Re: XP freezing up

From: Miss Perspicacia Tick (misstick_at_lancre.dw)
Date: 11/28/04 

Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 22:19:44 -0000

lplph wrote:
> I got a message that my Norton Internet Security 2005 wasn't working
> and to uninstall and reinstall. I uninstalled it and when I attempted
> to reboot, got a message that read:
>
> "windows could not start because the following file is missing or
> corrupt \windows\sysem32\config\system"
>
> "You can attempt to repair this file by restarting windows setup
> using the original setup CD-ROM selct R at the first screeen to start
> repair."
>
> Followed these directions and still had problems starting so I left
> my PC off for a coupld of hours. Just turned it on and am having
> problems re-installing the Norton Internet Security 2005 completely!
> Heck, I even tried uninstalling it again to see if I can reinstall
> and still no luck! Gonna bring the CPU back to Best Buy tomorrow and
> have them look at it since they're the ones that did the upgrade.
>
> Since it's been a week since I've had this upgrade, do you suggest
> that I purchase a full version of XP?
>
> TIA!
> L

Unless you don't have the media for Windows ME (or any other qualifying
product) why on earth would you need to?! You can use an upgrade to perform
a clean installation. 

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