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by johnr

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I have a machine that locked up while running MCAD... Now when the machine boots up I get this message:

stop: c0000135 {unable to locate component} this application has failed to start because rpcrt4.dll was not found.

Withing a second the pc reboots and does this over again in an continuous loop. I can't boot into VGA mode or safe mode either. My only access to the pc is through the recovery console...Any ideas??
THANKS!!

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by mrjay67

Try the info at this link: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q173309

The info there is intended for NT4.0 but should be the same. There is a section about repairing without CD-Rom. It actually sounds like its using recoveryconsole. You could boot to recovery and try the steps it suggests if applicable. It may not be exact but should get you in the right direction.

if you are not using NTFS you could try booting from a DOS disk and try doing a scanreg /fix(or checkother options by doing scanreg /?) This may fix issues in registry and let you boot.

If you have to use recovery there is a way to turn off services. You might see if the software is running as a service and disable it. If I rem. right you should be able to type help and get a list of commands.

Hope this helps or gets you in a right direction.

Jason

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