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"cannot load winint.exe"
I think thins file may have been damaged by a Virus. I
have tried to reinstall, but this computer is a preload with the original files on the same partition. What else can I do? |
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"cannot load winint.exe"
What exact error message are you seeing and when? BTW the file is
wininit.exe. You say you have tried to reinstall, so I have to ask reinstall what? wininit.exe or the operating system? -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP nuthin wrote: I think thins file may have been damaged by a Virus. I have tried to reinstall, but this computer is a preload with the original files on the same partition. What else can I do? |
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"cannot load winint.exe"
At startup before the win me splash screen it says "unable
to load wininit.exe" I re installed the os. -----Original Message----- What exact error message are you seeing and when? BTW the file is wininit.exe. You say you have tried to reinstall, so I have to ask reinstall what? wininit.exe or the operating system? -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP nuthin wrote: I think thins file may have been damaged by a Virus. I have tried to reinstall, but this computer is a preload with the original files on the same partition. What else can I do? . |
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"cannot load winint.exe"
This I don't understand since reinstalling Win Me will, or rather should, have
reinstalled wininit.exe which does prompt me to ask how you reinstalled the operating system. Can you actually get Win Me to boot? If so you can then replace the file wininit.exe by extracting a new copy from the Win Me cab set. Wininit.exe is contained in WIN_17.CAB of the Win Me cab set and can be replaced using MSConfig | General | Extract File ... and following the prompts. The "cab" files are in the Win9x folder on the Win Me CD and/or in a sub-folder of Windows\Options. See MS KB129605 - "HOW TO: Extract Original Compressed Windows Files" (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=129605) for details of how to extract files from the cab set. Wininit.exe belongs in your windows folder. If however Win Me won't boot then post back and I'll explain how to extract a copy of wininit.exe from the cab files after booting to a DOS prompt using a floppy. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP wrote: At startup before the win me splash screen it says "unable to load wininit.exe" I re installed the os. |
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"cannot load winint.exe"
I agree, it should have reinstalled the file itself. I
replaced the file manually but still get the same message. yes win does boot, with some difficulty, and many error messages. I reinstalled the os by booting from a floppy then runnig c:\windows\options\setup but, obviously, didn't wipe the drive prior, as the cabs start at 10 so was afraid all the install data would not be there. Do you think I could make an image of that dir, wipe the drive and install from the cd? -----Original Message----- This I don't understand since reinstalling Win Me will, or rather should, have reinstalled wininit.exe which does prompt me to ask how you reinstalled the operating system. Can you actually get Win Me to boot? If so you can then replace the file wininit.exe by extracting a new copy from the Win Me cab set. Wininit.exe is contained in WIN_17.CAB of the Win Me cab set and can be replaced using MSConfig | General | Extract File ... and following the prompts. The "cab" files are in the Win9x folder on the Win Me CD and/or in a sub-folder of Windows\Options. See MS KB129605 - "HOW TO: Extract Original Compressed Windows Files" (http://support.microsoft.com? kbid=129605) for details of how to extract files from the cab set. Wininit.exe belongs in your windows folder. If however Win Me won't boot then post back and I'll explain how to extract a copy of wininit.exe from the cab files after booting to a DOS prompt using a floppy. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP wrote: At startup before the win me splash screen it says "unable to load wininit.exe" I re installed the os. . |
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"cannot load winint.exe"
Did you put wininit.exe in the correct location? It needs to be in the
Windows folder. If so I do not understand why you are seeing this error message. Agh, I think know what the problem is!. You mentioned a virus. I think that what has happened is that the virus placed and entry to launch the infected wininit.exe to the startup axis. Use MSConfig, (Start, Run enter MSConfig in the box and click OK), open the Startup tab and look for and uncheck any entry that in the right hand column refers to wininit.exe since this would have been placed there by the virus. As for having reinstalled using setup.exe in c:\windows\options\cabs, that is the best way to reinstall Win Me and yes, the contents of that folder should be all you need to get going. It should include CATALOG.CAB, PRECOPY1.CAB, BASE2.CAB, 2 NET cabs, 3 DRIVER cabs and 16 WIN cabs including WIN_OL.CAB. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP nuthin wrote: I agree, it should have reinstalled the file itself. I replaced the file manually but still get the same message. yes win does boot, with some difficulty, and many error messages. I reinstalled the os by booting from a floppy then runnig c:\windows\options\setup but, obviously, didn't wipe the drive prior, as the cabs start at 10 so was afraid all the install data would not be there. Do you think I could make an image of that dir, wipe the drive and install from the cd? |
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"cannot load winint.exe"
Well its working now! Finally. It turns out that was true
about the infected version, so I ended up using "pest patrol" to remove all the crap in the system. I'm not even sure how many things were infecting this poor comp! Then reinstalled wininit as per your instructions, and it works like a charm now. Now its time to do all of the updates Thanks for all your help. I probably wouldn't have figured that one out for a while. -----Original Message----- Did you put wininit.exe in the correct location? It needs to be in the Windows folder. If so I do not understand why you are seeing this error message. Agh, I think know what the problem is!. You mentioned a virus. I think that what has happened is that the virus placed and entry to launch the infected wininit.exe to the startup axis. Use MSConfig, (Start, Run enter MSConfig in the box and click OK), open the Startup tab and look for and uncheck any entry that in the right hand column refers to wininit.exe since this would have been placed there by the virus. As for having reinstalled using setup.exe in c:\windows\options\cabs, that is the best way to reinstall Win Me and yes, the contents of that folder should be all you need to get going. It should include CATALOG.CAB, PRECOPY1.CAB, BASE2.CAB, 2 NET cabs, 3 DRIVER cabs and 16 WIN cabs including WIN_OL.CAB. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP nuthin wrote: I agree, it should have reinstalled the file itself. I replaced the file manually but still get the same message. yes win does boot, with some difficulty, and many error messages. I reinstalled the os by booting from a floppy then runnig c:\windows\options\setup but, obviously, didn't wipe the drive prior, as the cabs start at 10 so was afraid all the install data would not be there. Do you think I could make an image of that dir, wipe the drive and install from the cd? . |
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"cannot load winint.exe"
That's good news. Thanks for the feedback.
Since you reinstalled Win Me over itself the Windows Update site won't always show which updates need to be reinstalled although you've helped things along by reinstalling from the windows\options folder which should reduce the number of required updates. You might though want to download and use the Belarc Advisor (http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html) as this is capable of picking up updates which need to be reinstalled which the Windows Update site's detection system can miss. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP wrote: Well its working now! Finally. It turns out that was true about the infected version, so I ended up using "pest patrol" to remove all the crap in the system. I'm not even sure how many things were infecting this poor comp! Then reinstalled wininit as per your instructions, and it works like a charm now. Now its time to do all of the updates Thanks for all your help. I probably wouldn't have figured that one out for a while. |
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