System Crash!

I was trying to fix an OE problem (See Outlook Express - Blank Msgs thread)

I transferrd all my DBX files to CD Rom. I deleted the files in my folder and restarted the machine. I opened OE and received an email. I could not read it.

I proceeded to uninstall OE the message indicated it would restore an earlier version. I rebooted & opened OE - same problem.

Knowing that IE and OE are combined. I decided to uninstall IE and reinstall it after reboot.

BIG MISTAKE!

I cant reboot.

I get a winlogon.exe - Entry point not found error. "The procedure entry point AssocIsDangerous could not be located in the dynamic link library SHLWAPI.dll

After clocking ok I get a user interface failure message:
The logon User Interface DLL msgina.dll failed to load.

Contact your system administrator to replace or restore ( I AM the System Admin!)

It prompts me to Restart.

I try to go into safe mode (or use Last Known Good Config) by clicking F8 but I get a message that Windoes could not start because the following is missing or corrupt:
Windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe

And asks me to please re-install a copy of above file.

How do I do this?

HELP!

 

Windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe

from what i found that problem is usually asociated with the boot.ini settings not directing to the right partition. do you have your drive partitioned? possibly multiple operations systems?

if you still have the windows install disk, i would recommend putting that in on boot, and seeing if it will let you repair your installation

 

Downloading the reboot disks from MS

Unfortunately the system was factory installed and I don't have the install disks.
In the morning I plan to download the MS setup boot disks for XP pro

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q310994

I had installed the Service Pack SP1 before the crash. Will I need to set up the SP1 reboot disks instead of (or in addition to) the XP Professional reboot?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=83F53BE9-28FA-40E8-8EC2-631504EF5E26

 

what i think you are going to do is download a boot disk. now, the boot disk my work for you. but if it dosent, then you are going to need to get your hands on an install disk

 

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829786


Meow!

*Thud*

Use the XP Boot floppies to perform the procedure.


A repair would probably work, but it makes more sense to figure out how to fix the problem, instead of using a silver bullet.