having been given a computer by a friend, i tried to install my win.x.p. but
get the message ( service profile damaged ) what is the service profile?
thank you
john marsden.

On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 14:44:10 +0100, john marsden wrote:

> having been given a computer by a friend, i tried to install my win.x.p. but
> get the message ( service profile damaged ) what is the service profile?

It's a leftover from the Win98 (?) that was previously installed and
related to MSN. See the topic in the top third of this page for more info:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers_10.htm

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User