| SoS, SoS, Window 2000 Professional totally messed up! I suspected the box has malware, and advapi32.dll seems to be the culprit, made a copy of the whole registry file, and just too BOLD to mess up with the references to advapi32.dll, and renamed the file to advapi32.bad then, the system won't boot, safe or safe w/ network etc. CD ROM drive is bad, copy emergy CD to a flash drive, checked CMOS for boot order (marked removable disk as #1), however, failed to boot, again and again.
Stupid, stupid mistake, how to resolve it? Thanks a million. |
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 81399672Premium
join:2006-05-17
Los Angeles, CA
kudos:2 | get your self windows 98 cd, boot in to dos and rename the file
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 ZaberWhen all are gone, there shall be none
join:2000-06-08
Cleveland, OH | reply to win2kMessedUp
Look at a utility like "BartPE" it is a bootable CD version of windows, and can also be installed onto a USB key. Or you can put the drive into another system.
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 AMDUSERPremium
join:2003-05-28
Earth
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That file, advapi32.dll is a MS Windows system file;
»www.processlibrary.com/directory···dvapi32/
Have you tried pressing F8 for the MS Windows boot menu, and trying 'Last Known working configuration'?
Otherwise, use BartPE (mentioned by Zaber  ) to boot the system and rename the file back to advapi32.dll . |
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Hi all, (just came back from meetings)
Thank you. So, I've downloaded pebuilder3110a.exe (self-install vs. zip), but the doc mentions to install it, I thought I need a ready utility, am I missing something here?
On trying last good run etc. I've tried them all...
Also, as I mentioned I copy the XP emergy CD to flash stick, and the boot order is removable disk, why the box did not pick that up?
I'm going to try the pebuilder3110a.exe in a minute ,,, |
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on a related but separated note, why would Microsoft make system files avaiable to users, why not lock them up??? (making them invisible, not hidden. I'm mad |
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81399672Premium
join:2006-05-17
Los Angeles, CA
kudos:2 | reply to win2kMessedup
you should be able to put it on cd and boot it that way. Also tell your bios to boot from windows and then see if it has option to enter prompt only. Good luck
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 PetePumaHow many lumps do you wantPremium,MVM
join:2002-06-13
Arlington, VA | reply to win2kMessedup
said by win2kMessedup :
on a related but separated note, why would Microsoft make system files avaiable to users, why not lock them up??? (making them invisible, not hidden. I'm mad
If you weren't running as an administrator user, you CAN lock it down.
Don't blame MS for your dumb mistake. Use the right tools next time to fix your issue vs. just deleting files. |
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"CD ROM drive is bad,", have tried to boot from promt as well |
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| said by win2kMessedup :
"CD ROM drive is bad,"
Then you need a different CDROM drive to temporarily use with that machine.
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to gallowsroad,
ahe, so the idea is to stop by a pc repair shop and see if I can talk him/her into letting me try a temp solution, worth trying, thanks, gallowsroad in tysons corner noVA? |
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| Just an update.
took the hard drive out and connected it to another box, renamed the sucker, now it can boot; still need to fix something or ms update won't update.
thks. |
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