Upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro Hangs

[Papa]

I just attempted to upgrade my grandson's Dell Inspiron 8200 from XP Home to
XP Pro. At the 13 minutes remaining point, the following error appeared:

"UNREGMP2.exe - Entry point not found

The procedure entry point GETIUMS could not be located in the dynamic link
library MSDART.DLL"

What is the problem? Thanks.

 

[Papa]

I just attempted to upgrade my grandson's Dell Inspiron 8200 from XP Home to
XP Pro. At the 13 minutes remaining point, the following error appeared:

"UNREGMP2.exe - Entry point not found

The procedure entry point GETIUMS could not be located in the dynamic link
library MSDART.DLL"

What is the problem? Thanks.

Well, I tried CTRL-ALT-DEL to get out of the hang-up, but that didn't work.
So I just turned the computer off by holding down the power switch for a few
seconds. Then I rebooted and the XP setup program resumed at about the 35
minutes remaining mark. It appeared to get through the rest of the
installation OK, but at the very end a screen page of text appeared about
something that went wrong. However it disappeared from the screen too fast
to read. So I rebooted and just as the boot was about to complete, I got the
following error message:

"Windows Product Activation - A problem is preventing Windows from
accurately checking the license for this computer. Error code: oX80004005".
Then the only thing possible to do was to log off.

Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Boot to safe mode by hitting F8 at the startup right after the POST. Logon
as administrator.

Start/run regsvr32 regwizc.dll
Then start/run regsvr32 licdll.dll

If this doesn't help try these steps:

Start the computer in Safe mode by hitting F8 at bootup. Start/run regedit.
Delete the following keys:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Providers
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Providers

Exit the registry editor, restart normally.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Papa]

Hi Rick:

As always, you came through with some great ideas. Thanks again.

Papa

 

[Papa]

Hello again:

Rick, I decided to do a clean install (remove the existing partition, create
a new partition, format as NTFS, and then install XP Pro).

The reason is because I purchased this machine used, as a gift for my
grandson. I felt that the previous owner may have garbled something in the
OS. So I decided to go with a clean slate.

After doing this, the XP Pro system runs perfectly. No glitches at all.

Regards,

Papa

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Ok, thanks for the feedback. Personally, I always create a clean install
when trasferring ownership of a machine.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone