Re: Very Odd XPSP2 behavior...

From: R. McCarty (PcEngWork-NoSpam__at_mindspring.com)
Date: 02/02/05 

Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 02:33:57 GMT

 Just a suggestion - Try creating a new profile and log in. If issues aren't
present, then it's profile specific. If you still have the same conditions
you'll need a repair install or restore.
 About keyboard - you probably need to change BIOS settings. If the
PC doesn't have PS/2 then it should support Legacy USB for both the
mouse and keyboard. Can you access BIOS setup on the computer?

"Corey" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:uJ1NN7MCFHA.3592@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I'm working on a XPSP2 Pro Dell box (came with SP2) that is exhibiting
> very strange behavior. I have run anti-virus and anti-spyware apps on
> it and have found nothing.
> Most programs will not run properly. System functions (like search and
> system restore and system information, etc) will not run or show blank
> screens. Files can not be copied in any way (can't drag, r-click copy
> and paste, send-to) in either normal OR safe mode, to anywhere including
> the desktop, a flash drive, between folders or even dragged around a
> single folder. Copy and paste LOOKS like it is gonna work as the items
> will highlight, but when you go to paste them the paste option is grayed
> out. Many programs (like MS A-S) won't install complaining that
> "windows installer service could not be accessed."
> Some things DO work. With My Computer OR windows explorer I can move
> around the drive and LOOK at any directory folder or file. I can browse
> the internet. Acrobat runs fine. Spybot and AdAware run fine (and find
> nothing). Some programs will uninstall (AOL did). Most items in the
> control panel appear to run.
> I gave up on this box and went to do a repair install. Strangely, it
> was not offered. Giving up on the data (it is a sata drive and I have
> no sata controller to plug it in to) I decided to restore from a backup
> image that Dell has on a separate partition that one accesses with a
> ctrl-F11. Would not work. Possibly because it is a USB keyboard and
> USB is not active early enough. (no ps2 ports)
> Short of wiping the drive and manually reinstalling from CDs (which I
> will have to wait for from Dell as they didn't include them), does
> anyone have any thoughts? I have never seen anything like this before...
> BTW I have run CHKDSK and SFC.
>
>

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