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Error: "Logon User Interface DLL msgina.dll failed to load" (907)
Details
My Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 guest operating system fails to
boot. There is an error referencing MSGINA.DLL. What is wrong?
Solution
A Windows 2000 guest operating system with Service Pack 3
installed may fail to boot with the following error: The Logon User Interface DLL msgina.dll failed to
load.
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in these
Microsoft products.
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Service Pack 3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 3
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 solves this problem, and VMware
recommends that you upgrade your Windows 2000 guest operating
systems to Service Pack 4.
If your guest operating system does not boot, try the following
workaround to allow you to boot. This workaround replaces the
Service Pack 3 msgina.dll with the originally supplied msgina.dll on the Windows 2000 installation CD.
Perform the following steps to extract and replace msgina.dll:
Insert the Windows 2000 installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM
drive.
Boot into setup using the CD-ROM.
Select emergency recovery console.
Change to the CD-ROM drive.
Change to the i386 directory in CD-ROM drive.
In a command prompt, type the following command: expand msgina.dl_ C:\WINNT\system32\msgina.dll (Change the destination drive letter if \WINNT is not in the default location.)
Reboot the virtual machine.
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