All services are stopped. I have tried starting them via msconfig and
although they are checked, they don't start on startup. Cannot access
services.msc (Computer hangs)
Any help out there?

Roberta wrote:
> All services are stopped. I have tried starting them via msconfig and
> although they are checked, they don't start on startup. Cannot access
> services.msc (Computer hangs)
> Any help out there?

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time
things worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the
malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what
programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware


Malke
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www.elephantboycomputers.com
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Yes, the computer is clean. It is scanned every day for viruses and spyware.
Here's what happened: I took a non-working (ie. clicking) hdd and hooked it
up to my computer via usb in an attempt to get data off of it. I was able to
see the drive in drive manager but could not initialize it. After trying
that then disconnecting the hdd, I could not boot into Windows normally so I
booted into Safe Mode then rebooted into Windows. Although Windows came up
it was running in diagnostic mode. I tried to turn services back on through
msconfig. I can't try through the services plugin because it hangs even
before the services list is populated.

Any other ideas?

TIA
"Malke" wrote:

> Roberta wrote:
> > All services are stopped. I have tried starting them via msconfig and
> > although they are checked, they don't start on startup. Cannot access
> > services.msc (Computer hangs)
> > Any help out there?
>
> The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time
> things worked and the time they didn't?
>
> The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the
> malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what
> programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?
>
> Be sure the computer is clean:
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

Roberta wrote:
> Yes, the computer is clean. It is scanned every day for viruses and spyware.
> Here's what happened: I took a non-working (ie. clicking) hdd and hooked it
> up to my computer via usb in an attempt to get data off of it. I was able to
> see the drive in drive manager but could not initialize it. After trying
> that then disconnecting the hdd, I could not boot into Windows normally so I
> booted into Safe Mode then rebooted into Windows. Although Windows came up
> it was running in diagnostic mode. I tried to turn services back on through
> msconfig. I can't try through the services plugin because it hangs even
> before the services list is populated.

Nasty. Back up any data using a rescue system such as a Bart's PE or
Knoppix and try a Repair Install.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - Repair Install
How-To


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User