I need serious computer help

[Fire Yoshi]

Welp, I finished it when I got home.  Everything seems to be running normal again, thanks guys!

[FoxMcCloud]

That is good  :yes:

[TheRedFox8]

Wow. The both of us just got out-tech'ed XD

[Fire Yoshi]

Wow. The both of us just got out-tech'ed XD

More or so, out-worded. :P

[DZComposer]

Wow. The both of us just got out-tech'ed XD

Simplicity is a good thing. I've worked in an IT department. It was there that I learned that the best solution isn't always the most geeky or the one that leverages the most back-end knowledge. It is often the simple one, even if that means saying no to new technology.

The repair install is a great tool. It can recover many serious Windows problems in about 30 mins. I've seen it fix boot failures, corrupt files, and BSODs. It won't fix everything, and is no replacement for the reformat, but it has saved me many hours. Of course it takes some judgment. No need to repair install just to fix a broken MBR, for instance. For that you just go into recovery console and type one command (fixmbr). A repair install will fix it, but you save like 25 minutes of time doing it manually. But the minute you have to start playing hunt n' find for file corruption problems, do a repair install.

It's a shame so few OEMs ship a Windows disc these days (Dell still does, thankfully). This tool isn't hard to use and can save people some money. A PC repair shop would charge someone for 2 hours of work at $60+/hr. And they'd probably just do a repair install themselves. Why pay someone over $100 to press "ENTER" then "F8" then "R" and click "Next" several times 20 mins later? Makes no sense to me... I haven't ever done a repair install for Vista (I skipped Vista) or Win7 (None of my Win7 machines have needed it yet), but I imagine the process isn't much different.

[Fire Yoshi]

Simplicity is a good thing. I've worked in an IT department. It was there that I learned that the best solution isn't always the most geeky or the one that leverages the most back-end knowledge. It is often the simple one, even if that means saying no to new technology.

The repair install is a great tool. It can recover many serious Windows problems in about 30 mins. I've seen it fix boot failures, corrupt files, and BSODs. It won't fix everything, and is no replacement for the reformat, but it has saved me many hours. Of course it takes some judgment. No need to repair install just to fix a broken MBR, for instance. For that you just go into recovery console and type one command (fixmbr). A repair install will fix it, but you save like 25 minutes of time doing it manually. But the minute you have to start playing hunt n' find for file corruption problems, do a repair install.

It's a shame so few OEMs ship a Windows disc these days (Dell still does, thankfully). This tool isn't hard to use and can save people some money. A PC repair shop would charge someone for 2 hours of work at $60+/hr. And they'd probably just do a repair install themselves. Why pay someone over $100 to press "ENTER" then "F8" then "R" and click "Next" several times 20 mins later? Makes no sense to me...

That's exactly what I meant by "out-worded"(but you probably knew that).  Thanks again, DZC. :)

[Kruger]

Glad you got it fixed. Sorry I couldn't be of much help. But Hey I tried. I did know you needed a WinXP disc though.

Simplicity is a good thing. I've worked in an IT department. It was there that I learned that the best solution isn't always the most geeky or the one that leverages the most back-end knowledge. It is often the simple one, even if that means saying no to new technology.

The repair install is a great tool. It can recover many serious Windows problems in about 30 mins. I've seen it fix boot failures, corrupt files, and BSODs. It won't fix everything, and is no replacement for the reformat, but it has saved me many hours. Of course it takes some judgment. No need to repair install just to fix a broken MBR, for instance. For that you just go into recovery console and type one command (fixmbr). A repair install will fix it, but you save like 25 minutes of time doing it manually. But the minute you have to start playing hunt n' find for file corruption problems, do a repair install.

It's a shame so few OEMs ship a Windows disc these days (Dell still does, thankfully). This tool isn't hard to use and can save people some money. A PC repair shop would charge someone for 2 hours of work at $60+/hr. And they'd probably just do a repair install themselves. Why pay someone over $100 to press "ENTER" then "F8" then "R" and click "Next" several times 20 mins later? Makes no sense to me... I haven't ever done a repair install for Vista (I skipped Vista) or Win7 (None of my Win7 machines have needed it yet), but I imagine the process isn't much different.

My Dell laptop didn't ship with a disc, then again, the laptop was free (I love my i5 Turbocore). But the first thing it did when I turned it on was tell me to create a restore disc which I did, which turned out to be three DVD's long. Maybe that's why it didn't come with a restore disc(s), cuz it turned out to be 3 DVD's.

[Fire Yoshi]

Just as an fyi to you admin/mod types, my problem is solved.  It's okay to lock or delete the topic now.

[Fire Yoshi]

Well, I just found something bad that happened to my computer in result to all that has happened from that missing file.  Look at the attached file bellow and see if you could help me, please. 

[Sarita]

No need to lock this one, or make a new topic. Fixed! Stick to one topic, kay?

[TheRedFox8]

Uhhhh.....

