RavishingRocket said:
when i go to start some progs and games i get an error that says......The procedure entry point DdEntry1 could not be located in the dynamic library GDI32.dll. Wtf is this? I had just did a repair install of win2k and now i get this error when starting progs and games. how can i fix this? thanks
Hi!
Same problem, same repair install, but solution found!
I did a search with google and there was the solution:
The Microsoft(r) setup of DirectX 9b has a bug during
the installation of
d3d8thk.dll into \WINNT\System32
folder.
In fact, in the
dxnt.cab, part of the DirectX 9b installation,
has
d3d8thk.dll and, for Windows2000,
d3d8thk.w2k .
Because of the bug, the installation procedure installs the wrong file.
How to do?
1) - Obtain d3d8thk.w2k (i.e. extracting it from dxnt.cab)
2) - Copy it into \WINNT\System32
3) - Boot PC and, when asked, press
F8
4) - Select
Safe mode with command prompt
5) - Wait......long time!... until login window appears
6) - Log in as Administrator
7) - when command prompt appears, change to \WINNT\System32
8) - Execute
DEL d3d8thk.dll
9) - Execute
REN d3d8thk.w32 d3d8thk.dll
10)- Ctrl-Alt-Del -> Shutdown and Restart -> DONE!
HTH
Zappa