Guest delwad Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 I'm running SP2 on a Intel Core2Duo machine and am pretty comfortable around computer (having built my own in the recent past). I've been having problems with IE 7.0.5. Can't read or open PDF files (although I have Acrobat 8.0 installed), can't view page source, etc. I get this message. "Windows cannot access the specific device, path or file. You may not have permission to access the item." So yesterday, I ran the IE "diagnose connections problem" tool and low & behold, it fixed the problem. This morning I boot my machine and as it gets past post and starts to load Windows, I get this message..."Procedure entry point_resetstkflw could not be located in dynamic link library msvcrt.dll" Top of message was labeled lsass.exe. Then machine froze. I tried to boot to safe mode same thing. Luckly, I was able to Restore my machine to yesterday morning (Norton GoBack). I now see that the original problem with IE is back. (minor issue compared to Windows not loading). So, can anyone shed some light on the msvcrt.dll problem? Or a solution? Or should I just be glad I got back to my Restore point and keep on truckin'... Thanks, John
Guest nass Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 RE: msvcrt.dll error "delwad" wrote: > I'm running SP2 on a Intel Core2Duo machine and am pretty comfortable around > computer (having built my own in the recent past). > > I've been having problems with IE 7.0.5. Can't read or open PDF files > (although I have Acrobat 8.0 installed), can't view page source, etc. I get > this message. > > "Windows cannot access the specific device, path or file. You may not have > permission to access the item." > > So yesterday, I ran the IE "diagnose connections problem" tool and low & > behold, it fixed the problem. > > This morning I boot my machine and as it gets past post and starts to load > Windows, I get this message..."Procedure entry point_resetstkflw could not be > located in dynamic link library msvcrt.dll" Top of message was labeled > lsass.exe. > > Then machine froze. I tried to boot to safe mode same thing. > > Luckly, I was able to Restore my machine to yesterday morning (Norton GoBack). > > I now see that the original problem with IE is back. (minor issue compared > to Windows not loading). > > So, can anyone shed some light on the msvcrt.dll problem? Or a solution? Or > should I just be glad I got back to my Restore point and keep on truckin'... > > Thanks, > > John Hi John, Does this happened after running the Norton WinWork?. Before reading the info in the link below make sure you run a through scan for malware and viruses on your system, with scanner online from another vendor than the protection software you are using now. http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support&tid=cad4d593-855f-4914-a831-e9728ec1fc1c&cat=en_US_4fae9fed-da91-4a2a-9d2b-5dc71973d43c&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1 HTH. nass
Guest delwad Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 RE: msvcrt.dll error hi nass, Thanks for the quick reply. It happens right after post, while windows is starting up. I get the windows splash screen, then the screen goes black and I see the message window pop up with the message about msvcrt.dll in it. Then windows freezes. I can't get into windows or norton. (I was able to to get to Norton GoBack, since it has a recovery screen just after post, but prior to wondows loading) I'll follow the links you provided to see where they lead. thx John "nass" wrote: > > > "delwad" wrote: > > > I'm running SP2 on a Intel Core2Duo machine and am pretty comfortable around > > computer (having built my own in the recent past). > > > > I've been having problems with IE 7.0.5. Can't read or open PDF files > > (although I have Acrobat 8.0 installed), can't view page source, etc. I get > > this message. > > > > "Windows cannot access the specific device, path or file. You may not have > > permission to access the item." > > > > So yesterday, I ran the IE "diagnose connections problem" tool and low & > > behold, it fixed the problem. > > > > This morning I boot my machine and as it gets past post and starts to load > > Windows, I get this message..."Procedure entry point_resetstkflw could not be > > located in dynamic link library msvcrt.dll" Top of message was labeled > > lsass.exe. > > > > Then machine froze. I tried to boot to safe mode same thing. > > > > Luckly, I was able to Restore my machine to yesterday morning (Norton GoBack). > > > > I now see that the original problem with IE is back. (minor issue compared > > to Windows not loading). > > > > So, can anyone shed some light on the msvcrt.dll problem? Or a solution? Or > > should I just be glad I got back to my Restore point and keep on truckin'... > > > > Thanks, > > > > John > > Hi John, > Does this happened after running the Norton WinWork?. > Before reading the info in the link below make sure you run a through scan > for malware and viruses on your system, with scanner online from another > vendor than the protection software you are using now. > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support&tid=cad4d593-855f-4914-a831-e9728ec1fc1c&cat=en_US_4fae9fed-da91-4a2a-9d2b-5dc71973d43c&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1 > HTH. > nass
Guest RalfG Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: msvcrt.dll error Msvcrt.dll is a display related file that could be placed on your computer multiple times by different software. For example thee are 17 instances of this file on my computer, in 10 different versions. The version installed by Microsoft in the system32 folder is the right one and SFP should protect it from being changed. Problems happen when some software or other invokes an obsolete version of the file (usually from within program or game folders) instead of the current version. One of your start-up apps maybe? If that situation comes up I usually change the file extension of the version in the program folder to disable it and sometimes put a copy of the current version in its place. Msvcrt.dll also works in conjunction with the same version number of Msvcirt.dll and a mismatch between versions of those two files can also cause errors. "delwad" <delwad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7178EEE9-8B88-4B21-9888-94CAA404A28B@microsoft.com... > I'm running SP2 on a Intel Core2Duo machine and am pretty comfortable > around > computer (having built my own in the recent past). > > I've been having problems with IE 7.0.5. Can't read or open PDF files > (although I have Acrobat 8.0 installed), can't view page source, etc. I > get > this message. > > "Windows cannot access the specific device, path or file. You may not have > permission to access the item." > > So yesterday, I ran the IE "diagnose connections problem" tool and low & > behold, it fixed the problem. > > This morning I boot my machine and as it gets past post and starts to load > Windows, I get this message..."Procedure entry point_resetstkflw could not > be > located in dynamic link library msvcrt.dll" Top of message was labeled > lsass.exe. > > Then machine froze. I tried to boot to safe mode same thing. > > Luckly, I was able to Restore my machine to yesterday morning (Norton > GoBack). > > I now see that the original problem with IE is back. (minor issue compared > to Windows not loading). > > So, can anyone shed some light on the msvcrt.dll problem? Or a solution? > Or > should I just be glad I got back to my Restore point and keep on > truckin'... > > Thanks, > > John >
