The logon user file msgina.dll file is missing. restore it.

[Guest]

During safe mode the system is saying:
“The logon user interface DLL msgina.dll file is missing. Restore itâ€

When I start the pc on repair mode RC using the cd xp, the system asks for
administrator password. I do not have an administrator password. I use my log
in name to do the administrative work and the system never asked for
administrator or administrative password when I installed XP

How do I find the administrative password?

Thank you

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

During safe mode the system is saying:
"The logon user interface DLL msgina.dll file is missing. Restore it"

When I start the pc on repair mode RC using the cd xp, the system asks for
administrator password. I do not have an administrator password. I use my
log
in name to do the administrative work and the system never asked for
administrator or administrative password when I installed XP

How do I find the administrative password?

Thank you

Just hit enter and it will continue

Bobby

 

[Guest]

Thank you. But when I hit enter the system goes to c:windows>. Then nothing
happen.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

That's what its supposed to do. At the C:\Windows> prompt, type in

CD SYSTEM32
COPY dllcache\MSGINA.DLL

Then reboot. If it says file not found, type

CD \WINDOWS
DIR MSGINA.DLL /S /A

Note the location of any copy/copies it finds, and the date on the file. Copy the newest one from its folder to the Windows\System32 folder using the COPY command.

 

[Guest]

For the copy command the system says that "file not found"
for dir command it says "wrong parameters"

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

For the copy command the system says that "file not found"
for dir command it says "wrong parameters"

Did you put in the spaces properly?

 

[Guest]

Yes I did. I checked again.

Did you put in the spaces properly?

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
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"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve
neither liberty or security"

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

What happens when you do the DIR command?

DIR MSGINA.DLL /S /A

Do this from the C:\Windows> prompt

 

[Guest]

for the dir command the error msg is "invalid parameters"

for the prompt the error msg is "invalid command"
Thank you

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Ok, DIR in Recovery Console may not support the /S or /A parameters.

At the C:\Windows> prompt type in CD System32\DLLCACHE Then do a DIR MSGINA.DLL Does the file exist? If so enter

COPY MSGINA.DLL C:\Windows\System32

 

[Guest]

The system says that "No files found with that name" for the DIR .

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Did your system come with XP Pre-installed? Or did you install it yourself and have the CD?

If it came preinstalled, there should be an I386 folder on the hard drive, in the root directory of the C: drive (usually). At the C:\Windows> prompt type CD \I386. Do a DIR command here for MSGINA.DL* You should find MSGINA.DL_

If so, (hope this works in Recovery Console) type EXPAND -R MSGINA.DL_ C:\Windows\System32\MSGINA.DLL

If you installed XP yourself, do the same, but use the CD drive as the reference.

At the C:\Windows> prompt type X: where X is the letter of your CD-ROM drive. Then CD \I386 and follow the rest from above.

 

[Guest]

The following are the error msg.

E: \I386> expand –r msgina.dl_ c:\windows\system32\msgina.dll
Expanding msgina.dl_ to msgina.dll
Can’t open output file: msgina.dll
Cannot expand a file onto itself: c: \windows\system32\msgina.dll

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Yet, when you do a DIR command in the Windows\System32 folder, the MSGINA.DLL file isn't there?

Is this from the I386 folder on your hard disk or the Windows XP CD?