STOP: c0000135 {Unable To Locate Component}
I've gotten as far as running 'batch spuninst.txt', but now when I go to
reboot in safemode I still get the blue screen of death with the error STOP:
c0000135 {Unable To Locate Component}
This application has failed to start because winsrv was not found.
Re-installing the application may fix this problem.
Any ideas on how to work around this using the command prompt? (Other than
reformatting.)
Any help would be appreciated.
RE: STOP: c0000135 {Unable To Locate Component}
I guess you've probably sorted this by now, but my wife had this problem today.
When I tried to boot in safe mode, I got the same error and when I tried to
go back to the last good configuration I got the same error.
This is how I fixed it (there are probably other ways)...
I booted the PC using a bootable XP CD which I made using BartPE
(http://www.nu2.nu/bootablecd/). There was actually a
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winsvr.dll on the 'faulty' PC, but I figured it could
have become corrupt. I then copied the file across from my notebook which I
knew was at a very similar level of Windows Updates and hence it was likely
that they had the same version of the file (in the event, they both had
5.1.2600.2751). To do this I used a USB memory stick.
I had another go at rebooting the PC and this time it booted OK. So far
there doesn't appear to be any other residual problems.
I don't know what caused it. My wife said that she'd been using the PC OK
and she just shut it down as normal. I did a full virus scan and it came up
clean. Oh, well...
Hope that might help somebody.
Re: STOP: c0000135 {Unable To Locate Component}
[COLOR="Blue"] STOP:
c0000135 {Unable To Locate Component}
This application has failed to start because winsrv was not found.
Re-installing the application may fix this problem.
Any ideas on how to work around this using the command prompt? (Other than
reformatting.)
Any help would be appreciated.[/QUOTE]