Vista - Can't open Resource monitor

**Dragor** · 10-06-2008

After my recent nvidia Forceware 178.13 messup:
New nvidia drivers [178.13] messed up my system

I could not log into my Vista, so I used xp to run a chkdsk scan on my Vista's C:\ drive.
The command was: chkdsk /f <Vista's c:\ drive>

Chkdsk found some errors and fixed them, after which everything was fine. All my driver troubles mentioned in the above post have also gone and am a Happy Vista user now albeit for this little problem:

I realised this when I could no longer open Resource monitor from the task manager.
So, I went to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Reliability and Performance Monitor and got this window. I thought that maybe the shortcut could be messed up, so I clicked Start > typed in search: perfmon.msc and clicked it to open and find the same error.

I thought I could open "Turn Windows features On/Off" and chose to re install Administrative tools as in XP, but couldn't find any such option.

Next, I tried System File Checker and it reported to have found some errors which could not be fixed and that the details were in CBS.log which was huge and cryptic to say the least!

I googled a bit and found this: You experience installation errors and compatibility problems when you install Windows Server 2003 management tools on a Windows Vista-based computer
but the procedure is only for Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack and not Windows Vista's admin tools.

As always, I am fresh out of leads to follow this and its making my head spin

Any help is gladly apreciated.

P.S.: I would also want suggestions from you regarding the sfc message that some errors were found that could not be fixed. I am a bit hesitant to resort to repair install as I have seen atleast one such attemp fail here:
tried to do a vista repair install - lost user settings, installed programs etc.

So, please consider this a dual question thread!

Thank you for your time!

**Dragor** · 10-09-2008

Sorry, but I completely ignored the fact that SFC logs everything to CBS.log!

I have had a thorough look at SFC tutorial here: System Files - SFC Command

The following is an excerpt from this file which should clear all doubts as to which files have problem:

Code:

2008-10-04 02:26:35,  Info  CSI 000000b5 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:20{10}]"msimsg.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-Installer-Engine, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-04 02:26:38,  Info  CSI 000000b7 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:20{10}]"msimsg.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-Installer-Engine, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-04 02:26:38,  Info  CSI  000000ba [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:20{10}]"msimsg.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted




2008-10-04 02:28:11, Info  CSI  000000ff [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"nfsrc.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-NFS-Shared, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-04 02:28:20, Info  CSI  00000101 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"nfsrc.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-NFS-Shared, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-04 02:28:20, Info  CSI  00000104 [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:18{9}]"nfsrc.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted




2008-10-04 02:28:39, Info  CSI  0000010e [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:14{7}]"pla.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-PerformanceCounterInfrastructureConsumer, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-04 02:28:43, Info  CSI  00000110 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:14{7}]"pla.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-PerformanceCounterInfrastructureConsumer, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-04 02:28:43, Info  CSI  00000113 [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:14{7}]"pla.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted




2008-10-04 02:32:45, Info  CSI  00000188 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:20{10}]"msimsg.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-Installer-Engine, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-04 02:32:45, Info  CSI  0000018a [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"nfsrc.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-NFS-Shared, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-04 02:32:46, Info  CSI  0000018c [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:14{7}]"pla.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-PerformanceCounterInfrastructureConsumer, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-04 02:32:46, Info  CSI  0000018e [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:14{7}]"pla.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-PerformanceCounterInfrastructureConsumer, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-04 02:32:46, Info  CSI  00000191 [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:14{7}]"pla.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted

2008-10-04 02:32:47, Info  CSI  00000193 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:20{10}]"msimsg.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-Installer-Engine, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-04 02:32:47, Info  CSI  00000196 [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:20{10}]"msimsg.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted

2008-10-04 02:32:47, Info  CSI  00000198 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"nfsrc.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-NFS-Shared, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-04 02:32:47, Info  CSI  0000019b [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:18{9}]"nfsrc.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted




2008-10-06 13:25:57, Info  CSI  00000173 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:20{10}]"msimsg.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-Installer-Engine, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-06 13:26:01, Info  CSI  00000175 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:20{10}]"msimsg.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-Installer-Engine, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-06 13:26:01, Info  CSI  00000178 [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:20{10}]"msimsg.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted




2008-10-06 13:27:18, Info  CSI  000001bd [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"nfsrc.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-NFS-Shared, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-06 13:27:28, Info  CSI  000001bf [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"nfsrc.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-NFS-Shared, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-06 13:27:28, Info  CSI  000001c2 [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:18{9}]"nfsrc.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted




2008-10-06 13:27:42, Info  CSI  000001cc [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:14{7}]"pla.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-PerformanceCounterInfrastructureConsumer, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-06 13:27:46, Info  CSI  000001ce [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:14{7}]"pla.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-PerformanceCounterInfrastructureConsumer, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-06 13:27:46, Info  CSI  000001d1 [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:14{7}]"pla.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted



And at the end of sfcdetails.txt file:

