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wintrust.dll not a valid windows image

Discussion in 'Software' started by ganmar, Mar 10, 2013.

ganmar Private E-2

After being unable to install IE8 due to a corruption in the system, I formatted my C: partition with my legal XP Pro disc but when I tried to install XP Pro I get the message DLL C:\windows\system32\wintrust.dll is not a valid image. I have used this image a few times with no problems. Now I am unable to get into my desktop computer.:cry

ganmar, Mar 10, 2013

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Nick T MajorGeek

Hi ganmar, this may not seem too technical, but try cleaning your disk then try to install XP. I say this because I had almost the samething happen to me and all I did was clean the disk and it worked.

Nick T, Mar 10, 2013

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ganmar Private E-2

Tried cleaning my disk. Still getting same message

ganmar, Mar 12, 2013

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plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbyerrormessage/a/wintrust-dll-not-found-missing-error.htm
indicates wintrust.dll errors could indicate a registry problem, a virus or malware issue or even a hardware failure.
Since you are doing a clean install that rules out registry and malware and leaves either a hardware failure or a bad CD.

plodr, Mar 12, 2013

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ganmar Private E-2

Looks like a bad CD. Got another copy and it installed OK

ganmar, Mar 15, 2013

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