Re: Entry Point Not Found

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From: MowGreen [MVP] (mowgreen_at_nowandzen.com)
Date: 09/28/04


Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:59:17 -0700

Paul,

Give this a try : Posted by Tony Klein, MS-MVP
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=13309

" Try the following:

- Richt-click the Start button, and choose 'Open'.
- Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options.
- Select the View Tab.
- Under the Hidden files and folders heading select "Show hidden
files and folders".
- UNcheck the "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)"
option.
- UNcheck "Hide file extensions for known file types"
- Click Yes to confirm.
- Click OK.

Find your Windows\Inf folder.

Locate and select the file "sr.inf". Right-click it and then click
Install. "

MowGreen [MVP]
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Paul wrote:

> When I upgraded from WinXP Home to WinXP Pro yesterday, I
> encounter an error message concerning "Entry Point Not
> Found". The update otherwise concluded normally; but I am
> left with three unresolved faults in the new system.
>
> 1. Visual Basic.net will not complete its install. (I
> uninstalled VBnet prior to the upgrade, hoping to
> reinstall it after the upgrade, and take advantage of more
> features.)
>
> 2. My scanning software cannot find the scanner; but this
> subsystem works fine on a backup computer running XPpro.
>
> 3. Adobe Photoshop 7.1 cannot create or open a document
> without freezing up. I have since uninstalled and
> reinstalled Photoshop, and installed all its updates.
> Before and after the upgrades and reinstalls, this
> installation of Photoshop was hinky in that its automatic
> update feature always bombed-out with this exception:
> http.cgi..tform=0DLLver=2.8.3A0Mver=2.8.33. I can install
> the same Adobe package, under the same operating system,
> on a backup computer with no problems.
>
> My computer support guy tells me these three symptoms are
> all traceable to a message I now get when right-clicking
> on My Computer, and clicking Properties:
>
> rundll.exe Entry Point Not Found:
> RemoteAssistancePrepareSystem could not be located . . .
> WINSTA.dll
>
> I installed all the WinXP pro updates from the MS site as
> soon as the upgrade was complete.
>
> Do I need to download a dll from Microsoft? Or Adobe? If
> so, how?
>
> Thanx
>
>



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