Re: xp crashes and now certain apps dont load on startup

From: NeoSadist (neosad1st_at_charter.net)
Date: 10/02/04


Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 19:03:24 +0000

Moosully wrote:

> Recently my computer has been rebooting unexpectedly and upon returning to
> windows certain apps such as symantec's norton anti-virus creative's sound
> apps and Aol instant messenger no longer auto-load on startup. I checked
> msconfig and there supposted to still load, but they dont now matter how
> many times i reboot. This wouldn't be so bad, as now norton tells me that
> i must uninstall and re-install antivirus/systemworks, and no matter how
> many times i uninstall and reinstall it, it still doesnt work. I even went
> as far as reformatting last week in a attempt to fix the problem, but last
> night the problem re-emerged. Help

Did you install SP2? Read this:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/sp2_whattoknow.mspx

This might be your problem.

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