Bluescreen On Boot

[TamedTech]

Hello Chaps,

I've got a system here running XP which is blue screening on boot with the following error message:

STOP: c0000007b {Bad Image}
The application or DLL \??\c:\windows\syetem32\lpk.dll is not a valid windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette.

I've tried all the usual F8 boot options for safe mode and last known working configuration and those kind of things but keep running into the same error. I've also tried the revovery console and run chkdsk /r to try and fix any buglets on the drive but again, still the same error on boot.

Is this a hardware issue? or just somthing corrupt on the OS?

Thanks for any info you can offer chaps,

Rob

 

[bracadar]

Here is some info on lpk.dll:

http://www.file.net/process/lpk.dll.html

 

[TamedTech]

Thanks for the information mate.

What would you suggest my best plan of action is? as I'm unable to boot the system into windows and run any virus or malware scans, can I just delete the DLL from the recovery console? is that likely to cause me any problems?

Thanks again,

Rob

 

[bracadar]

The easiest way is install your hard drive as a slave on another pc. Disable system restore, boot into safe mode and do a full scan. Hopefully this will repair or remove the problem.