Re: Strange problems with windows, thinking of reinstalling
From: Billy (artist12084_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/22/04
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Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 17:35:02 -0400
I figured I would post this for the sake of others.
Anyway, I reparied installed and it fixed everything right up except my
Windows XP themes are still no where to be found, but everything else is
working great (that I have thougth to check, anyway).
-- The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. James 5:16 E-Mail: gtg603g@mail.gatech.edu > Ok, I'm good enough with computers to get myself into trouble, but not > always good enough to get myself out of trouble. > > > > I was messing around with msconfig (I'm convinced that it's bad luck for me > to do so). I restarted in safemode, or "Diagnostic Setup" as they like to > call it now, and then I restarted in normal startup and weird things have > happened. My Windows XP themes have disappeared, I'm left with only the > classic windows themes, my scheduled tasks won't work (I get an error with a > number and the Microsoft help didn't fix it, my printer has disappeared, XP > won't install any, and when I downloaded the drivers from HP it said it was > already installed, so I couldn't fix it by doing that. > > > > All my programs seem to be working fine, though, and the only other strange > thing that seems to have happened is that a "Set Program Access and > Defaults" has mystically appeared on my start menu and my "all programs" > menu. I've tried everything I could possibly think of in msconfig to fix > this, enabling everything, enabling nothing, only disabling possibly > malicious programs/processes, then any programs I didn't recognize and so on > and so on. > > > > For what it's worth, I've kept Norton Antivirus up to date and full system > scans haven't found anything. Even though I haven't done spyware checks on > this computer, my family's computer at home is doing same crazy stuff (it > has been for several months now, and also started after I rebooted from safe > mode) and using spyware deleting programs hasn't helped it out any. The > last thing left I can think to do is re-install my Win XP pro. > > > > All that being said, here are my questions if anybody can help me to answer > them: > > > > Reinstalling XP, I've heard, is a major pain in the rear, has anybody else > had these problems and found a way to fix it? > > > > I've reinstalled 98 on our old computer several times, and it wasn't very > difficult, but I'm told with Win XP you have to call somebody or do > something with your serial number or you won't be able to reinstall it, > anyway, what's different about reinstalling Win XP compared to 98? > > > > I guess somebody is going to ask, so I'm going to go ahead and say: > > Yes, I do have a legal copy of Windows XP Pro, and I'll have all the boot CD > 's and registration numbers and stuff as soon as a package arrives from home > with all that stuff. > > > > Yeah, I write too much, but I really appreciate anyone who is patient enough > to read through all this stuff and reply. > > > > -Billy > >
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