Winlogon.exe - Entry Point Not Found

[Madoublet98]

My other computer just locked up and now when i tried to reboot it, when it started to load windows i got this error message on a black screen:

Winlogon.exe - Entry Point Not Found
The Procedure entry point StrRetToBSTR could not be located in the dynamic link library SHLWAPI.dll.

I have no idea what this means, but when I click OK it just stays on the black screen and Windows wont load up.

Im running on Windows XP Home edition with an AMD Athlon processor i THINK. This is my sons computer not mine, but he was very tired and worried so i decided to post this for him.

What should I do?

 

[gpalmer711]

I suspect that this site should do the trick for you.

Greg Palmer
Free Software for Adminstrators

http://www.palmersoft.co.uk

 

[bcastner]

In the same general notion as Forum Member gpalmer711's advice above:


1. Boot to Recovery Console.

2 . type the following commands
cd system32 [enter]

ren winlogon.exe winlogon.old
ren msgina.dll msgina.old
ren shell32.dll shell32.old
ren shlwapi.dll shlwapi.old

cd.. [enter]
cd servicepackfiles\i386 [enter]
copy MSGINA.DLL c:\windows\system32
copy SHELL32.DLL c:\windows\system32
copy WINLOGON.EXE c:\windows\system32
copy shlwapi.dll c:\windows\system32

if the folder servicepackfiles\i386 is not there, expand from the cd as Greg's article above explains.