Windows XP forum: missing sccbase.dll/slbcsp.dll files for hp printer install

Okay this is not a hard problem to fix. Before I give you the instructions I want to make it CLEAR that I do not condone cracked/exploited copied of Windows or any other Microsoft product, neither does CNET so you should probably keep that to yourself from now on.

Instructions:

Firstly, delete all the copies of the dll you obtained from everywhere. There should only be one copy of each in the C:\WINDOWS\system32\ folder.

Then you need to become familiar with regedit. Its a pretty easy utility to learn, but don't mess around with stuff you could really mess stuff up. To start it up, go to the start menu, click run..., and type in regedit. We are a quarter of the way to fixing this now. Stay strong!

To get this to work you are going to need those two subkeys in your registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\Defaults\Provider\Schlumberger
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\Defaults\Provider\Infineon

You can get to these paths through regedit. The two subkeys (keys are the things that look like folders in regedit): "Schlumberger Cryptographic Service Provider" and "Infineon SICRYPT Base Smart Card CSP" need to be created in the Provider key. In order to do this click on the Provider key and in the Edit menu click on new... then key in the submenu. Do this twice and rename the created keys:

Schlumberger Cryptographic Service Provider
Infineon SICRYPT Base Smart Card CSP

[Halfway there now!]

Okay, lets get crazy and add some info to these keys. Click on the keys you created. You should have one value in the window to the right . It should be named (default) and it should have (value not set). This is fantastic. Right click in the window to the right with the default value. In the new menu, click on string value. A new string value will be created you need to rename this value "Image Path" then right click it, and select "modify". Set the value to C:\WINDOWS\system32\slbcsp.dll for Schlumberger and C:\WINDOWS\system32\sccbase.dll for Infineon.
[3/4 of the way done]

Two both of the created subkeys add two DWORD values the same way you added the string values. These values should be named "SigInFile" and "Type". Simply modify the Type one to have a value of one (hexidecimal or decimal ... it doesn't matter numbers 1 - 9 are the same in both bases). Done!

That should do it for your pirated copy of windows, which is probably a crippled copy of windows used for corporations with lots of workstations that doesn't require a key. If you are going to pirate OS software you NEED to learn your intermediate computer skills like regedit and batch commands etc... Don't be lazy and expect everything to work for free and then complain about some customer service not getting back to you in a timely manner. And don't post anything else here except thank you cause I just fixed your problem for FREE on my own time. Good luck.

Thanks so much for posting a fix. Just as an update, I had received the proper disk from Microsoft by the middle of December, reinstalled Windows and ta daa! printer loaded properly. That's what I get for the spouse and the teenager "finding" someone in the neighborhood who "works on computers," then using the reboot disk he gave them. But I do appreciate your information, and yes, my computer skills are pretty basic. That's why I come to cnet.

I have just started dabbling with my spare computer for a hobby. I really appreciate pros like you helping out us posers. Thanks again.

You are a total superstar.

That was probably the most complex thing I have ever done on a PC, but it worked a dream.

Really appreciated.

Best regards.

Ronnie King.

Thank you for posting the fix. I actually used it for a VALID copy of Windows that was stripped down for a smaller install size. These two files were missing as a consequence. My scanner won't work without them. So feel good that you posted a fix that not only unsavory folks will use.

I am unable to install my HP printer due to missing ENUM registry access. Any help is appreciated on how to fix this problem.I have Vista Home Preminum. thanks

Works great for me.
Thank you so very much!

I corrected all the other registry keys, but this is the only one I couldn't fix. Does anyone know how to fix it?

Wow - thank you so much. I have a pared down version of windows because i didn't have much room on my mac. sometimes i need things that i took out, but this is the first time i fixed the problem all by myself. your instructions were really clear and now my new printer works on the windows side and the mac side of my computer.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

I tryed to install Microsoft Office 97. It really messed some things up. I lost sccbase.dll and slbcsp.dll also. I was able to reinstall with the help from this forum. I am also missing the Enum (don't know what that is) and the gpkcsp.dll. I haven't been able to figure out how to reinstall these. Can someone help me. The printer is wireless and so is my laptop. It was printing just fine. I would really like to get it going again.
Thanks for your help.

for gpkcsp.dll do all the same steps as above.

Use the following;

Gemplus GemSAFE Card CSP v1.0
Image path C:\WINDOWS\system32\gpkcsp.dll
sigInFile 0
Type 1

I don't know about the enum?

good luck

I can't find this in my registry to add (Gemplus GemSAFE Card CSP v1.0) please help, thanks!

"transferred my M Office from my old XP machine to my new Vista machine"

This is very odd. Here I used my Microsoft Office CD and it installed just fine. Are you trying to move an installed Office?
Bob

what exactly you have done. I doubt if it's a supported way of doing things. What version of MS Office are we talking about, by the way?

Kees

I am having a problem installing my HP printer to my eeePC laptop. I get a message saying that the slbcsp.dll and sccbase.dll registry keys are missing. To save space, I did an nLite install of XP Pro, so that is my OS. I did find it odd because when I looked for the .dll files I did find them in C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386. Can you tell me how you rebuilt the registry keys?