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Windows XP SP3 - rundll32.exe unable to locate components

I am using a Windows XP SP3 OS. The computer runs well except that it cannot preform a System Restore. When I ask for the system to roll back to a previous date the software will go thru its paces. At the end of the “Restore” I am told that the System Restore procedure didn’t restore anything.
I found the following “fix” via the Internet to the problem:
Got to My Computer>Local Drive C:>Windows folder>Inf Folder. Find SR.INF, right click on it, and select Install.
Alternatively
open a command prompt or run from command console or from batch file this line:
%SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 %SystemRoot%\inf\sr.inf

After applying the “fix” using my XP SP3 CD (slip streamed) and rebooting I was told:
rundll32.exe unable to locate components
framedyn.dll was not found
Re-installing the application may fix the problem

I can’t roll back the OS to a time before I applied the fix.
How can I resolve this problem?

Cheers!

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Gerwin Jansen

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Jackie Man

Run the following command in command prompt.

sfc /scannow

You will be asked for your XP SP3 CD during the scan.

After the scan, restart the computer and you will be fine.

johnb6767

"framedyn.dll was not found'

This is common if the file is really missing, or if the path is missing a , well, path....

start>run>cmd

set p

It will show the PATH value.

Is C:\Windows\System32\WBEM in the path?

Gerwin Jansen

@johnb6767 - making sure WBEM is in the path is in the article I referred to :)

johnb6767

Sorry, but we dont click through each link thats posted in a thread...

Elton Brown

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Thanks you suggestion worked like a charm!
Cheers!