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General Computer Support / Re: .dll problems

« on: June 06, 2015, 06:37:26 pm »

Got a replacement on warranty. It's working fine.

For anyone else who is getting the same problem:
Corrupted drive causing problems with DirectX .dlls
Solution is to check the drive using manufacturer's tools and repair/replace

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General Computer Support / Re: .dll problems

« on: June 04, 2015, 12:20:02 am »

Both diagnostics failed.

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General Computer Support / Re: .dll problems

« on: June 03, 2015, 06:01:51 pm »

Okay, it's definitely dying on me and needs to be replaced.

It's a 1TB WB Green. (WD10EZRX)

Any suggestions for a good replacement or should I just get another one and hope it doesn't die?

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General Computer Support / Re: .dll problems

« on: June 01, 2015, 10:27:14 pm »

Well that sucks hard, the drive is only 8 moths old!

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General Computer Support / Re: .dll problems

« on: June 01, 2015, 06:14:35 pm »

Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.


A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.                         

CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
  742912 file records processed.                                          File verification completed.
  1391 large file records processed.                                      0 bad file records processed.                                        2 EA records processed.                                              47 reparse records processed.                                       CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
  875108 index entries processed.                                         Index verification completed.
  0 unindexed files scanned.                                           0 unindexed files recovered.                                       CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
  742912 file SDs/SIDs processed.                                         Cleaning up 1457 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 1457 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 1457 unused security descriptors.
Security descriptor verification completed.
  66099 data files processed.                                            CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
  35749888 USN bytes processed.                                             Usn Journal verification completed.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.

 976656383 KB total disk space.
 472323428 KB in 660619 files.
    371328 KB in 66100 indexes.
       144 KB in bad sectors.
    875399 KB in use by the system.
     65536 KB occupied by the log file.
 503086084 KB available on disk.

      4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
 244164095 total allocation units on disk.
 125771521 allocation units available on disk.

Internal Info:
00 56 0b 00 ca 16 0b 00 39 7b 14 00 00 00 00 00  .V......9{......
b8 4a 00 00 2f 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .J../...........
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................

Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.

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General Computer Support / Re: .dll problems

« on: May 31, 2015, 06:22:29 pm »

Ran repairs in safe mode, didn't fix the issue. Thankfully it didn't cause any either.
Running a chkdsk now, will have the logs of the repairs up soon^TM.

Logs

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General Computer Support / Re: .dll problems

« on: May 28, 2015, 03:30:06 am »

sfc /scannow relies upon the Windows Module Installer service starting which is found when you press the Windows key, type services.msc - press enter then scroll down to the service.

This is default set to Manual and sfc should fire it up, but you can manually start it by clicking on it and then on Start in the upper left pane.

Already tried this. Didn't work.

Have you tried a chkdsk without any parameters to see what that reports ?

chkdsk runs fine, but doesn't fix the problem.

There are a couple of ways you could try the restore points and they are when you boot up into the Advanced Boot options by tapping F8 (usually) as you switch on and select Safe Mode to try them, as it could be your AV program that is blocking it.

The other is to select Repair your Computer in the Advanced Boot options, navigate to the Recovery Environment then select the Restore option.

Using the Startup Repair option also gives you a Restore option as it works its way through before going onto the full Startup repair.

If the restore is successful and then sfc, run Windows Repair again to see if it produces the same Package errors.

None ofthe restores I ran, in safe mode or no, were able to complete.

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General Computer Support / .dll problems (solved)

« on: May 27, 2015, 09:26:12 pm »

Steam throws up a 'steamui.dll not found' error when it tries tostart. Attempted all the usual fixes but none worked.

Went to try SFC but thatrefused to start, at which point I attempted a system restore to the last time it worked (11pm, 24th May) which promptly failed.

Having exausted all the google suggestions to try and fix SFC and System Restore (which, unhelpfully, involve each other working...), I tried the Windows Repair tool, which has given me this log on the pre-scan:

These Files Are Missing: (Total: 8)
C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Package_122_for_KB2984972~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.4.cat
C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Package_129_for_KB2984972~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.4.mum
C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Package_1_for_KB2515325~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.0.cat
C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Package_for_KB2515325_SP1~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.0.cat
C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Package_for_KB2515325_SP1~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.0.mum
C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Win8IP-Microsoft-Windows-DownlevelApisets-Base-WinIP-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~bg-BG~7.1.7601.16492.mum
C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Win8IP-Microsoft-Windows-DownlevelApisets-Com-WinIP-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~bg-BG~7.1.7601.16492.cat
C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Win8IP-Microsoft-Windows-DownlevelApisets-WinIP-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~sk-SK~7.1.7601.16492.cat

These Files Are Possibly Corrupt (Bad Digital Signature): (Total: 2)
C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Package_122_for_KB2984972~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.4.mum
C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Win8IP-Microsoft-Windows-DownlevelApisets-Com-WinIP-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~bg-BG~7.1.7601.16492.mum

As they all have 'amd' mentioned this may have something to do with the AMD control suddenly deciding to stop working then switch to german on me when I fixed it a few months back. No idea if thisis actually related though.

OS: Windows 7 professional 6.1.7601 SP1 x64