Very interesting,

As soon as i renamed in_linein.dll that file in the WinAmp\Plugin folder that is causing the problem to in_linein.bak all is back to normal and mIRC starts up normal again. That was my hunch and I was right. That also proves the file was not ever in use if i had no problem renaming it. So now you guys the guestion is why would mIRC when started would hit that file in the WinAmp subfolder that has nothing to do with mIRC? Something in mIRC is causing a pointer to that file.

I have not checked yet but I am sure my WinAmp plugin will fail with that dll file missing lol

Sysop100