Re: XP pro SP2 install problem

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From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (mrxp2004_at_nospamyahoo.com)
Date: 08/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 08:31:16 -0500

That error means the 'winsrv.dat' or 'winsrv.dll' file is missing or
corrupt in the Windows\System32 folder, or more likely that
the registry is corrupt.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens] 

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"Art" wrote:
| Installed sp2 last nite, rebooted as prompted and once xp 
| tried to load got a "can't find winsrv, possibly reloading 
| update will correct problem" or close to that error.
| Rebooting numerous times didn't help.
| Rebooting into safe mode didn't work either.  I just got 
| black screen filled with file names ending mostly 
| in .sys.  
| 
| How do I restore the setpoint I made before SP2 install?
| 
| Correct me if I'm wrong, but since my file system is NTFS 
| based and not FAT32, I could not have made a recovery disk 
| for XP.  Booting on my XP pro install disk and and going 
| to the recovery console only gets me to the C:\windows 
| directory.  How do I restore from there??
| I really don't want to reinstall XP SP1!!
|

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