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  • 1.  Removed Ghost solution Sutie 2.0 by mistake

    Posted Jun 16, 2011 04:38 PM

    Now I can't log into my computer at all.  Get this message:

    The login user interface DLL C:\Program Files\Symantec\Ghost\ginastub.dll failed to load.

    Contact your system admin. to replace DLL or restore the original DLL.  Nw what??

    Can not even start in safe mode! Help!!



  • 2.  RE: Removed Ghost solution Sutie 2.0 by mistake

    Posted Jun 16, 2011 05:53 PM

    Since it's the Windows logon system that's failing, and if you're sure that regular Windows safe mode doesn't work (which it should) try bypassing that with safe mode; one of the safe mode options accessed through F8 during boot is "Safe mode with command prompt" - that version of safe mode doesn't load the GUI shell and so shouldn't invoke a GINA. Or, from a Windows install CD, boot to the recovery console which is morally equivalent.

    That'll give you a command prompt which will let you copy MSGINA.DLL - that's the standard Windows login provider - to the location Windows expects to find GINASTUB.DLL, which is probably the easiest way to get into the GUI world where you can run the registry editor.

    To stop Windows trying to use GINASTUB.DLL at all, you need to do a registry edit: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/164486 - it's reasonably easy to do this from the safe mode command prompt using  the REG.EXE command-line utility (REG EXPORT the winlogon subkey, edit that with EDIT.COM, REG IMPORT to apply the changed .REG file) try copying the MSGINA.DLL file first since you're probably more comfortable with the GUI registry editor.



  • 3.  RE: Removed Ghost solution Sutie 2.0 by mistake

    Posted Jun 17, 2011 03:26 AM

    If you can't get to a boot prompt at all, plan B involves taking your hard disk out and putting it into another system as a slave. Then locate MSGINA.DLL and make a copy, giving it the name GINASTUB.DLL and stick it in the location given in the error message. Then replace the drive and try booting again.

    If that fails, time to get the operating system rebuild disks out.