CD-Rom Entry Point Not Found Error?

Question

I just got a new PC that shipped without an OS. I loaded in WinXP and upgraded to SP2. When I put in a disk, and try to run programs I get an error:

Entry Point Not Found
The procedure entry point Iniitialize CriticalSectign could not be loaded in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.DLL

It's odd because I booted from the CD drive and loaded Win XP with no problem. Now nothing wants to run. I tried a few different disks with the same result. The disk reads fine, and you can copy files to the harddrive from it. I was able to open IE and go online, upgrade the OS, everything but run programs from the CD.

Ug - please help. Let me know if you need further details.

Update: The CD-Rom isn't the problem, it is the OS trying to run setup.exe files. I have an old Windows XP installer which is why I didn't get a new one with my PC. I may just re-install XP from scratch. One odd thing is after I installed XP the first thing that came up was some sort of spyware message to clean out my registry.

Answer 1

Delete SP2 in Add and Remove Programs first and then get the SP2 CD from Microsoft. You'll have to pay for the shipping & handling cost, but the CD is free. You should be okay running SP1 for awhile till you get the SP2 CD from Microsoft. Why didn't you get Windows XP with SP2 already on it?? Your drivers for the optical drives are probably corrupt. Now is the time for you to re-load Windows XP to your hard drive. Put the CD back in the drive and see if it starts up, if it does select re-install Windows XP. If it doesn't start in the regular manner, try typing D:\install.exe in the run window. If that doesn't work, try doing the install in safe mode. Reboot, pressing the F8 key repeatedly during the reboot till you see white text on the screen. Then type in the install command again in the run window while in safe mode.

Answer 2

You mention it happens when you try to run programs with it. When you installed SP2, you have installed the Execution Prevention crap..... You SP2 install might be corrupt, because anything run from a CD that isn't digitally signed would be suspect. You should reinstall SP2.