| Title: | Windows NT |
| Notice: | See note 15.0 for HCL location |
| Moderator: | TARKIN::LIN .com::FOLEY |
| Created: | Thu Oct 31 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 6086 |
| Total number of notes: | 31449 |
Hi, I installed Service Pack 5 on my Windows NT 3.51 machine and now cannot run anything useful. The problem is that most programs, such as the notepad, come up with an error 'The ordinal 644 could not be located in the dynamic link library SHELL32.dll' and then application error in the program. This is urgent (not to mention very annoying). How can I recover from this - when I attempt to reinstall the service pack it asks for the wrong CD. Can I just reinstall SP4 (if I can find it!) ? Can I replace the offending DLL while windows is running ? Thanks Dave M.
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| 6032.1 | TARKIN::LIN | Bill Lin | Thu May 22 1997 10:52 | 7 | |
re: IRNBRU::MACKENZIE
You may have some data corruption going on. Can you re-obtain the SP5
from a known good source and compare it against what you currently
have?
Bill
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| 6032.2 | IRNBRU::MACKENZIE | Wed May 28 1997 03:28 | 8 | ||
SP5 was from the MS Developers Network CD (hopefully a good source). The real problem is how to get it to reinstall. I got another CD of the Service Pack but when I attempt to reinstall the setup continually asks for the Windows NT Workstation 3.51 CD. If I put it in the drive it ignores me. Is it possible to downgrade Windows NT 3.51 to SP4 ? Dave M. | |||||
| 6032.3 | fix the install | MPOS01::nqsrv435.nqo.dec.com::Cerling | Call on the Calvary | Wed May 28 1997 05:15 | 11 |
To downgrade, what you have to do is do a 'fix' install of 3.51 and then re-apply SP4. To do this, start an installation of 3.51. It will find a version of NT already there and ask if you want to fix the version there or install over the top. Then, during the fix, it asks which files you want to replace. I do not replace the registry file, but everything else gets replaced. That puts me back to a 'virgin' copy of 3.51 with my apps installed. Then apply SP4. tgc | |||||