Guest delwad Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: msvcrt.dll error Interesting... So what probably happened was when I installed the IE repair, it wrote-over the system version of wcvcrt.dll and when I rebooted Windows was not happy, so it refused to load. Thanks john "RalfG" wrote: > Msvcrt.dll is a display related file that could be placed on your computer > multiple times by different software. For example thee are 17 instances of > this file on my computer, in 10 different versions. > The version installed by Microsoft in the system32 folder is the right one > and SFP should protect it from being changed. Problems happen when some > software or other invokes an obsolete version of the file (usually from > within program or game folders) instead of the current version. One of your > start-up apps maybe? If that situation comes up I usually change the file > extension of the version in the program folder to disable it and sometimes > put a copy of the current version in its place. > > Msvcrt.dll also works in conjunction with the same version number of > Msvcirt.dll and a mismatch between versions of those two files can also > cause errors. > > > > "delwad" <delwad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:7178EEE9-8B88-4B21-9888-94CAA404A28B@microsoft.com... > > I'm running SP2 on a Intel Core2Duo machine and am pretty comfortable > > around > > computer (having built my own in the recent past). > > > > I've been having problems with IE 7.0.5. Can't read or open PDF files > > (although I have Acrobat 8.0 installed), can't view page source, etc. I > > get > > this message. > > > > "Windows cannot access the specific device, path or file. You may not have > > permission to access the item." > > > > So yesterday, I ran the IE "diagnose connections problem" tool and low & > > behold, it fixed the problem. > > > > This morning I boot my machine and as it gets past post and starts to load > > Windows, I get this message..."Procedure entry point_resetstkflw could not > > be > > located in dynamic link library msvcrt.dll" Top of message was labeled > > lsass.exe. > > > > Then machine froze. I tried to boot to safe mode same thing. > > > > Luckly, I was able to Restore my machine to yesterday morning (Norton > > GoBack). > > > > I now see that the original problem with IE is back. (minor issue compared > > to Windows not loading). > > > > So, can anyone shed some light on the msvcrt.dll problem? Or a solution? > > Or > > should I just be glad I got back to my Restore point and keep on > > truckin'... > > > > Thanks, > > > > John > > > > >
Guest RalfG Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Re: msvcrt.dll error I suppose it isn't impossible but you wouldn't expect an IE repair, or an MS update to install an obsolete version of an MS file. A lot more people than yourself would have experienced similar problems if that were the case. More usually something else will have called up an older version of the file and it was still in memory when Windows or another program needed to do something that the old file couldn't cope with. The newer file versions should be backwards compatible. "delwad" <delwad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C690917B-767F-4A75-BBA7-ECFDD2D52552@microsoft.com... > Interesting... > > So what probably happened was when I installed the IE repair, it > wrote-over > the system version of wcvcrt.dll and when I rebooted Windows was not > happy, > so it refused to load. > > Thanks > > john > > > > "RalfG" wrote: > >> Msvcrt.dll is a display related file that could be placed on your >> computer >> multiple times by different software. For example thee are 17 instances >> of >> this file on my computer, in 10 different versions. >> The version installed by Microsoft in the system32 folder is the right >> one >> and SFP should protect it from being changed. Problems happen when some >> software or other invokes an obsolete version of the file (usually from >> within program or game folders) instead of the current version. One of >> your >> start-up apps maybe? If that situation comes up I usually change the file >> extension of the version in the program folder to disable it and >> sometimes >> put a copy of the current version in its place. >> >> Msvcrt.dll also works in conjunction with the same version number of >> Msvcirt.dll and a mismatch between versions of those two files can also >> cause errors. >> >> >> >> "delwad" <delwad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:7178EEE9-8B88-4B21-9888-94CAA404A28B@microsoft.com... >> > I'm running SP2 on a Intel Core2Duo machine and am pretty comfortable >> > around >> > computer (having built my own in the recent past). >> > >> > I've been having problems with IE 7.0.5. Can't read or open PDF files >> > (although I have Acrobat 8.0 installed), can't view page source, etc. I >> > get >> > this message. >> > >> > "Windows cannot access the specific device, path or file. You may not >> > have >> > permission to access the item." >> > >> > So yesterday, I ran the IE "diagnose connections problem" tool and low >> > & >> > behold, it fixed the problem. >> > >> > This morning I boot my machine and as it gets past post and starts to >> > load >> > Windows, I get this message..."Procedure entry point_resetstkflw could >> > not >> > be >> > located in dynamic link library msvcrt.dll" Top of message was labeled >> > lsass.exe. >> > >> > Then machine froze. I tried to boot to safe mode same thing. >> > >> > Luckly, I was able to Restore my machine to yesterday morning (Norton >> > GoBack). >> > >> > I now see that the original problem with IE is back. (minor issue >> > compared >> > to Windows not loading). >> > >> > So, can anyone shed some light on the msvcrt.dll problem? Or a >> > solution? >> > Or >> > should I just be glad I got back to my Restore point and keep on >> > truckin'... >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > John >> > >> >> >>
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