Re: general computer problems

Hi Meredith,

Wrong. Don't go to Boot.ini. That stays active and checked.

In msconfig, the only tab you click on is Services. Everything else is
checked and unchecked from the General Tab.

I said, if you read below, System.ini and WIN.INI gets unchecked.

What is your operating system, currently? Windows XP Professional
Edition, Service Pack 2?
Or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition?

The link below is for the 32-bit version of XP operating systems.

See what happens if you leave System.ini and Win.ini checked.

Just unchecked Load Startup Items and non-Microsoft Services in
Services.

Leave everything else checked.

How many partitions do you have on this computer? Is your My Documents
folder on a seperate partition? Have you backed up your E-mail Store
Folders, Favorites and Address Book?

You might need to reformat and reinstall your operating system on that
partition.


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thecreator

"Meredith" <Meredith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I did the changes you suggested in the MSCONFIG. I hid the Microsoft items
and disablde the rest.

I went to the System ini and Boot ini and unticked all the items listed
was
that correct? Applied and Ok'd.

I restarted the machine and it takes me back to a weird way of
instructions.
Which I have been seeing alot in past two days. A Blue screen and having
to
F3 and then not having an A drive with my Dell or a disks with
information.
It says it can't find the CD rom.

I restarted the machine with XP without the setup worded and tried to
install the SP3 from the burnt disk and then from file on the pc.

The message now is that the file I downloaded is not a valid Win32
application.

Therefore it will not install on my machine.

Did I d/l the wrong file? The machine would be 64? not 32?

I am confused now.

Please help.

Meredith


"thecreator" wrote:

Hi Meredith,

Simple: Use msconfig and dot Selective Startup. Uncheck Load Startup
Items. Click Services. Check Hide Microsoft Services. Disable the Rest.
Uncheck System.ini and Win.ini. Click Apply then click OK. Restart the
computer.

Install Windows XP Service Pack 3 after the reboot.

But before you do all that, download the IT Version of Windows XP
Service Pack 3 from :

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&displaylang=en

Burn the entire package to a CD-R and install on the reboot from that
CD-R. Also good, if you have multiple Computers.

By the way, have you tried Spybot Search and Destroy?

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html


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thecreator

"Meredith" <Meredith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have XP Professional and all was working ok until recently.
We must have got a Trojan from somewhere.

I have updated AVG Anti vIrus software and run it, Downloaded House
Call
Trend and run it. I have AVG Spyware and it scans every day. I d/l
Super
Anti
Spyware and ran it yesterday. I have also d/l and ran a registry repair
type
program called Free Windows Registry Repair. I ran other ones as well.
But
as
you have to pay quite a bit for them after you get the free d/l I don't
wish
to pay for something I am not sure will work.

I cannot get my MS Outlook to open properly. It gives a messages about
a
problem and closes down if I dont wish to send a msg to Microsoft. I
cannot
receive emails at the moment. In desperation I have gone back to
Outlook
Express 6.

I cannot restore to a day other than today's date. I cannot reinstall
MS
Small Business Edition 2003. It is missing a file called ZF561407.CAB.
so
thats stops the reinstall part way through. I cannot reinstall Business
Contact Manager.

I cannot upgrade XP Professional to a newer version.

I have removed dodgy program files that might have caused the current
issues.

I also cannot get a webcam to work. Seems that it wont be captured or
the
input is inaccessible. The USB's work with external hard drive and
digital
cameras. (the cam could be past its use by date I guess) But not so
sure
that
is isn't a driver problem.

I am getting quite desperate to resolve this myself. I hate going to
the
computer shop when I should be able to fix things myself.

I have been backing up all the important files in case a reformat is
expected. But I really don't want to do that. I find it hard as
indifficult
to remember what to do and labourious especially reloading all the
programs
and equipment.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Many thanks

Meredith





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