installing SP2

[Pete]

After installing SP2 on the restart I recieve the
following message:
The application failed to start up because winsrv was not
found. The best solution to this problem is to reinstall
the application.

What is causing this problem and I do I fix it other than
reinstalling XP. Which I have done but everytime I try
to reinstall SP2 I get the same error. I need to install
SP2 so how do I work around this problem?

 

[Tyler]

I am having the exact same problem. All help is
appreciated.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

That error means the 'winsrv.dat' or 'winsrv.dll' file is missing or
corrupt in the Windows\System32 folder, or more likely that
the registry is corrupt.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| After installing SP2 on the restart I recieve the
| following message:
| The application failed to start up because winsrv was not
| found. The best solution to this problem is to reinstall
| the application.
|
| What is causing this problem and I do I fix it other than
| reinstalling XP. Which I have done but everytime I try
| to reinstall SP2 I get the same error. I need to install
| SP2 so how do I work around this problem?

 

[Guest]

I have been successful in recovering the system but any
futher attempts to install SP2 ar meet with the same
results. What can I do to get SP2 successfully installed
on this system? The only thing I have thought of so far
is to back up all working files, format, reload XP and
then directly load SP2 but I don't want to go through all
of that if I don't have to or if it woun't work.

-----Original Message-----
That error means the 'winsrv.dat' or 'winsrv.dll' file is missing or
corrupt in the Windows\System32 folder, or more likely that
the registry is corrupt.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default. aspx

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:

| After installing SP2 on the restart I recieve the
| following message:
| The application failed to start up because winsrv was not
| found. The best solution to this problem is to reinstall
| the application.
|
| What is causing this problem and I do I fix it other than
| reinstalling XP. Which I have done but everytime I try
| to reinstall SP2 I get the same error. I need to install
| SP2 so how do I work around this problem?
.

 

[Rick Armstrong]

What about the System File Checker (sfc.exe)?


Rick

 

[D.Currie]

I have been successful in recovering the system but any
futher attempts to install SP2 ar meet with the same
results. What can I do to get SP2 successfully installed
on this system? The only thing I have thought of so far
is to back up all working files, format, reload XP and
then directly load SP2 but I don't want to go through all
of that if I don't have to or if it woun't work.

-----Original Message-----
That error means the 'winsrv.dat' or 'winsrv.dll' file is missing or
corrupt in the Windows\System32 folder, or more likely that
the registry is corrupt.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default. aspx

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:

| After installing SP2 on the restart I recieve the
| following message:
| The application failed to start up because winsrv was not
| found. The best solution to this problem is to reinstall
| the application.
|
| What is causing this problem and I do I fix it other than
| reinstalling XP. Which I have done but everytime I try
| to reinstall SP2 I get the same error. I need to install
| SP2 so how do I work around this problem?
.

I ran into the same problem on one computer, and just gave up on the idea
for now. It was on a laptop with a non-working CDdrive, so the repair
installs weren't pleasant. The problem is allegedly a corrupted registry
hive, but a repair install back to SP1 works just fine and repeated installs
of SP2 fail with the same message.

I'm hoping that an answer other than a clean install will appear. It seems
to be a pretty specific message, so maybe it can be traced to a specific
key. That would be nice.

 

[Gene K]

What about the System File Checker (sfc.exe)?


Rick

That error means the 'winsrv.dat' or 'winsrv.dll' file is missing or
corrupt in the Windows\System32 folder, or more likely that
the registry is corrupt.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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After installing SP2 on the restart I recieve the
following message:
The application failed to start up because winsrv was not
found. The best solution to this problem is to reinstall
the application.

What is causing this problem and I do I fix it other than
reinstalling XP. Which I have done but everytime I try
to reinstall SP2 I get the same error. I need to install
SP2 so how do I work around this problem?

You read my mind. Get out your XP CD and keep it handy. Start/Run/ type "sfc
/scannow" (less quotes), and click "OK". This will execute (run) the System
File Check Tool with the object of restoring/repairing necessary OS files
utilizing the CD. This should fix any file problem. A corrupted Registry
problem?

 

[Guest]

See Microsoft KB885523