Re: Big SNAFU
From: Appreciative (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/14/04
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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:35:37 -0700
Thanks to both of you for your words of wisdom. Sorry I
was a bit snippy to you, Richard.
>-----Original Message-----
>Just to chime in late, to the OP,
>Why did you install a second copy of XP on the same
drive,
>to a second drive or partition, maybe, but to the same
drive
>will just confuse the registry.
>
>You said you used a Gateway OEM XP CD, perhaps you should
>contact Gateway.
>
>My suggestion is to boot the CD again, select install,
>delete the current partition and start over. Hope you
have
>backups. You can boot the CD to the recovery console and
>copy files that you can't bear to lose.
>
>
>--
>The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
>But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
>
>
>"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com>
wrote
>in message news:%
23dfjjjYaEHA.1556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>| When this happened to me I was able to enter MSconfig
in
>safe mode and
>| change the boot options. It then worked for me. But,
you
>may have eliminated
>| many important pieces of the system. You didn't state
>"what" Norton had you
>| do, so it's hard to tell you how to reverse the
changes.
>|
>| That being said, and this isn't going to help you now,
I
>never try to do
>| anything like what you did without creating a current
>image of my system.
>| Then, "when" things get screwed up, I can go back to
the
>way it was and try
>| a different route.
>|
>| --
>| Regards:
>|
>| Richard Urban
>|
>| aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
>|
>|
>| <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>| news:2d16301c46983$bbeb9fb0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>| > You will agree that Norton is probably of no help.
The
>| > people that know XP probably will be of more wisdom
as
>to
>| > this problem. Norton instructed me to use msconfig
to
>| > enter safe mode. The issue has nothing to do with
>| > Norton. The issue is getting out of safe mode so XP
>| > setup can complete so I can return to normalcy.
Norton
>| > did not cause the hang between XP setup and XP safe
>| > mode. XP is encountering conflicting commands in its
>| > startup routine and I am trying to rsolve that issue.
>| > Norton is no way involved in that since Norton did
not
>| > remove any files, Norton was not running at the time
of
>| > the startup, and Norton is not forcing XP into safe
mode
>| > even after XP has been instructed to start in normal
>mode.
>| >
>| > If you can help me get XP setup to quit or to get XP
to
>| > start in normal mode so setup can complete, I would
>| > sincerely appreciate your efforts.
>| >
>| > I'm not here to criticize XP or Norton. I'm here to
get
>| > help.
>| >>-----Original Message-----
>| >>But XP refused to boot properly due to what NORTON
told
>| > you to do. Contact
>| >>Norton and work with them!
>| >>
>| >>--
>| >>Regards:
>| >>
>| >>Richard Urban
>| >>
>| >>aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
>| >>
>| >>
>| >>"Frustrated with XP"
>| > <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>| >>news:2c49e01c46981$878e63d0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>| >>>I never said anything about being pissed at
anyone. I
>| >>> had the situation under control until XP refused to
>| > boot
>| >>> properly. Now that I think about it, I'm a little
>| > pissed
>| >>> at you for chiming in with your worthless little
bit
>of
>| >>> wisdom. Thanks for the lack of help and true
>| > arrogance.
>| >>>
>| >>>>-----Original Message-----
>| >>>>Here is another person misdirecting their anger at
the
>| >>> wrong company. You
>| >>>>are upset with Windows XP (Microsoft) because
Norton
>| >>> told you to do
>| >>>>something and it screwed up your system.
>| >>>>
>| >>>>a. You should be pissed with Norton, for supplying
bad
>| >>> instructions
>| >>>>b. You should be pissed with yourself, for not
reading
>| >>> or not applying those
>| >>>>instructions correctly!
>| >>>>
>| >>>>--
>| >>>>Regards:
>| >>>>
>| >>>>Richard Urban
>| >>>>
>| >>>>aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
>| >>>>
>| >>>>
>| >>>>"Extremely Frustrated with XP"
>| >>> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>| >>>>in message news:2c43501c46977$180e94d0
>| >>> $a501280a@phx.gbl...
>| >>>>> Please help....
>| >>>>>
>| >>>>> I was being a cooperative little user obeying
Norton
>| >>> Anti-
>| >>>>> virus, which had detected adware that required
safe
>| >>> mode
>| >>>>> to remove, and used msconfig to select safe
mode. I
>| >>>>> restarted the computer. It refused to boot. I
then
>| >>>>> booted from the Gateway-ized XP cd. I selected
the
>| >>>>> option to repair XP. It copied all the files it
>| > chose
>| >>>>> for the repair. When the computer restarted it
went
>| >>> into
>| >>>>> safe mode. XP setup does not run in safe mode.
I
>| > have
>| >>>>> since installed a second copy of XP on the same
>| >>> partition
>| >>>>> on the same hard drive in an attempt to access a
>boot
>| >>>>> file or something that would kick the original
>| >>>>> installation out of safe mode to complete setup.
>The
>| >>>>> second install works only in 640x480 resolution
and
>| > is
>| >>>>> very limited in its capabilities (i.e. - no
network
>| >>>>> access). I would much prefer leaving the adware
on
>| > the
>| >>>>> computer and having to click a thousand pop-ups
>every
>| >>>>> time I use IE than having no computer at all.
Can
>| >>> anyone
>| >>>>> offer a suggestion?
>| >>>>
>| >>>>
>| >>>>.
>| >>>>
>| >>
>| >>
>| >>.
>| >>
>|
>|
>
>
>.
>
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