Hey Chas,

Tried your last suggestion for System Restore. Everytime I typed in a '\'
i'd get a beep with the CRYTPUI.dll error. Then when I clicked OK, I got the
same error. I tried it again, regardless of it not working after the first
attempt, and the System Restore window opened, but was all white and never
loaded anything. Is there a way to get the dll file out of my system32 folder
and replace it with a new one? Or to add one if it's not detecting one?


Thanks
-Mike


"Chas" wrote:

>
> "MikeFadd" <MikeFadd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C3D1DD1A-6D91-4F95-A6E7-079A01C07CE9@microsoft.com...
> > Chas,
> >
> > I noticed that there was only one space before the c and /...after I left
> > my
> > last post. I tried it that way, and received the same message as my first
> > attempt:
> >
> > :::The specific error code is 0x0000006ba [The RPC server is
> > unavailable]:::
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> > "Chas" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "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.
> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> snip
>
> Hi again Mike
> You can try System Restore
> from Safe Mode with command prompt
> that is if there are any restore points after your repair install
> anyway worth trying
> 1. Boot to Safe Mode with Command prompt
> 2. Close Command Prompt "just click the top right hand x"
> 3. Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to bring up the Task Manager
> 4.Click File > New Task (Run)
> 5. Type In "C:\WINDOWS\system32\Restore\rstrui.exe" without the Quotes
> "presuming C: is your boot drive"
> 6. OK
> 7.Check Restore to an earlier time> Next "then choose a restore point prior
> to the time you had trouble"
>
> Chas
>
>
>