Blue Screen after SDK install 5 tries now.

[AcousticBruce]

I have had a weird issue with SDK. I downloaded the leaked version and after the restart I got a BLUE SCREEN after the windows logo (it gets far enough to where windows is actually about to login).

So I ran windows repair and it didnt work. I tried many things, but no success. I just formatted the HDD. Well I installed again on a fresh copy of windows. The same thing happened.

So I stopped trying for a week, then I found the SDK from the link on this site... the same thing happened.

So I was just done... untill the official release came out today!!

I installed it with crossed fingers and what do you know... a BLUE SCREEN.


what do you all think.
This is really weird.. I have no problems with the computer otherwise.

-Tried 4 times on new copies of windows
-Tried SDK from the link on this site
-tried the official SDK
-I tried on fresh copy with only drivers that were needed (so no program issue)
-I also followed the directions to a T on the palmdev site. I installed the other progs first on the PALM Dev site on this last attempt today.

FIXED!!!
I took the advice of leebenjp

I used ubuntu though. ubuntu is just this bad *** free software that you can load an operating system from cd before installing if you want. I loaded the temp OS. Searched for MSVCRT.DLL found 3 in the windows folder. I renamed the one in the system 32 folder to MRVCRT.dllBAK and copied one of the other ones from some other folder (use windows search) into the sys32 folder..... and again I have fixed something without completely understanding what Im doing.

thanks leebenjp!
here is the pics

[leebenjp]

I ran into the same problem. Using a Knoppix CD to boot and some google searches suggested it might be an overwritten .dll problem. I copied the msvcrt.dll from another installation to the broken one and I was able to get back into Windows. The "broken" one was last modified in 2000 compared to 2004 for the one that worked and was 1/3 smaller.

[AcousticBruce]

Originally Posted by leebenjp

I ran into the same problem. Using a Knoppix CD to boot and some google searches suggested it might be an overwritten .dll problem. I copied the msvcrt.dll from another installation to the broken one and I was able to get back into Windows. The "broken" one was last modified in 2000 compared to 2004 for the one that worked and was 1/3 smaller.

Interesting. I have never heard of knoppix... but am reading about it right now. Looks like I will give it a shot... seems like a good cd to have around.

msvcrt.dll where do I get the dll file?

[AcousticBruce]

Hey Leebenjp,

I got to ask.. how would one have found out the the msvcrt.dll is broken??