SFC & .dll Cache

[Guest]

I recently had a problem. I could not start Windows. I got an Error Message:
"Services.exe Application Error. The application failed to initialize
(0xc0000005)." I couldn't start in Safe Mode either. I did a repair
reinstall using my Dell Restore Disk. I then reran my SP2 disk. And I went to
Microsoft Update and reinstalled all current updates. I also had to reinstall
a few .dll's from a Dell resource disk. I didn't loose any data but had to
reset a few customized settings. Everything now works properly.

1) I haven't made a "slipstreamed" disk. Would there have been any important
reason, other than a faster installation, in using one?

2) I would like to purge and rebuild my .dll cache, but if I do, Windows
will want
the WinXP CD to rebuild the cache. ( I'd like to run SFC.) And I believe
that my
cache now has newer files from SP2, so I could wind up with older .dll's
in
some cases. Is that correct?

Sorry for long question.
Thanks,
Milt

 

[Rich Barry]

Milt, you need a WinXP CD to create a slipstreamed CD. All it is
basically is WinXP with SP2 merged and sometimes needed Drivers such as
Raid, etc. A Dell Restore disk will not work. That's my understanding,
anyway.
If you do a SFC now it will see that SP2 is installed and will not copy
over the older dll's and pre-sp2 files.

 

[Guest]

Rich,

Thanks for the reply. I believe that the Dell Restore Disk may well work. It
appears to be an image of a WinXP disk. I can boot from it, access Emergency
Console and add MS programs and plug in's from it. I would like to hear from
someone who's tried it though. I'd also like to know if there's any important
reason to try it, rather than first running the Dell WinXP Restore Disk and
then the SP2 disk, as I did.

Also, when I tried running SFC, it asked for the WinXP Restore Disk. That's
why I'm concerned about what file versions I would wind up with if I had
continued.

Mitl

 

[Guest]

Youre restore disk should be left "as is" Its not the same as microsofts
retail
copy of xp (set up as).....

 

[Rich Barry]

Dell may have given you a OEM WinXP CD which is tied to your specific
computer. That's fine. Slipstreaming is much easier today. You could use
XPCreate or Flexbeta SlipstreamerXP. From experience after installing SP2
way back when,
anytime I tried to do a Repair Install or SFC and used my original WinXP
CD I got a error message saying the Version of
WinXP installed was newer than the version I had on the XP CD. So hence, I
decided to slipstream and had no problems after that.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Rich.

Milt

Dell may have given you a OEM WinXP CD which is tied to your specific
computer. That's fine. Slipstreaming is much easier today. You could use
XPCreate or Flexbeta SlipstreamerXP. From experience after installing SP2
way back when,
anytime I tried to do a Repair Install or SFC and used my original WinXP
CD I got a error message saying the Version of
WinXP installed was newer than the version I had on the XP CD. So hence, I
decided to slipstream and had no problems after that.

 

[Gene K]

I am not familiar at all with Dells' recovery partitions/disk but I am
very familiar with both Sony & HP recovery partitions. Both of them restore
your Computer to a "like new" state insofar as software and settings are
concerned. Neither provides a CD; however, both advise you to create CD/DVD
disks containing that recovery partition ASAP in case you cannot succeed in
booting far enough to locate and activate that partition. I have viewed
other Newsgroup postings which stated that Dell did provide an OEM copy of
the original XP disk. If so, merge [slipstream] it with SP2 as others have
recommended.