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I installed Windows 8.1 earlier today, and the process finished without any trouble. However, a few minutes after reloading, Windows forced me to log off. When I logged back on, there was only a blank screen with a cursor. I activated task manager and a warning appeared stating, "?CreateRect@Value@DirectUI@@SAPEAV12@HHHH@Z could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\Windows\System32\Windows.UI.Immersive.dll".
I've ran sfc scannow several times, and after viewing the log file each time it says it's repairing corrupt files "Windows.UI.Immersive.dll", "ActionCenterCPL.dll", "slmgr.vbs", "ActionCenter.dll.mui", and "slwga.dll" from store.
Each time after running the scan, the computer will repeat the same process: it will work normally for a few minutes (one or two), and then force me to log out once again with the blank screen greeting me again if I log back in.
I've tried uninstalling all of my drivers, my antivirus program, and a few other programs, yet the problem has persisted each time. Does anyone have any idea how this could be fixed? "Windows.UI.Immersive.dll" seems to be appearing a lot, but I'm not familiar with its function and how the installation could be affected by it.
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Then I completely removed that folder, Windows Activation Technologies, and writing now this text. My tablet Samsung Ativ XE500 comes with factory licensed Windows 8, so looks like Microsoft totally screwed up......
You're a legend mate! This fixed it for me. Still showing as activated.
Yes he is a legend !! It solved mine too
Pressing Ctl+Alt+Del does nothing. How can I get to Task Manager???
With the phantom monitor hypothesis, both would be on the other screen. Try pressing Win-P, CursorUp, Enter?
Otherwise, after your Ctrl-Alt-Delete you have to think what that would have done and what you would need to do using your keyboard to get Task Manager started. After all, it would just be a prompt with Task Manager as its last item. So, you could press End to select the last item, then press Enter (or Spacebar) to activate it. So then you would have Task Manager running on the other monitor. Then to move it to your monitor you could press Win-CursorRight. Or, if it was only off-screen but associated with your monitor you could use its window's menu Move command, Alt-Space M CursorRight. That should engage your mouse pointer on the Taskbar's title bar with the Move pointer icon, so then you could just drag it through the screen border. Note that if it didn't drag through from one direction you could try dragging it through from the other. The CursorRight procedures that I suggested would not depend on which side that the real screen was; they would wrap. But a drag in the wrong direction would bump against the phantom monitor's extreme edge.
Good luck
Robert Aldwinckle
Ahter what appeared to be a normal Windows 8.1 installation, I now have the black screen with cursor arrow. Pressing Ctl+Alt+Del does nothing. How can I get to Task Manager???
The Working method is here.
1.First of all you can go to win explorer by pressing ctrl+alt+del. start a task manager click on file then run new task then browse.You can see folders their right click on any folder and select open in new window
2.download two files from given link
http://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/upEO03M7qBzRrKyIdNJeQQ
It is dll files you need to replace.
3.go to c:\windows\system32 folder and paste the downloaded files
4.now you have to delete Windows Activation Technologies folder for this press ctrl
+alt+del
then taskmanager>file>run new task then write cmd and enter
now write in cmd "cd c:\windows" without quots
then write del"c:\Windows Activation Technologies"
then press enter
5.Now open a cmd with admin privileges by run new task in taskmgr and tick th says create at check box that says cerate task with admin privileges now write in cmd SFC/SCANNOW
when it completes 100% then open control panel by going to this address in explorer "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items" now click on windows update and update windows after all done restart windows. Now windows is recovered from unexpected crash.If this forum has a thanks button you can say thanks to me I don't Mind.
The Working method is here.
1.First of all you can go to win explorer by pressing ctrl+alt+del. start a task manager click on file then run new task then browse.You can see folders their right click on any folder and select open in new window
2.download two files from given link
http://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/upEO03M7qBzRrKyIdNJeQQ
It is dll files you need to replace.
3.go to c:\windows\system32 folder and paste the downloaded files
4.now you have to delete Windows Activation Technologies folder for this press ctrl
+alt+del
then taskmanager>file>run new task then write cmd and enter
now write in cmd "cd c:\windows" without quots
then write del"c:\Windows Activation Technologies"
then press enter
5.Now open a cmd with admin privileges by run new task in taskmgr and tick th says create at check box that says cerate task with admin privileges now write in cmd SFC/SCANNOW
when it completes 100% then open control panel by going to this address in explorer "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items" now click on windows update and update windows after all done restart windows. Now windows is recovered from unexpected crash.If this forum has a thanks button you can say thanks to me I don't Mind.
