Re: SP2 issue causing SHCreateThreadRef (shlwapi.dll) error

[kurttrail]

Leythos wrote:
> Well, I've read many articles via google search, but I'm going to
> admit defeat, unless someone has a better idea. The computer won't
> display anything except the CAD screen and TaskManager (where I can
> run some apps from File/Run), but it always give the shlwapi.dll
> error). I've tried three ways to uninstall SP2 from it, but all three
> ways fail, including the batch spuninst.txt method...
>
> Out of hundreds of XP Prof SP2 machines this is only the second I've
> had fail - the other was an out-of-date BIOS.

Do a repair install with RTM or SP1 media.

But of course he plonked me and won't see this! ROFL!

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"kurttrail" > wrote:

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>But of course he plonked me and won't see this! ROFL!

Yeah, that might work, Kurt. Too bad the idiot can't see your reply!

FITA

[Fun in the Afternoon]

Leythos > wrote:

>On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:05:35 -0500, Fun in the Afternoon wrote:
>
>> "kurttrail" > wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>>But of course he plonked me and won't see this! ROFL!
>>
>> Yeah, that might work, Kurt. Too bad the idiot can't see your reply!
>
>Yea, but I can see that he replied in your reply,

Nothing like stating the obvious!

> but my guess is that
>nothing he could post would help anyone and since I've got years of repair
>experience over him and probably more than 10 times the systems I would
>have to guess that it was some lame, short, meaningless response that
>would have been posted by any lamer.

Wow, you must be a tech genius, yet can't figure out a simple way to
get rid of SP2! ROFL!

>Since the problem has been posted by many people and there are multi-page
>detailed instructions on common methods to resolve it, I bet he just
>posted a one-liner method, like his other skills have shown.

Yep, it was a one liner, yet one I bet you didn't think of.

>I could go back and read his post, since it does download them, but it's
>just not worth any more time on him to see more lame replies from him.

Not using a very good method of Blocking his posts!

FITA = Kurt
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