Need computer help: Userinit.exe unable to locate dll

Vanity | 8-29-2009 | Frantzie

[Frantzie]

Sorry to clog the board with a vanity but I have a problem. It is an extra older machine running Windows 2000 Professional. Our office had power problems and I did not have it on a power backup and it lost power.

[Frantzie]

I am able to start, login, connect to network but desk top does not come up. It seems like the HD and system are fine. Stuck with aqua screen and no desktop plus the error message

Userint.exe Uable to local DLL

MSVYKJ.DLL could not be found in specified path witha long c drive path.

I am not a tech. I tried to boot in safe mode but still no go. It is a P4 2.0 which is still okay but maybe I should junk it and make the drive and external and hopefully a new machine can access some of the files I may need.

I do have a Windows Pro 2000 diskette but i have to look to see if I have any ROMs. I know a tech but I am not crazy about dropping more than $100 to fix it. Thanks to all.

[rabscuttle385]

Did you try booting in safe mode?

[UB355]

Google your thread title, a number of items come up

[Frantzie]

I tried but it did not seem to help. This is about the level of my expertise. I can instalkl RAM and put an old drive in an external drive but I am pretty limited.

[Paladin2]

Try a bootable CD (e.g. Knoppix) with file/drive fixing software.

[Dallas59]

Don’t take it to Best Buy whatever you do.

[Dan(9698)]

I just searched my computer with Windows 2000.

It boots and runs fine.

It did not show that it has MSVYKJ.DLL anywhere.

[Renkluaf]

The userint.exe msg is frequently, though not always, the result of new apps installed over old ones without the old being properly deleted AS WELL AS FROM malware.

Running a machine as old as yours with very old and insecure software is dangerous.

Do yourself a big favor and save a lot of headaches, get a new box. They're dirt cheap right now!

[davisfh]

DLL means dynamic library link and, in your case, the DLL that goes with userinit.exe, links that executable file to its appropriate DLL file. I was unable to learn the name of that file (I also use Windows 200 Professional).

I looked this up for you. Try this website.

http://www.dll-files.com/

[berniebag]

Buy a MAC. All problems solved. Just wish all were that easy!!

[VRWC For Truth]

1. Insert the original Windows XP CD (Windows XP with a Service Pack is preferred, but not required) and reboot the computer. You may need to configure your computer to boot from the CD-ROM drive.
2. When the Windows XP Setup has started, press “R” to “repair the Windows XP installation using Recovery Console”.
3. Select the Windows installation to repair (generally this is C:\Windows) by typing its number and then pressing ENTER.
4. Type the Administrator password and press ENTER.
5. Type the following commands:

D: [ENTER]
CD I386 [ENTER]
EXPAND USERINIT.EX_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 [ENTER]

NOTE: If your CD-ROM drive has a different letter assigned to it, enter “X:” instead, where X is the appropriate drive letter.

After entering “EXPAND USERINIT.EX_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32” you should see the text “1 file(s) copied”, in which case all went well.

Note that there is a space between EX_ and C:

Remove the Windows XP CD, type “EXIT” and press ENTER to restart your computer. You should now be able to log on as normally.

[DuncanWaring]

Except it’s a Windows 2000 machine, not an XP machine.

[gitmo]

LOL! Yeah, that’s why Apple doesn’t have any repair shops.

[Kolb]

Try this: when you get to an empty desktop background press control-alt and delete keys at the same time. This should bring up task manager. Click on the file menu (top bar) in task manager, select new task (run), enter "explorer.exe" without the quotes and hit return. This might bring up your desktop- if so you have a workaround.

Sounds like your PC may have experienced some file corruption as a result of the power outage. Might need to have a tech look at the computer, it will not improve on its own.

[ThreePuttinDude]

Another question, I've been trying to upload pictures to FaceBook, and have
been locked up due to ActiveX not compatible with something. It freezes up the
operation, and an end task window opens. I'm not sure what to do. I have pictures on FaceBook
but cant upload now...?? I didn't change anything or download any application.

Help

[TomGuy]

That DLL doesn't show up in google search.

You might try this recommendation from ComputerHope.com: Missing Microsoft Windows .dll files:

Windows XP and Windows 2000 users

Use the Windows XP SFC command to have windows scan and repair files; to run this command, follow the below steps. Additional information about the SFC command can be found on our SFC command page.

1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Type "sfc /scannow" and press enter.

Once the above steps have been completed, Windows will verify that all protected windows files are intact.

[Maelstorm]

“Most computer and IT professionals are far left wingnuts, and are afraid of God-fearing Americans.”

That has not been my experience outside of the government space. There are a lot of Conservatives in the IT professional world especially among those who are highly analytic. I’d wager the company I work for has a majority of conservatives. Every project I’ve worked on has been almost exclusively conservative or conservative leaning. I was surprised after working in the government space where I did feel somewhat outnumbered but even then I wasn’t alone.

A lot of young IT professionals are apolitical. They are more interested in spending their money, many have very big salaries in comparison to their peers. The problem with being apolitical is that it almost always favors Democrats because people who are apolitical tend to parrot the Media.

[wally_bert]

I have that same problem in IE. However, it runs with no problems in Firefox.

[wally_bert]

I love my Knoppix. What kind of fixing software can you recommend while running Knoppix? I don’t fool with Linux anywhere near like I used to.