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joker50 · 09-23-2003, 11:52 AM

After downl;oading MS updates ,upon rebooting , I got the following message
"The logon user interface DLL msgina.dll failed to load. Replace or reload DLL."

and( virus time)

winlogon.exe. entry point not found.
The procedure entry point "assoclsdangerous" could not be located in the dymanic likk library SHLWAPI.DLL

Seiing that I can't boot from DOS and I am using a HP with no WinXP disks , do I have to go out and buy a copy of WinXP to reboot?

HELP ME---- This is my wife's computer and she is due back from vacation anytime now!!!!!!

NeoStarO1 · 09-23-2003, 09:13 PM

No you shouldn't have to go out and buy WinXP to boot.

You say its a HP machine.

Find the restore disk that came with the machine and boot with those restore disk then select the option to repair.

joker50 · 09-23-2003, 09:19 PM

The restore disk at this point is useless. Until I am able to at least get to the DOS command prompt to My hard drive(C

I am virtually at a stand still.
Nothing I have tried (and I have been at it for 13 hours now!) will allow me access to the C: drive.
I cannot perform a system restore because the "system" cannot detect the user partition. The WinXP CD does no good because it refuses to do an install repair because the user partition is unavailable. I have used a set of WinXP boot disks and that gets me knowwhere...............

Rand Dusing · 09-23-2003, 09:35 PM

Perhaps buy a new harddrive and load Windows XP on their and then transfer important documents and whatnot to the new one. Or if you don't care about what's on your old computer then just totally reinstall it. Have you tried installing the RAID drivers, it may have deleted them so you can't get on your HD.

09-23-2003, 09:39 PM

The Restore Disk is designed so that you can boot form it, and put the system back to the way it was when it was purchased.

You might just need to power the PC on, go into the BIOS, and change the boot order so it goes to the CD first.

You should then be able to follow the onscreen destructions to get the PC back to working condition.

joker50 · 09-23-2003, 09:43 PM

don't have a clue how to get in to change the bios. if i could get to the dos command prompt , i could get at the registry....

NeoStarO1 · 09-23-2003, 09:46 PM

No need to go into the registry.

Reboot and just before the splash screen push F1 or ESC and this will get you into bois. then look for something called Boot Sequence