Re: Win2000 acting strange

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There were tons in the list. Errors and Warnings.

I'm pasting below one error and one warning. Hope that'll be ok.

Also the message that comes up when ever we try and open a folder is as
follows.



"explorer.exe has generated errors and will be closed by windows"



Here are the descriptions from Even Viewer.



Event Type: Error

Event Source: Userenv

Event Category: None

Event ID: 1000

Date: 07/11/2005

Time: 14:18:33

User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

Computer: BEN

Description:

The Group Policy client-side extension Security was passed flags (17) and
returned a failure status code of (13).

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Event Type: Warning

Event Source: SceCli

Event Category: None

Event ID: 1202

Date: 07/11/2005

Time: 15:57:37

User: N/A

Computer: BEN

Description:

Security policies are propagated with warning. 0xd : The data is invalid.

Please look for more details in TroubleShooting section in Security Help.



Thanks for your time

J






"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Check Event Viewer for errors. When you view the logged events in Event
> Viewer (double-click them in the right-hand pane) in the upper right
> corner, third button down is a copy to clipboard, then you can paste in
> the body of a reply message.
>
> Please do so for each of the different System Log events (that are a Type:
> 'Error' or 'Warning') since last boot so we can see all of the event
> detail.
>
> Also check Device Manager for error codes and or non-starting devices.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "JB" wrote:
>> Hi. Hope someone can help.
>> My son's pc, running Win2000 has the following problems.
>> Cannot access any folders whatsoever, when we click on a folder, i.e My
>> documents, either from the desktop or from My Computer absolutely nothing
>> happens.
>> Cannot access temporary internet folders from IE properties> Tools> view
>> files.
>> CAN access programs, My computer and Control panel etc.CAN access files
>> from within program. i.e. File> open.
>>
>> We reinstalled Windows but it still happens.
>>
>> Also cannot UNinstall anything in Control Panel>Add/Remove software as a
>> window comes up saying ' Please insert CD of xxx in order to continue
>> with installation. (It'll take me forever to find all the CDs as don't
>> know where they are!)
>>
>> Also cannot access Hotmail when clicking on the email link in MSN
>> messenger,
>> Of course the first problem is the most important.
>>
>> Ran McAfee Virus scan and spyscan but came up with none found.
>> Thanks
>> J
>>
>
>


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