2008-10-06 13:30:59, Info  CSI  00000246 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:20{10}]"msimsg.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-Installer-Engine, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-06 13:30:59, Info  CSI  00000248 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"nfsrc.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-NFS-Shared, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-06 13:30:59, Info  CSI  0000024a [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:14{7}]"pla.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-PerformanceCounterInfrastructureConsumer, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-06 13:30:59, Info  CSI  0000024c [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:14{7}]"pla.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-PerformanceCounterInfrastructureConsumer, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-06 13:30:59, Info  CSI  0000024f [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:14{7}]"pla.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted

2008-10-06 13:31:00, Info  CSI  00000251 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:20{10}]"msimsg.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-Installer-Engine, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-06 13:31:00, Info  CSI  00000254 [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:20{10}]"msimsg.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted

2008-10-06 13:31:00, Info  CSI  00000256 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"nfsrc.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-NFS-Shared, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch

2008-10-06 13:31:00, Info  CSI  00000259 [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:18{9}]"nfsrc.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted

The problem is, at the 3rd step in the SFC tutorial where a link to an MS article :Some Windows Vista functions may not work, or Windows Vista may stop responding
tells me how to repair the files, it says
"Type the following command to replace the file with a known good copy of the file"

Now, I don't know where can I find "a known good copy of the file".

Furthermore, I don't know the current status of the files which are shown to be damaged above; I mean are the actual copies damaged or are the backups also damaged?

What stumps me above all else is why Vista, unlike XP, can't replace corrupt system files from the installation DVD? Why do Vista users have to go through such hellish procedures?

Thank you for your time and sorry for a looooong post!
Any and all replies appreciated!

**Dragor** · 10-28-2008

UPDATE:

I fixed the msimsg.dll error by installing the latest version of MSI Installer for Windows.

But, I still need to have the SP1 version of pla.dll as I can't see it in the Vista DVD and neither is it there in the SP1 update package.

Pls, If anyone could help me in obtaining pla.dll, I would highly appreciate it!

**amplid** · 11-05-2008

Hey Dragor!

Sorry man, but I think that if you don't know what to do, I'm certainly won't either... Maybe try a system restore?:s Otherwise, try posting a new thread maybe, so people notice it again, because I'm sorry, but don't know what to do other than reinstall Vista and format hard drive...

Cheers and good luck,

Amplid

10-06-2008	#1 (permalink)
Dragor Vista Ultimate x86-32 SP1 dual boot with Windows XP SP3 88 posts	Can't open Resource monitor After my recent nvidia Forceware 178.13 messup: New nvidia drivers [178.13] messed up my system I could not log into my Vista, so I used xp to run a chkdsk scan on my Vista's C:\ drive. The command was: chkdsk /f <Vista's c:\ drive> Chkdsk found some errors and fixed them, after which everything was fine. All my driver troubles mentioned in the above post have also gone and am a Happy Vista user now albeit for this little problem: I realised this when I could no longer open Resource monitor from the task manager. So, I went to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Reliability and Performance Monitor and got this window. I thought that maybe the shortcut could be messed up, so I clicked Start > typed in search: perfmon.msc and clicked it to open and find the same error. I thought I could open "Turn Windows features On/Off" and chose to re install Administrative tools as in XP, but couldn't find any such option. Next, I tried System File Checker and it reported to have found some errors which could not be fixed and that the details were in CBS.log which was huge and cryptic to say the least! I googled a bit and found this: You experience installation errors and compatibility problems when you install Windows Server 2003 management tools on a Windows Vista-based computer but the procedure is only for Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack and not Windows Vista's admin tools. As always, I am fresh out of leads to follow this and its making my head spin Any help is gladly apreciated. P.S.: I would also want suggestions from you regarding the sfc message that some errors were found that could not be fixed. I am a bit hesitant to resort to repair install as I have seen atleast one such attemp fail here: tried to do a vista repair install - lost user settings, installed programs etc. So, please consider this a dual question thread! Thank you for your time!
My System Specs

10-28-2008	#3 (permalink)
Dragor Vista Ultimate x86-32 SP1 dual boot with Windows XP SP3 88 posts	Re: Can't open Resource monitor UPDATE: I fixed the msimsg.dll error by installing the latest version of MSI Installer for Windows. But, I still need to have the SP1 version of pla.dll as I can't see it in the Vista DVD and neither is it there in the SP1 update package. Pls, If anyone could help me in obtaining pla.dll, I would highly appreciate it!
My System Specs

11-05-2008	#4 (permalink)
amplid Vista Ultimate x64 624 posts	Re: Can't open Resource monitor Hey Dragor! Sorry man, but I think that if you don't know what to do, I'm certainly won't either... Maybe try a system restore?:s Otherwise, try posting a new thread maybe, so people notice it again, because I'm sorry, but don't know what to do other than reinstall Vista and format hard drive... Cheers and good luck, Amplid
My System Specs

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