Re: Failed XP Home repair

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For this issue:
UNREGMP2.EXE
> > "**GetIUMS
> > could not be located in the DLL msdart.dll

During the erro hit shift and F10
Type in taskmgr and hit enter.
Find unregmp2.exe under processes and terminate it.
Close task manager
Type exit and press enter.


For your registry issue(may be redundant since you are in the middle of a
repair) try KB article 307545.

So what's a
> > tech to do when you are 20 miles from the shop and no internet connection?
> > Hit the power and pack it to the shop was my guess. WRONG!!! Now after
> > getting it back to the shop I now longer have the option the repair the
> > installation from anywhere except the command prompt which is totally
> > worthless.

Wow, you blow up a customers machine due to the fact you were not prepared
and did not have the knowledge to repair the computer. If I were your boss
(at whatever computer shop you speak off) I would most like be considering
terminating your employment as YOU are a risk to customer satisfaction not to
mention there personal data and hardware.
Perhaps take the "Windows XP Tour" to learn more about it.

Theres my rant.

Thank you

"Harry Ohrn" wrote:

> No answer to your current problem but in the future make a full system
> backup before you start working on a client's system. BTW taking a laptop on
> a house call is also a prudent idea.
>
> --
>
> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>
>
> "technojoe" <technojoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:C33E5D4A-8031-4C45-936A-187FF378DE76@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Well microsoft does it again!! After spendig 2 hours cleaning up spyware,
> > adware and viruses I needed to do a repair on a XP Home computer that was
> > completley updated from Microfts Update Website. This is where it begins.
> > All was going fine until a message popped up saying UNREGMP2.EXE
> > "**GetIUMS
> > could not be located in the DLL msdart.dll**". I clicked the OK button
> > multiple times but the error wouldn't go away. I did notice the splash
> > screens telling me how lucky I was to own XP were still changing in the
> > back
> > ground. I waited it out for over and hour and noticed the splash screens
> > had
> > started over from the begining. At this point I clicked the OK button on
> > the
> > UNREGMP2.EXE 10-15 more times and it still wouldn't go away. So what's a
> > tech to do when you are 20 miles from the shop and no internet connection?
> > Hit the power and pack it to the shop was my guess. WRONG!!! Now after
> > getting it back to the shop I now longer have the option the repair the
> > installation from anywhere except the command prompt which is totally
> > worthless.
> >
> > I now know it failed becaues the media player was upgraded to V.10.
> > Thanks
> > Microsoft for wasting anothe day of my life.
> >
> > In short, now what the hell do I do to repair this installation or is it
> > even possible?
> >
> > It isn't like this is the first time I have done a XP repair. I have 12
> > years experience in the computer field, mostly fixing sh*tty microsoft
> > half
> > baked software.
>
>
>
.



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