Re: Problem with Safe Mode and chkdsk

HI *Fox Hunter* :

> Claude:
> You are too kind! I don't considered myself on the low end of the novice scale but I often get into areas less frequented. ;)
>
> I used the msconfig menu to select the /safeboot option and it worked after running chkdsk which had previously been scheduled on the next start.
> The /safeboot option must be removed while you are in safe mode or it will continue the safeboot on each start.

Good ! It's a way to boot in safemode. Remember to uncheck this option
when you leave the safe mode to reboot in "normal" mode.

One remark about this option : if you can't boot in safe mode by using the
F8 key after the power On Self Test this option can stuck you in an
unbootable Windows : impossible in safe mode and in normal one
(because this option was checked!)

>
> I disabled all the performance counters but had to disable only perfproc since additional errors appeared.
> The only error now is ID 2002 "wmiaprpl.dll" and is the last event after the start. I wonder if lack of sufficient time is really the problem.

This is a strange error ( almost every errors in W xp are "strange" ;-) )

This message is related to WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) and
wbem (an other mysterious feature of Windows ;-) )

Some informations about this message at EventID:
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=2002&eventno=84&source=Perflib&phase=1

I guess it's not a major problem or a permanent one.
You can ignore it.

>
> What is the downside of running SFC in XP? Can it replace an updated file with an older one and cause problems?

SFC replace the protected file with the copy of that file from the W xp CD...

Is there a problem of replacing the protected file with an old version ? No.

But:

If you upgrade to the sp2 , for example, sfc ask you to enter the
path of the new installation version...
Normally this is not a problem ... if you know that "path" ...

The best solution when you upgrade to an other Service Pack is
to create a new Wxp CD which include the sp2. This procedure is called
"Slip streaming" :(Detail at The Elder Geek : a very good site for W xp ).
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

The downside effect as I stated in a previous post is the void of all
restore points... You must stop the system restore in the applet "System"
in control panel (to erase the voided points of restore) and start it again
to create a new one.

This is important because the "voiding" of restore points by sfc is done
with absolutly no warnings ...

The problems comes when you try to restore one of these points...

I hope my explanation is readable (my native language is french not english
and sometimes my sentences may look as strange as a Windows error message
:-D )

> I remember running it for Win 98 to get the log and not to make changes.

Well, I don't trust Windows as much as you Sir :-D

>
> Your patient guidance and valuable information (utilities) have been comforting.

You'll be an expert very soon.
A good site for reliable informations and guide is The Elder Geek.
http://www.theeldergeek.com/index.htm

You can also check for good information at Kelly's Korner :
a site of Kelly Therriot[MVP]:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm

And Doug Knox[MVP]:
http://www.dougknox.com/

You can check the articles of those sites from time to time and discover
new features or new way to fix the problems in W xp...

Have a great day !

:)
--
Claude LaFrenière [MVP] :-)

«My Principal Design Was To Inform, Not To Amuse Thee.»
Lemuel Gulliver, The Travels (IV:12)
http://climenole.serendipia.net

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