Re: Help! User Interface Failure!

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From: Ramesh [MVP] (ramesh_at_nojunkmails.com@mvps.org)
Date: 06/17/04 

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 01:05:19 +0530

Dan

It's not possible to do a repair with the OEM Restore CDs. Backup the data to another hard drive (connect this hd to another computer as slave and backup the data first) 

-- 
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
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"Dan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1dea601c4549f$f7ceb970$a101280a@phx.gbl...
Ramesh,
First off, thanks for all the help!
My computer came loaded with XP Home Edition.  I didn't 
receive an XP CD.  How do I perform a Repair Install 
without the CD?
Thanks, Dan
>-----Original Message-----
>Oh boy - I really screwed up here.  It just goes to show 
>that you shouldn't mess with something you don't 
>understand.  I didn't understand exactly what was meant 
in 
>the KB instructions when it said to "remove the following 
>string value from the registry."
>
>Can I start the computer in safe mode to allow me to back 
>up my HD data?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Dan
>>
>>Deleting the data vs Deleting the key is a big 
difference 
>here. Even Recovery Console procedure might not help here 
>(as the situation is different than the previous one). XP 
>might not use the MSGina.dll as you've not deleted the 
>GinaDLL value entirely, rather assigned a blank data to 
>it. You may need to perform a Repair install.
>>-- 
>>Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
>>Windows XP Shell/User
>>http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
>>
>>AumHa VSOP: http://www.aumha.org
>>
>>"Dan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
>message news:1d9f001c45499$d5bc1860$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>Ramesh,
>>
>>Thanks for responding.  I left out a detail in my 
>previous 
>>description.  When I right clicked on GinaDLL, I then 
>>clicked on "Modify", and then deleted the value shown in 
>>the Modify box.
>>
>>Does this information help with the problem diagnosis?
>>
>>Thanks, Dan
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Well. The procedure in the KB article is correct. When 
>>you delete the GinaDLL, XP seeks for the MSGina.dll 
>>(default GINA) The problem seems to be a missing 
>>msgina.dll. This file must be present in 
>>C:\WINDOWS\system32. The best way is to use the Recovery 
>>Console and expand this file from XP Installation source 
>>(hard disk or the XP CD). See this article for more 
>>information on using Recovery Console: 
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
>>US;314058
>>>
>>>Alternately: If you have a parallel installation of XP, 
>>you may copy this file (correct version) to 
>>C:\Windows\System32 path by booting into the parallelly 
>>installed Operating System.
>>>
>>>-- 
>>>Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
>>>Windows XP Shell/User
>>>http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
>>>
>>>AumHa VSOP: http://www.aumha.org
>>>
>>>"Dan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
>>message news:1da0501c45487$bc76d8c0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>>Yesterday, I used the following MS article in an 
attempt 
>>>to re-enable my Welcome screen and Fast User Switching 
>in 
>>>Windows XP Home Edition:
>>>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302346
>>>Previously, whenever I tried to enable either the 
>Welcome 
>>>screen or FUS, I received an error telling me that an 
>>>installed program was preventing me from enabling 
>these.  
>>>The error pointed to a file called CSGina.dll.  
>Following 
>>>the instruction in KB302346, I located this key in 
>>regedit:
>>>
>>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows 
>>>NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\GinaDLL
>>>
>>>I right-clicked on GinaDLL and deleted the value 
>>>(CSGina.dll).  I then rebooted the computer and got the 
>>>following error:
>>>
>>>User Interface Failure
>>>The Logon User Interface DLL Failed To Load
>>>Contact Your System Administrator To Replace The DLL Or 
>>>Resore The Original DLL
>>>
>>>What did I do wrong?  Can I recover from this?  Like 
the 
>>>idiot I am, I didn't make a system restore disk before 
>>>attempting the repair!  Thanks for any help!
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

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