Serious SBS issues

Firstly, I know this isn't the SBS 2003 group, but I am under pressure big
time here and don't have time to use other news servers at the moment.

A customer has SBS2003 Premium. Running on a high spec IBM server.

We rebooted because of backup problems and upon logging in, and the desktop
coming up, I get the following message:

mmc.exe - Unable to locate component
(red X) This application has failed to start because MFC42u.dll was not
found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Because of this, I can't get into things like the event viewer. Other apps
seem to be OK.

Thanks in advance

Robbie Niblock

CRIS
Wed Aug 11 12:53:26 CDT 2004

is it reasonable to assume you have re-booted a second time??

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"Robbie Niblock" <robbie@nospam.systemsencore.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cfdj8v$ea9$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
> Firstly, I know this isn't the SBS 2003 group, but I am under pressure big
> time here and don't have time to use other news servers at the moment.
>
> A customer has SBS2003 Premium. Running on a high spec IBM server.
>
> We rebooted because of backup problems and upon logging in, and the
desktop
> coming up, I get the following message:
>
> mmc.exe - Unable to locate component
> (red X) This application has failed to start because MFC42u.dll was not
> found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
>
> Because of this, I can't get into things like the event viewer. Other apps
> seem to be OK.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Robbie Niblock
>
>
>

Dave
Wed Aug 11 13:38:32 CDT 2004

Assuming the dll is really missing from the \system32 directory, how about
running the system file checker (sfc /scannow)? That should replace the
file and hopefully solve the problem.


"Robbie Niblock" <robbie@nospam.systemsencore.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cfdj8v$ea9$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
> Firstly, I know this isn't the SBS 2003 group, but I am under pressure big
> time here and don't have time to use other news servers at the moment.
>
> A customer has SBS2003 Premium. Running on a high spec IBM server.
>
> We rebooted because of backup problems and upon logging in, and the
> desktop
> coming up, I get the following message:
>
> mmc.exe - Unable to locate component
> (red X) This application has failed to start because MFC42u.dll was not
> found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
>
> Because of this, I can't get into things like the event viewer. Other apps
> seem to be OK.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Robbie Niblock
>
>
>

Robbie
Thu Aug 12 04:35:59 CDT 2004

Yes, did indeed.

See the other reply for my feedback.

Thanks for your help.

Robbie

"CRIS HANNA (SBS-MVP)" <crishannanospam@computingpossibilities.net> wrote in
message news:etsnzw8fEHA.556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> is it reasonable to assume you have re-booted a second time??
>
> --
> Cris Hanna (SBS-MVP)
> _____________________
> Please only respond in the Newsgroup and not directly to me, so that
> everyone can share the information
> "Robbie Niblock" <robbie@nospam.systemsencore.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:cfdj8v$ea9$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
> > Firstly, I know this isn't the SBS 2003 group, but I am under pressure
big
> > time here and don't have time to use other news servers at the moment.
> >
> > A customer has SBS2003 Premium. Running on a high spec IBM server.
> >
> > We rebooted because of backup problems and upon logging in, and the
> desktop
> > coming up, I get the following message:
> >
> > mmc.exe - Unable to locate component
> > (red X) This application has failed to start because MFC42u.dll was not
> > found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
> >
> > Because of this, I can't get into things like the event viewer. Other
apps
> > seem to be OK.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Robbie Niblock
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Robbie
Thu Aug 12 04:37:27 CDT 2004

I already tried the sfc to no avail.

The mfc42u.dll was indeed missing from windows/system32, so I manually
extracted it from the install CD and placed it in the folder.

Ther server is functioning perfectly now.

Thanks for your help.

Best Regards

Robbie Niblock

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@NOSPAM.frontiernet.net> wrote in message
news:OkVroJ9fEHA.2848@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Assuming the dll is really missing from the \system32 directory, how about
> running the system file checker (sfc /scannow)? That should replace the
> file and hopefully solve the problem.
>
>
> "Robbie Niblock" <robbie@nospam.systemsencore.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:cfdj8v$ea9$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
> > Firstly, I know this isn't the SBS 2003 group, but I am under pressure
big
> > time here and don't have time to use other news servers at the moment.
> >
> > A customer has SBS2003 Premium. Running on a high spec IBM server.
> >
> > We rebooted because of backup problems and upon logging in, and the
> > desktop
> > coming up, I get the following message:
> >
> > mmc.exe - Unable to locate component
> > (red X) This application has failed to start because MFC42u.dll was not
> > found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
> >
> > Because of this, I can't get into things like the event viewer. Other
apps
> > seem to be OK.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Robbie Niblock
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Dave
Thu Aug 12 13:17:35 CDT 2004

It seems a little disappointing that the sfc didn't resolve this, let alone
that the dll went missing in the first place. I thought server 2k3 was
supposed to prevent altering system files even without having to run sfc.
Anyway, glad to hear you resolved it.


"Robbie Niblock" <robbie@nospam.systemsencore.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cffdoh$sjl$1$830fa7a5@news.demon.co.uk...
>I already tried the sfc to no avail.
>
> The mfc42u.dll was indeed missing from windows/system32, so I manually
> extracted it from the install CD and placed it in the folder.
>
> Ther server is functioning perfectly now.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Robbie Niblock
>
> "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@NOSPAM.frontiernet.net> wrote in
> message
> news:OkVroJ9fEHA.2848@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Assuming the dll is really missing from the \system32 directory, how
>> about
>> running the system file checker (sfc /scannow)? That should replace the
>> file and hopefully solve the problem.
>>
>>
>> "Robbie Niblock" <robbie@nospam.systemsencore.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:cfdj8v$ea9$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
>> > Firstly, I know this isn't the SBS 2003 group, but I am under pressure
> big
>> > time here and don't have time to use other news servers at the moment.
>> >
>> > A customer has SBS2003 Premium. Running on a high spec IBM server.
>> >
>> > We rebooted because of backup problems and upon logging in, and the
>> > desktop
>> > coming up, I get the following message:
>> >
>> > mmc.exe - Unable to locate component
>> > (red X) This application has failed to start because MFC42u.dll was not
>> > found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
>> >
>> > Because of this, I can't get into things like the event viewer. Other
> apps
>> > seem to be OK.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance
>> >
>> > Robbie Niblock
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>