Try looking up that corrupt .dll file and download it. Then search for its location using Start->search.

Then replace it and restart the computer. This may or may not work, I dunno. It's never happened to me. :/

[FoxMcCloud]

Allrighty, If you still have the SP2 CD Do this. It was explained earlier with the SFC /scannow

from the task manager (that window you get when you press ctrl+alt+del), go to file => new task and type sfc /scannow (the space is important).

This will run the system file checker which will replace any corrupt system file by the one on the XP CD. You have to make sure your XP CD holds the Service Pack 2

[Fire Yoshi]

No need to lock this one, or make a new topic. Fixed! Stick to one topic, kay?

I didn't even see the old one, it was gone.   And since you mention topics, that brings up an idea.  Why not just make a sticky topic here that's specifically for computer help?  I'm sure you guys had techie related help questions before.

[TheRedFox8]

Apparently, what I say is completely wrong.

[Sarita]

I didn't even see the old one, it was gone.   And since you mention topics, that brings up an idea.  Why not just make a sticky topic here that's specifically for computer help?  I'm sure you guys had techie related help questions before.

Huh, I must have more set to show up on my page than you do. It was still on the front page. But anyways, I think we had that idea once, I don't know what happened to it.

EDIT: But this conversation isn't helpful to your computer problems I'm not a computer person.

[FoxMcCloud]

Apparently, what I say is completely wrong.

You could do that too, I never said you were wrong, but it is hard to get trustworthy .dll files online, its best to get them from the CD for Security reasons

[Fire Yoshi]

Allrighty, If you still have the SP2 CD Do this. It was explained earlier with the SFC /scannow

from the task manager (that window you get when you press ctrl+alt+del), go to file => new task and type sfc /scannow (the space is important).

This will run the system file checker which will replace any corrupt system file by the one on the XP CD. You have to make sure your XP CD holds the Service Pack 2

Didn't work.

Well, it SORTA did...I did exactly what you said, and seemed to have worked at the time.  The error message didn't come up anymore, and I was able to change my shell again...

...however, when I restarted my computer like it asked, it would'nt start up again.  It kept freezing at the Win XP loading screen, then saying something about not being able to start up properly because some hardware was missing or something, idk.  But I was forced to do a safemode system restore, so now I'm back to not having the dll file anymore. :/

[TheRedFox8]

I have something, but it should ONLY be used as a last resort. When nothing else has worked.

Do a format.

Before you do this, however, you should first install that hard drive into a computer that doesn't use it to run and save all the files you want to keep.

Don't take this advice unless it's your last hope. Sometimes you have to go through a complete refresh (a hard drive failed on me before I even got a chance to save my files. I know that pain).

[YJH1995]

Do a format.

before you do a format try to boot up from a live cd like ubuntu (but do not install)  and try to retrive all important files from your C:/ drive into a protable hard drive or something

[TheRedFox8]

Yeah, I said that, but I suggested putting the actual hard drive in a computer that does not need it to run.

[Fire Yoshi]

I tried downloading the file from the internet, it didn't work.  When I went to replace it, it said that the file had already existed, same size, name, everything.  But what exactly does #64 mean anyway?

before you do a format try to boot up from a live cd like ubuntu (but do not install)  and try to retrive all important files from your C:/ drive into a protable hard drive or something

I already explained earlier.  I tried booting up from a cd, it only messed up my computer and forced me to do a system restore in safe mode.

[TheRedFox8]

Well, did it ask if you wanted to replace the .dll? If so, then do so.

I am guessing (though I have no idea) that the #64 is part of the dll file, like you can open it up as a text file and that part of it is corrupt.

[Vulvokunvrii]

all iahve to say is call the "Geek sqaud" guys, they really are ehlpful!

[DZComposer]

Geek Squad techs don't know shit. They're fresh out of High School. They're also instructed by their managers to sell people shit they don't need. Plus, they'll charge him $60+ /hr to do what I am about to tell him.

Anyway, back to Yoshi's issues.

Sounds suspiciously like you hay have some hard drive issues. The repair install should have replaced all of your system files with good copies. If you still have that disc, I would boot back into the Windows CD, go to recovery console ("R" at the first screen) and run the command "chkdsk /r" (without the "s)

That way any salvageable files will be fixed. Boot back into Windows and see if that fixed it.

If not, I would run the HDD diagnostic tool from the drive's manufacturer. If that tool finds any problems, you'll need to backup your data and replace the drive. (Installing Windows on a blank HDD is not that different of a process from the repair install. Only additional steps are partitioning and formatting.)

If it does not find any problems, then likely your partition's filesystem is messed up. Sadly, that means a reformat is in order. Back up your data, and go through a full Windows re-install.

[Fire Yoshi]

If you still have that disc, I would boot back into the Windows CD, go to recovery console ("R" at the first screen) and run the command "chkdsk /r" (without the "s)

Wait, without the "s"...does that mean I would type it like this? 

chkdk /r