STOP: c0000135 {Unable To Locate Component}

I tried to go back on my configuration on my Compaq 2100; the result on
restarting was the Blue Screen of Death with the error message flashing
across before the laptop switched off and restatrted itself only to keep on
doing the same thing.
It wont even staert in safe mode, or 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.
I cant reinstall because it won'y stay on long enough for Re-installing to
occue!!!


Need help

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.

Gary

"Phantomscribbler" wrote:

> I tried to go back on my configuration on my Compaq 2100; the result on
> restarting was the Blue Screen of Death with the error message flashing
> across before the laptop switched off and restatrted itself only to keep on
> doing the same thing.
> It wont even staert in safe mode, or 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.
> I cant reinstall because it won'y stay on long enough for Re-installing to
> occue!!!
>
>
> Need help