selecting the stars/cast for a movie. The heights of the main lead actor and main actress should be matching to each other.

Even in normal life, men like tall girls as their life partners. The heights of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai are perfect (Abhishek's height: 6ft 3inch and Aishwarya's height: 5ft 7½inch).

The heights of Bollywood stars are given in the table below.

Bollywood Stars Height Chart

Actors Height Height Aamir Khan 5ft 6 Abhishek Bachchan 6ft 3inch Akshay Kumar 6ft 0inch Akshaye Khanna 5ft 9inch Amitabh Bachchan 6ft 3inch Anil Kapoor 5ft 11inch Bobby Deol 6ft 0inch Emraan Hashmi 5ft 9inch Govinda 5ft 8inch Hrithik Roshan 5ft 11½inch Jackie Shroff 6ft 0inch John Abraham 6ft 1inch Rishi Kapoor 5ft 7½inch Shahid Kapoor 5ft 7inch Saif Ali Khan 5ft 8inch Salman Khan 5ft 8½inch Sanjay Dutt 5ft 1inch Shahrukh Khan 5ft 8inch Shatrughan Sinha 6ft 1inch Sunil Shetty 5ft 11½inch Sunny Deol 5ft 11inch Vinod Khanna 6ft 0inch

Actresses height Height Aishwarya Rai 5ft 7½inch Aditi Govitrikar 5ft 3inch Amisha Patel 5ft 4inch Amrita Arora 5ft 4½inch Bipasha Basu 5ft 8inch Bhoomika Chawla 5ft 3inch Deepika Padukone 5ft 9inch Diya Mirza 5ft 3inch Isha Koppikar 5ft 7inch Juhi Chawla 5ft 5inch Kajol 5ft 5inch Kareena Kapoor 5ft 5inch Karishma Kapoor 5ft 6inch Katrina Kaif 5ft 8½inch Karishma Kapoor 5ft 6inch Lisa Ray 5ft 5inch Neha Dhupia 5ft 6inch Madhuri Dixit 5ft 5inch Mamta Kulkarni 5ft 5inch Malaika Arora 5ft 5inch Mona Chopra 5ft 6inch Payal Rohatgi 5ft 6inch Pooja Batra 5ft 9inch Preity Zinta 5ft 4inch Payal Rohatgi 5ft 6inch Priyanka Chopra 5ft 7½inch Raveena Tandon 5ft 7inch Rani Mukherjee 5ft 3inch Reema Sen 5ft 5inch Rekha 5ft 7inch Riya Sen 5ft 1inch Shilpa Shetty 5ft 8inch Sherlyn Chopra 5ft 6inch Sonali Bendre 5ft 8inch Sridevi 5ft 7inch Sushmita Sen 5ft 9.5inch Tabu 5ft 8inch Twinkle Khanna 5ft 6inch Urmila Matondkar 5ft 4inch