Re: New programs installed keeps showing on old ones

From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 10/31/04 

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 22:49:54 -0400

Zoghrob wrote:
> I have a P4 2.0 GHz, 256 MB DDR, 2 40 GB HD system with Win 98 & XP on
> different prtitions installed, the XP partition is NTFS. One day I
> came home found my kid instlling a new copy of XP on the XP
> partition on another folder (cause he forgot the password & couldn't
> access his account)but on another folder not the old one, I removed
> the new copy,

How?

> but since then my old XP keeps going bizzare, it shows
> me everytime I log in the "new programs installed" each time on old
> installed programms, not same ones necessarily,

I don't know what that means.

> & many times when it
> starts loading XP it gives me that I didn't shut down properly
> (though I didn't) & scans randomly any partition on my 2nd HD (rarely
> this doesn't happen).
> Any clues ??? Wht should I do ??
> Thanks'

More info might help to repair your system, but keep your child off your
computer entirely if he can't abide by the rules. A computer is not a
birthright.

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