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[Mikkus]

Hi!

I am trying to sort out my friend's Packard Bell laptop. I want to restore the machine to its factory condition. When I boot it up into the recovery environment (which is located on the same drive as the OS) I get the following mesage 'Setup cannot load the keyboard layout file Kbdus.dll. Setup cannot continue. Shut down or restart your computer. ' Can anybody advise me on how to sort this out?

thanks

Mike

[TheHive]

Welcome to the board, Mikkus.


From the following Help and Support of MS site, the

Error Message: Setup Cannot Load the Keyboard Layout File Kbdus.dll

might be solved by

RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use either of the following methods:
• If you are upgrading, reboot the computer and select the option to start the operating system that is being upgraded (Setup has not yet made any major changes to the operating system being upgraded, so it is still bootable). Give the following groups Full Control permission on the root of the volume on which the $Win_nt$.~bt folder is located:
Everyone
Administrators (local administrators group)
System
• If you are performing a new installation, take the drive to another computer and set the appropriate permissions (Recovery Console cannot set ACLs on the volume). Because this takes place on a different computer, Microsoft recommends giving the Everyone group Full Control permissions on the root folder.
After you use either of these methods, restart the computer. Setup should continue.

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So the the problem seems to be caused because

CAUSE
This behavior occurs because the system does not have any rights (Access Control Lists [ACLs]) to the root of the volume on which the $Win_nt$.~bt folder is located.

[Mikkus]

Welcome to the board, Mikkus.


From the following Help and Support of MS site, the

Error Message: Setup Cannot Load the Keyboard Layout File Kbdus.dll

might be solved by

-

So the the problem seems to be caused because

Thanks for the good advice, that would be the end of it if my computer skills were up to scratch! Firstly, I choose the reinstall option supplied by Packard Bell in Windows. I am told to reboot the system and I then get two options on reboot: start xp, or go into the reinstall option. I choose the reinstall option and after a short pauseI get the error mesage in my other post. I have read our solution, but I don'tunderstand at which point in time that I make the changes. Also, I'm not sure where to change them, is it in the registry? If so where?


Mike

[Mikkus]

Doh....! OK, I've worked out what it all means and what to do (I think). The problem is that I can't find the folder $Win_nt$.~bt I tried a search on Kbdus.dll and found it located in two files in windows; system 32 and I386, so I decided to try giving full permissions on those folders. Problem is it won't let me do that because they are windows files. Thinking of my next line of attack.....

[Mikkus]

[quote name='Mikkus' date='Jan 7 2007, 12:02 PM' post='6776']
Doh....! OK, I've worked out what it all means and what to do (I think). The problem is that I can't find the folder $Win_nt$.~bt So I tried a search on Kbdus.dll and found it located in two files in windows; system 32 and I386, so I decided to try giving full permissions on those folders. Problem is it won't let me do that because they are windows files. Thinking of my next line of attack.....

[Mikkus]

Sorted it

[TheHive]

Congratulation, Mikkus
Any more details on how it was sorted. Just in case someone else finds this thread in the future with the same error and wonders why you didnt post how you solved it.