Re: Error after installing new hard drive

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

Some of the symptoms you mentioned, especially the repeated power cycling,
sound like you may have been infected with the Blaster worm. See
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.mspx and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830/ for instructions.

Also, search Google with the terms
blaster worm removal
to find other antivirus vendors' information.

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Carstonio wrote:
> What a trying weekend! My XP disk is for SP1, so did the repair
> install as you recommended. That required me to reinstall my AVG
> antivirus software, which took a couple of tries before it took. In
> the meantime, my computer got hit with a couple of Trojan horses (let
> loose from the antivirus vault?) and I'm still not sure that they're
> gone.
>
> I tried 12 times to update to SP2 using the disk I ordered from MS
> last year. I kept getting "Access is denied" errors. I found a
> Knowledge Base article that tells how to reset permissions on some
> registry keys, so I followed its instructions. But different registry
> keys kept popping up in the install log, some of them making repeat
> appearances after I changed them already. It was like stepping on
> ants.
>
> The last time I tried the SP2 update, the computer wouldn't boot up
> from the hard drive at all, but just kept powering down and
> repowering up in a cycle. So I did another SP1 repair install and
> reinstalled AVG once more. The system still seems a little buggy. Is
> there a good program for gauging the health of the Windows system and
> registry? I used to use System Mechanic and I sometimes use CC
> Cleaner.
>
> After all this, my MS Works reinstall worked fine, but MS Word 2000
> is still having setup issues. I can't even uninstall the program. The
> program works, so I'm wondering if I should futz with it at all.


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