when you use F8 in SoftIce you go into the function. Better is to use F10 then you go thru the program.

Normally if you go thru the program and you comes to the point where the exe.file checks the dll, SoftIce load the dll without problems! If you have problems with this, disable your breakpoint after SoftIce breaks into the program and use F10 to go further.

Goodluck

T.S