Friday, April 1, 2011

AVG Update - Blue Screen: Stop: C0000135 {unable to locate component} msvcr80.dll

After updating AVG 2010 or 2011, the computer reboots and a Blue Screen of Death appears with the following: Stop: c0000135 {unable to locate component} This application had fail to start cause MSVCR80.dll. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. This is caused by the AVG update. To fix this, perform the follow(located at the following link: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-system/blue-screen-stop-c0000135-unable-to-locate/09fb184b-b8cf-4dcf-a794-8d1a91703630 ) 1) Create a copy of the AVG Recovery Disc (http://www.avg.com/ww-en/226386) 2) Boot from disc, then go into the file manager. Follow the same steps as in this thread: http://forums.avg.com/ww-en/avg-free-forum?sec=thread&act=show&id=94159 but instead of renaming the .dll and .sys files, simply navigate to your programs(x86) directory and rename the entire AVG folder to something else. 3) From here, simply restart your machine, and it should boot normally.This is the best solution you'll find until AVG releases a permanent fix. This worked for me. Hope it helps.