Fried NT workstation . . . . stupid question but . . . .

[Michael]

Boy.. I really miss the joys of working with Windows. Reminds me of one
job I had where their anti-virus program would decide Windows was a virus
(funny enough in itself) and frequently delete random dll's from the
machines. It wasn't uncommon to have to reinstall Windows on a dozen
machines in a day at that place.

Was extra funny since students and professors alike tended to save their
work on the hdd's of those lab computers so that when the machines were
reinstalled their work would be destroyed. The students at least I could
feel sorry for but the professors really shouldn't have been saving
important tests etc on there anyway. ;)

The girl who stoops to conquer usually wears a low-cut dress.

;):):-):):-):):-)8')
Michael McGlothlin <mogmios at mlug.missouri.edu>
http://mlug.missouri.edu/~mogmios/projects/

On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Brian Densmore wrote:

> Solution 1: install Linux over defunct NT.
>
> Solution 2: if a dual boot box:
>  a) boot Linux,
>  b) Install cabextract,
>  c) mount NT partition,
>  d) download NT files from (I will not utter that language here) site,
>  e) extract needed files with cabextract
>  f) shutdown and try out NT.
>
> Solution 3: if not a dual boot:
>
>  a) install Linux on a dual boot partition
>  b) see solution 2.
>
> Solution 4:
>
>  a) [optional] format HD
>  b) reinstall NT
>
> Brian
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bradley Miller [mailto:bradmiller at dslonramp.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 1:11 PM
> > To: kclug at kclug.org
> > Subject: Fried NT workstation . . . . stupid question but . . . .
> >
> >
> > I did the "bad thing" of putting in a service pack yesterday
> > - 6a on my NT 4.0
> > machine.   I then installed some software that was griping
> > that it needed
> > service pack 6.   The software sucked, so I uninstalled it.
> > Later I came back
> > and my PC was frozen.  I rebooted and started getting complaints about
> > MSVCRT.DLL file.  The Microsoft Knowledge base says I need
> > these files from
> > another Win NT workstation with Service Pack 6A and Internet
> > Explorer 5.5:
> >
> > msvcrt.dll
> > msvcirt.dll
> > msvcrt20.dll
> > msvcrt40.dll
> >
> > (Search knowledge base for "??_U at YAPAXI@Z" for how I found this out.)
> >
> >  Ugh.  Anyone that can help me?
> >
> > (Had to even use my Linux box just to get email!!)
> >
> >
> > majordomo at kclug.org
> >
>
>
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