Weird problem with w2000 OS

We recently noticed som eweird behaviour
- Double-clicking Add/Remove programs resulted in nothing
- opening NT Explorer gave a blank (greyed out) left side, so the drives etc
were not visible.

These both seemed like fairly trivial problems, but upon installing a
program which created Services, the services woudl not create. I tried
several times to no avail.

Upon suggestion from someone, re-installing IE would solve the Add/Remove
programs probllem. It did & also solved the NT Explorer problem.

The software was then successfully installed & services created.

I am perplexed as to what the problem was with the OS? And how it came to be
in that state? I'm also perlexed as to how re-installing IE solved it.

Can anyone shed some light?

Thanks

It's possible dll version mismatch or corruption caused the problem.
Reinstalling IE would replace those mismatched/corrupt files.

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Daniel Chang
Server Setup Team

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Visit the Windows 2000 Homepage at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/default.asp
See the Windows NT Homepage at http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/

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"Ben W" <bundyrum75@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:uZz2pVRqDHA.2244@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> We recently noticed som eweird behaviour
> - Double-clicking Add/Remove programs resulted in nothing
> - opening NT Explorer gave a blank (greyed out) left side, so the drives
etc
> were not visible.
>
> These both seemed like fairly trivial problems, but upon installing a
> program which created Services, the services woudl not create. I tried
> several times to no avail.
>
> Upon suggestion from someone, re-installing IE would solve the Add/Remove
> programs probllem. It did & also solved the NT Explorer problem.
>
> The software was then successfully installed & services created.
>
> I am perplexed as to what the problem was with the OS? And how it came to
be
> in that state? I'm also perlexed as to how re-installing IE solved it.
>
> Can anyone shed some light?
>
> Thanks
>
>

Thanks. I had sort of guessed it some some windows dll..

Is there a reason why it could get this way? I'm not sure what activity has
been done on the machine, but I know SP4 was added at some stage. Could
there be another reason?



"Daniel Chang [MSFT]" <a-dchang@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:O0ZjI2TqDHA.2312@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> It's possible dll version mismatch or corruption caused the problem.
> Reinstalling IE would replace those mismatched/corrupt files.
>
> --
> --
> Daniel Chang
> Server Setup Team
>
> Search our Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/directory
> Visit the Windows 2000 Homepage at
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/default.asp
> See the Windows NT Homepage at http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/
>
> NOTE: Please reply to the newsgroup and not directly to me. This allows
> others to add to and benefit from these threads and also helps to ensure a
> more timely response. Thank you!
> This posting is provided "AS IS" without warranty either expressed or
> implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
> merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
> The views and opinions expressed in this newsgroup posting are mine and do
> not necessarily express or reflect the views and / or opinions of
Microsoft.
>
>
> "Ben W" <bundyrum75@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:uZz2pVRqDHA.2244@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > We recently noticed som eweird behaviour
> > - Double-clicking Add/Remove programs resulted in nothing
> > - opening NT Explorer gave a blank (greyed out) left side, so the drives
> etc
> > were not visible.
> >
> > These both seemed like fairly trivial problems, but upon installing a
> > program which created Services, the services woudl not create. I tried
> > several times to no avail.
> >
> > Upon suggestion from someone, re-installing IE would solve the
Add/Remove
> > programs probllem. It did & also solved the NT Explorer problem.
> >
> > The software was then successfully installed & services created.
> >
> > I am perplexed as to what the problem was with the OS? And how it came
to
> be
> > in that state? I'm also perlexed as to how re-installing IE solved it.
> >
> > Can anyone shed some light?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
>
>