Re: XP-SP2 Suddenly Goes South

From: Carl Thomas (carlmthomas_at_alltel.net)
Date: 10/09/04 

Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 21:42:48 -0400

A new development or two - -

Both the Recovery Console and the Reinstallation (both on the original
install CD) refuse to do anything because XP SP2 is newer than they are. So
I decided to uninstall SP2 and, to add insult to injury, it apparently tried
to use SVCHOST.EXE which failed and the XPSP2 uninstall has been hung for
three hours now with no sign of activity. The Removal Wizard hung on the
last item on its checklist: "Running Processes Before Uninstall". So I
don't know what part of the uninstall process has been completed and whether
it makes sense to start again. Did it already roll back to SP1 or not?

How's them apples? Any new thoughts from anyone? SP1 looks awfully good
about now.

BTW - the last thing I installed about two days before this began was the
SP3 for Office XP.

Carl.

"Carl Thomas" <carlmthomas@alltel.net> wrote in message
news:OMfl84PrEHA.3868@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> I have been using WinXP SP2 for a month or so with no significant
> operational problem (only a few annoyances). Thursday when I booted up, I
> got an error message at the Welcome screen from SVCHOST.EXE stating that
> "The instruction at "0x7c93d4ac" referenced memory at "0x00b0924c". The
> memory could not be "written". It left me the option of terminating or
> debugging the app. I terminated and soon got a similar message from
> NTPROTECT.EXE (I have Norton System Works installed). The system came up
> with no network connections and when I tried to open WinExplorer, I got
the
> same message (different instruction and memory addresses) three times with
> another dialog box about Runtime error 216 interspersed. Explorer closed.
> I have been unable to open Internet Explorer or Outlook Express (although
> without a connection, that doesn't surprise me.). I am unable to run a
> System Restore because it tells me it can't protect my system, to reboot
and
> try again. I've also tried running sfc /scannow, but it simply hangs on
the
> scan. I've run AdAware and Spybot, but nothing suspicious there. I've
run
> Norton WinDoctor, but again nothing suspicious. I've started a virus scan
> with NAV, but that'll take all night and I thought I'd get this out on
> another system white NAV is running to see if anyone had any ideas and NAV
> failed to find anythinfg amiss. I've also gone to Safe Mode with and
> without networking, but the results are basically the same as Normal Mode.
> If I remove startup of system services, I don't get the error messages,
but
> otherwise Exploere and IE behave the same.
>
> OK - anybody have any thoughts or suggestions? Short of a complete
reinstall
> repair of XP, I can't find any other tricks.
>
> TIA
>
> Carl
>
>

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