Re: Help I really messed up this time

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"Tracy" <Tracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am using Windows XP professional. I not sure if I can explain correctly
but
this is what I did. I was trying to install adobe flash player. It seemed
like it would install but never work. It did work in Mozilla though.
Anyway I
went to adoble for support and from the systems I read I decided that it
must
be a privelidge issue. I have administrater privledges but not the
administrater. If that makes sense. Adobe had directions on how to fix
this
problem. I had to go the regedit not sure which one and compare my screen
with them one they showed as correct. The only significant differance was
at
the bottom of the screen, it showed 2 different settings to choose from.
There were square boxes to check or uncheck. The adobe screen showed no
boxes
checked and my screen had one. So I unchecked it. It said something about
child folders or something. But what it is doing now is crazy. I cant
access
any of my folders or programs. It wont even load windows. I have to have
it
load from windows xp cd. Then i can see the files but no programs can
associate any folders with that program. Even regedit says that messege. I
cant reinstall windows because that setup.exe has no file extention
associated with it.So I want to reformat and start over but I cant get it
to
do anything at all. Help

I suppose the first question is: Do you want to re-install Windows
or do you want to spend an hour or two trying to fix up your
problem?

If you want to re-install Windows: Do you have a recent backup
of your important files, including your EMails, on an independent
medium? Do you have the installation CDs for all your software?


.

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