Windows 2000 Hangs at Startup (MSI motherboard)

[stimpy1]

Windows Starts up as normal, and just before it gets to the user and password screen, it goes blue. I get the following message " The Logon User Interface DLL ginamsi.dll failed to load. Contact your system adminisrator to restore the DLL, or restore the original DLL." I tried last known good to no avail. Could someone please help? Thank you very much.

 

[kitkat22]

Just a shot in the dark, could you post specs on your computer? Do you have a MSI motherboard?

 

[stimpy1]

1 gig (512X2) Corsair Value

MSI RS480M2-IL motherboard

Athlon 64 3000+


I can't get into safe mode because I get the ginamsi.dll error message there as well.

 

[Atheus]

I have no idea what's wrong, but if you want to replace that dll, boot from a CD or another hard drive and swap the file for the one on your windows CD.

 

[stimpy1]

It's the MSI Lockbox program. Is there a way to get into the registry from DOS in 2000 professional?

http://www.techimo.com/forum/showthread.php?p=769479

 

[montag451]

reinstalling it may help, - reinstall/re-copy drivers,
install & uninstall drivers after successful windows boot

 

[kitkat22]

Uninstall lockbox and that should fix the problem.

 

[stimpy1]

As I couldn't even get into safe mode, I had to throw in the Windows 2000 CD and repair it. I deleted Lockbox, and now it restarts regularly. However, my computer now acts like a Pentium 2 with 64 megabytes of RAM. It also won't let me install Service Pack 4 for some reason.

 

[montag451]

I always had issues with sp4 for 2k - dunno why - tried it on 3 different setups. SP2 and 3 were ok.
Must've worked for millions of others though.

Can you fun processexplorer and try and see what your system is up to.
www.sysinternals.com