"MikeFadd" <MikeFadd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ABB1A638-A60B-4BB8-A925-6E6917BCEC64@microsoft.com...
> Hey Chas,
>
> I really appreciate you sticking with me here.
>
> When I said that nothing happened after the repair install....here's
> what happened....
>
> The Win XP Pro CD went through the repair install which took about 15
> minutes. It said that everything was successful. Upon restarting my
> computer,
> the same error message concerning CRYPTUI.dll came up. That's what I meant
> when I said nothing happened...pertaining to the original issue still not
> being resolved after attempting the repair install.
>
>
> As for the sfc / scannow feature, I negelcted to put a space before
> and
> after the sfc and scannow. The following then came up on my screen in
> cmd.exe:
> -------------------------------------------
> /SCANNOW
> /SCANONCE
> /SCANBOOT
> /REVERT
> /PURGECACHE
> /CACHESIZE=x
>
> (this was under SAFE MODE COMMAND PROMPT for starting up since I cannot
> enter into WINDOWS under SAFE MODE....the following line appears...)
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Mike> *****here I typed /SCANNOW******
>
> then received this message:
>
> '/SCANNOW is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable
> program or batch file.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> So, that's where I'm at right now. I'd like to give this scan thing a try
> and see if it does the trick. Any suggestions?
>
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> "Chas" wrote:
>
>>
>> "MikeFadd" <MikeFadd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5AFF9FAD-3882-4C6B-89B1-3F8FA5B3646A@microsoft.com...
>> > Is there somewhere I can download the CRYPTUI.dll file from and
>> > somehow
>> > put it onto my computer? I don't know how I'd do this though, because I
>> > can't
>> > even start the system.
>> >
>> > -Mike
>> >
>> > "MikeFadd" wrote:
>> >
>> >> 2 things:
>> >>
>> >> #1) I attempted to perform a REPAIR INSTALLATION to try and fix the
>> >> problem
>> >> and NOTHING happened. Everything is exactly the same...the
>> >> 'CRYPTUI.dll
>> >> not
>> >> found' message comes up, where my desktop doesn't load.
>> >>
>> >> #2) I tried Chas' recommendation...."Start>Run> sfc/scannow"
>> >> -Since I cannot log into Windows, I attempted to start in SAFE
>> >> MODE
>> >> -when attempting SAFE MODE, I received the 'CRYPTUI.dll'
>> >> message
>> >> again.
>> >> -I also attempted to run SAFE MODE w/COMMAND PROMPT
>> >> -the command prompt came up and I typed in 'sfc/scannow'
>> >> and
>> >> got
>> >> this:
>> >>
>> >> :::Windows File Protection could not initiate a scan of protected
>> >> system files.
>> >> The specific error code is 0x0000006ba [The RPC server is
>> >> unavailable]:::
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> So, that's where I'm at right now. The above suggestion didn't
>> >> work,
>> >> and
>> >> the repair install didn't work. I cannot start Windows in SAFE MODE
>> >> under
>> >> Administrator or my personal name.....
>> >>
>> >> I don't want to lose any data either. Any suggestions? I'm not sure
>> >> what
>> >> else I could possibly try.
>> >>
>> >> "Chas" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > "MikeFadd" <MikeFadd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> > news:BCF2ED89-576D-4A42-BD96-43F90620D389@microsoft.com...
>> >> > > I'd also like to add that I don't want to lose any data, software,
>> >> > > etc.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > I was in the process of backing up my files last night...no
>> >> > > surprise
>> >> > > this
>> >> > > bump in the road had to come along!
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Thanks,
>> >> > > Mike
>> >> > >
>> >> > > "MikeFadd" wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > >> Hi,
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> I went to startup my computer as usual this morning and I
>> >> > >> received a
>> >> > >> message
>> >> > >> that my video card cable was not connected properly, so I turned
>> >> > >> off
>> >> > >> my
>> >> > >> system and made sure everything was plugged in securely. My
>> >> > >> computer
>> >> > >> started
>> >> > >> as normal, then I got this message before Windows XP loaded my
>> >> > >> desktop...
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> -------------------------------------------------
>> >> > >> Explorer.exe- unable to locate component
>> >> > >> -------------------------------------------------
>> >> > >> (x) <---RED X
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> This application failed to start because CRYPTUI.dll was not
>> >> > >> found.
>> >> > >> Re-installing the application may fix this problem.
>> >> > >> __________________________________________________ __________
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> I have Windows XP Pro w/ Service Pack 2
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> Any suggestions? Should I just insert my Win XP Install CD and
>> >> > >> perform a
>> >> > >> REPAIR?
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> Thanks,
>> >> > >> Mike
>> >> > >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Hi
>> >> > Try running the following command from Start>Run type in "sfc
>> >> > /scannow"
>> >> > without the quotes,
>> >> > Have your XP CD handy, it may ask for it
>> >> > this should replace critical system files
>> >> >
>> >> > chas
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> Hi
>> I can't understand with a repair install you said "nothing happened"
>> I know some OEM XP disks do not allow repair installs
>> Look here http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>> Read through it first
>> You can download cryptui.dll here
>> http://www.dlldump.com/download-dll-.../download.html
>> Also this may help when you tried to run 'sfc /scannow' remember the
>> space
>> between c /
>> http://www.howtofixcomputers.com/bb/sutra633911.html
>> Best of luck
>> Chas
>>
>>
>>
Hi Mike
Looks like you put in an extra space when you run scannow that explains the
the result you got, there is just one space between the c and forward slash
'sfc /scannow'
try this again
Chas