So... your PC asks for your login and then there's no desktop shown.
You wait, and wait and finally you see an error about IERTUTIL.DLL, or not-found or something.
You panic and think you've lost everything. NOT SO!
DO NOT re-install windows.
You need to start your PC into DOS mode or just boot it with a Puppy Linux CD. Browse to the c:\windows\system32 folder and look for iertutil.dll and you will either not find it, or it will be zero bytes in size.
Find the c:\windows\system32\dllcache folder and look for the same file. Copy it to the c:\windows\system32 folder and overwrite the old file.
Re-boot your computer and it will show you a welcome screen and continue the update of Internet Explorer.
I'll bet you had the 'automatic updates' switched on. This problem is likely caused by IE being updated.
Pop quiz: What is delicate, brittle, transparent and when it breaks it shatters into a million pieces. GLASS. And what are Windows commonly made of... GLASS. Be careful or you could break your Windows. Get a good operating system and leave this all behind... Ubuntu Linux.
Enjoy.
Can't find it in dllcache folder. Any recomedations on where to download safe iertutil.dll file?
ReplyDeleteYou can do a search for it (if it's in a different folder) or find a good copy on another machine. You will need to find that same version of the operating system.
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