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BlackSOD crashing Explorer.exe referring msvcr80.dll after Login
Hi.
After a lot of searching and experimenting, I'm desperate and hope You guys can help. System specs in profile.
Problem started wit a Stop command that just flickered quickly short after the colored dots start animating in the very start of the boot process. It was a STOP: 0x0000007B. I somehow (don't remember how) managed to get one of my repair attempts to have the PC starting to the login prompt. When I press the start button, after a while i end up with a completely black screen. After a further minute or so, a crash screen comes up, complaining explorer.exe had an APPCRASH, and in the window it also refers to msvcr80.dll. This is documented in the attached pictures.
I can press C-A-D, and get task manager started. I can also start Chrome (but there is no network) and DirectoryOpus (file explorer) allowing me to access the file system. I have renamed all instances of msvcr80.dll, except for the ones that are in the directories under c:\Windows\winsxs\... and c:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\... hoping to bypass the problem, but it still crashes with the same reference.
I have successfully done a fresh install of windows on another disk and also run memcheck, so the hardware seems OK.
I have no restore points to revert to.
I can not start regedit at all or a command prompt at Administrator level (normal cmd.exe is fine).
I need help on how to proceed