I tried updating my Video adapter drivers but now I get a blue screen with the stop error "c000026c" it says it can't load the device driver. Now I can't even reboot in VGA mode in order to delete that driver to put in the new one. I can't even get the windows CD to boot with the SCSI hard drives I have setup for this server. Please help. I need to get this server back up and running for my company's faxes. Very Important! Please help!!!
I assume you must have tried Last Known Good Configuration? Boot to the Recovery Console and use the DISABLE command to disable the new driver, use the LISTSVC command to list the drivers/services. To access the hard drive you will have to load the SCSI drivers from a floppy diskette. At the early stage when the setup programs start to boot press F6 when prompted to do so, keep a eye on the prompts at the bottom of the screen, if you miss the F6 prompt you will have to reboot and catch it at the right time. I find it strange that you can't boot to Safe-mode, safe-mode doesn't load third party video drivers, it load the Vga.sys driver. Description of the Windows 2000 Recovery Console http://support.microsoft.com/kb/22971 Adding Third-Party or Updated Driver During Windows Setup http://support.microsoft.com/kb/220845/en-us John Justin Driggers wrote: > I tried updating my Video adapter drivers but now I get a blue screen with > the stop error "c000026c" it says it can't load the device driver. Now I > can't even reboot in VGA mode in order to delete that driver to put in the > new one. I can't even get the windows CD to boot with the SCSI hard drives I > have setup for this server. > > Please help. I need to get this server back up and running for my company's > faxes. > Very Important! > > Please help!!!
PS. I forgot that I was in the NT.Setup group. My Recovery Console suggestions in the first post will work but you will have to use a Windows 2000 cd or newer, NT doesn't have a Recovery Console. For NT use your Emergency Repair Disk to try to fix this. John John John (MVP) wrote: > I assume you must have tried Last Known Good Configuration? > > Boot to the Recovery Console and use the DISABLE command to disable the > new driver, use the LISTSVC command to list the drivers/services. To > access the hard drive you will have to load the SCSI drivers from a > floppy diskette. At the early stage when the setup programs start to > boot press F6 when prompted to do so, keep a eye on the prompts at the > bottom of the screen, if you miss the F6 prompt you will have to reboot > and catch it at the right time. I find it strange that you can't boot > to Safe-mode, safe-mode doesn't load third party video drivers, it load > the Vga.sys driver. > > Description of the Windows 2000 Recovery Console > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/22971 > > Adding Third-Party or Updated Driver During Windows Setup > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/220845/en-us > > John > > > Justin Driggers wrote: > >> I tried updating my Video adapter drivers but now I get a blue screen >> with the stop error "c000026c" it says it can't load the device >> driver. Now I can't even reboot in VGA mode in order to delete that >> driver to put in the new one. I can't even get the windows CD to boot >> with the SCSI hard drives I have setup for this server. >> >> Please help. I need to get this server back up and running for my >> company's faxes. Very Important! >> Please help!!!
