Explorer.exe-unable to locate component

Just out of the blue, I went to restart my PC and now i get one of those error message box with that red button with the white "X" on the top of the box it reads "Explorer.EXE- Unable to Locate Component ", and in the message part of the box it reads "This application has failed to start because BROWSEUI.dll was not found, Re-installing the application may fix this problem ".........ok....where do i find it to reintall it? , then can it be installed from the original WIN XP disk?...i simply don't know, any help would be apperate greatly And one other tid bit. i can't even run it in safe mode

The system is WIN XP W/SP-1, AMD K6-2 550 MHz, 320 meg ram, 20 gig HD, FIC VA-503+ MoBo, 32meg AGP trident video,

THANKS!!!!!

 

I think you'll be needing to run a Repair Install of XP. It'll restore any missing or corrupt files and get you back in bootable shape (usually!).

Configure your computer to start from the CD-ROM drive.

Insert your Windows XP compact disc (CD) into your CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer.

(You can also boot with a Windows 98/Me Startup disk with CD support and run WINNT.EXE in the I386 folder on the CD)

When the "Press any key to boot from CD" message is displayed on your screen, press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP CD.

When you see the following message displayed on the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER:

To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.

At this point an option to press R to enter the Recovery Console is displayed. Do not select this option.

On the Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen, press F8 to agree to the license agreement.

Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP is selected in the box, and then press the R key to repair Windows XP.

Follow the instructions on the screen to complete Setup.

Good luck.

 

ok....i did that now i have a new problem, i got a blue screen that reads.... "a problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to pervent damage to your computer

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

if this is the first time you've seen this error screen, restart your computer.

etc

etc

technical information:

*** STOP: 0x000000D1 (0X7A28A6E8,0X0000001F,000000001,0X81FA8CCC)

so i left it right there....afraid to touch it now

 

Ouch! Some people have all the luck.

It's possible that your Pagefile has become corrupted by the reinstall. There is also the possibility of a RAM failure. Try booting to Safe Mode and doing the Pagefile (Virtual memory) fix mentioned here.

 

Well i have another surprise, i cleand the memery modules and i can get a little bit farther, But now i get error message saying that

"Warning:
Setup failed to remove product catalog SP1.CAT.

***

Error:

the signature for XP Professional is invalid. the error code is fffffc06.

the system cannot find message text for message number 0xfffffc06.

***

Fatal Error:

setup failed to install the product catalogs. This error is a fatal error. The setup log files should contain more information.


now what?!

this IS a leget copy of XP i bought at Office Depot a week ago....i don't know what there talking about

 

Since you just got XP a week ago and the system is giving you this much trouble, you should do a complete reinstall from scratch. Using the XP install disk will allow you to reformat and reinstall without any further utilities required. You will lose any files you created in the past unless you have them backed up but you probably don't have that many in this short of a time span.

Something must have went astray in the first install. Was it a clean install or an upgrade?

 

I was a Fresh install and a full install version XP Pro, history has it that this hard drive has giving me problems in the past (Maxtor 20 gig), so i'm going to try to change it to a 40gig i have in another machine i have for a slave drive....i'm crossing my fingers

 

I was going to add that you should check the drive surface for flaws but you beat me to the punch. I would be very suspicious of that drive.

Good luck with the other one, I'm sure that will end your problems.

 

Ok....re-installing and instaled SP-1.......so far, so good

 

No compleat failure...did the same thing, i noticed it did it AFTER i installed Norton Anti-Virus 2002, ....now it won;t boot at all......looks like i'm going to have to re install all over again!....what fun