Startup error. Help please.......

[Mickey_D]

Anyone ever seen this before? And if so, just what exactly does msdtc.exe do? Is it a critical file? Nothing "bad" really happens no matter if I click "Ok" or "Cancel".

WinXP Home SP1 with all current updates.

 

[NathanE]

That's used by Personal Web Server and SQL Server - both of which cannot be installed on XP Home. Also it referenced a null pointer (0x00000000) which is extremely rare in a Microsoft program.

Goto the Properties on the file to make sure it really is the real mc'coy.

PS: Update to SP2.

 

[Skilldibop]

those errors are commonly generated by failing memory. Allthough just as often when a spyware remover or antivirus remoces the .exe but not the Reg vaule that points to it. This can be cured by running Hijackthis and posting the output

 

[uknorthboy]

Check out this link http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/msdtc.exe.html

 

[Mickey_D]

Ok, ran Hijackthis and got nothing. Tried running Services.msc and the service is set automatic, but of course is not running.

Now comes the new problem : I can't open any of the Properties for ANY of the services!!

Any ideas now?

 

[uknorthboy]

Maybe a restore point would sort it if you havent tried already that is.