RE: Win XP Home - SP2 Probs

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From: Slowmofo (Slowmofo_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/15/04 

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 19:23:07 -0700

Yeah, im having the same probs, the damn flashlight comes up when i click on
my computer. I cant open and works documents, save any thing, or even print a
document. This damn update messed up everything. If you find out anything
on how to rollback to the way thing was please help me
"Ron" wrote:

> After installing SP2, half off my programs no longer work. I click on Icon
> and/or Start Menu, get the System Busy display and then nothing. Also, half
> of my Startup Menu no longer starts. To top it off, all my Help Options no
> longer work either. I have reviewed all the logs I can find, with nothing
> displayed as a problem. I have turned off the Firewall, updated the Firewall
> Exceptions, nothing seems to work. I have searched the Knowledge Base and
> found some articles, but have not been able to find anything that resolves
> the issues. I have also scanned my system for viruses with McAfee with
> nothing found.
>
> Would appreciate anyones help.

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