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"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
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> [X-post to WinXP General]
>
> Is the machine fully patched at Windows Update?
>
> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
> Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these
> applications running in the background when you installed WinXP SP3?
>
> Please post the complete (verbatim) error message.
>
> Do you use a "Registry cleaner"?
>
> Windows XP logon screen does not appear and the computer continuously
> restarts:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310396
>
> Restore the Windows XP Welcome Screen (Gina.dll)
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/fix_xp_logon.vbs
>
> Remove Ginamsi.DLL - Logon Screen (Line 59)
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
> Related, previous discussions:
> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...issing+%2B+mvp
>
> => WinXP-specific newsgroup:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsxp.general
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> WhidbeyTomas wrote:
>> I'm running XP Home with the latest upgrades (service pack 3). My
>> wife uses this computer, so there is no software changes except for
>> the automatic upgrades. On start-up, I get the microsoft logo on a
>> black background with a load bar (as usual) then it changes to the HP
>> logo as if loading the interface. After a few seconds, the fans slow
>> and everything seems to stop followed by a dialog box with the message
>> that the login interface failed to load because msgina.dll is corrupt
>> or missing.
>>
>> I tried the last known good configuration, that resulted in the same
>> dead end message.
>> I tried Safe mode, but that just gave me a black screen with "safe
>> mode" in all four corners (not sure what to do with that).
>>
>> I wonder if someone can suggest a way to load the dll when the system
>> won't load? I know that I can use my system restore disks, but that
>> will wipe my computer of many important files. I'd like to find a way
>> to recover those.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>