Sorry, I lost track of who was moving which files.

To recap (do I have this right?) you were missing the file "MSVCRT40.dll", and you found a copy of it in a"sofwaredistribution" folder and a copy in tthe "servicepackfiles" folder. You copied one to the proper location and now everything is working again.

The other copies of the file, the one in softwaredistribution and in servicepackfile belong there, so do not delete them. Consider them backup copies.