The last windows up date really screwed up my comp

[Dasplatman]

Hello folks... I have an HP come running windows xp media centre, in the
last security update for it, something happened after the update that screwed
up my comp. I get the following same 3 error messages:

RTHDCPL.EXE - ENTRY POINT NOT FOUND
The procedure entry pointOpenVxHandle could not be located in the dyanmic
link library KERNEL32.DLL.

ALCWAZRD.EXE - ENTRY POINT NOT FOUND
The procedure entry pointOpenVxHandle could not be located in the dyanmic
link library KERNEL32.DLL.

ALCMTR.EXE - ENTRY POINT NOT FOUND
The procedure entry pointOpenVxHandle could not be located in the dyanmic
link library KERNEL32.DLL.

I can also not use windows update as it say's :
Files required to use Windows Update are no longer installed on your computer.

then it tries to get me to let it install the files necessary to use windows
update or to install them myself, but of course it always fails to install...
and gives me the error # 0x8024D007 .

when I go to my device manager I get this error message:

mmc.exe - unable to locate component
This application has failed to start because DUSER.dll was not found.
Re-installing the application may fix this problem.

I also can not get into add/remove programs....when I click on it nothing
happens and it will not open at all...

so I am kind of wondering where I go from here... I tried to go back to a
restore date to an earlier point... but it didnt help at all...if any of you
folks have any ideas.. I am all for it.. so please pass them on...all help is
appreciated! Kev

 

[John]

I am having problem with Err code 126. It says that it has a failure to load
WXFW.dll. Are there any free downloads to help me reinstall? I just moved
and I don't know where my MS cd's are to reinstall.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

I know of no free source for original media for Windows.
You can get a replacement disk from MS for about 10 bucks.
REPLACEMENT MS CDs - 800-360-7561
If preinstalled, you would have to go the maker of the system for
replacement disks.
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[neil]

Can you run system restore.?
Neil

 

[Dasplatman]

Thanks for the suggestions.... Would you mind if I ask you to explain a
little more as to how and what steps I need to take to do this? I would like
to give it a shot...and I appreciate your help...and patiecnce

 

[Dasplatman]

Hello Neil....Yes I did try to restore my system to an earlier date... btu
unfortunatalt that didnt help any...I still see the same eroor messages
coming up.... I also tried to re-install the drivers that HP recommened and
that didnt help either....but I appreciate the suggestion and am still
looking for any ideas that the folks here may have...so please keep them
coming...

 

[Dasplatman]

Thanks to everyone for their help or their suggestions. It seems that this is
all related to the sp3 update...I have to go thru 2 levels of microsoft techs
to help remove the sp3 update and then re-install it, as it some how got
fuddled on some registry entries among other things... but they had to do
the sp3 update for me to get it working correctly with the previous errors
gone...so seems all is well now... but yeah this one I think was a little
more screwy because of the sp3 update not totally installing correctly...
thanks for all your help and suggestions everyone