MSCONFIG - system services failing on boot

[Guest]

After following procedures for an msconfig 'Clean install' WINXP no longer
boots up with any system services (I think) which means I no longer have any
networking capability - no connection to LAN etc. Also apps like Nortons AV
have stopped loading.

I have tried going through all the options in msconfig from normal startup,
diagnostic startup, selective startup to get them running again but with no
luck.

I have tried booting into Safe Mode in an attempt to complete a system
restore but an getting a Blue Screen during the process.

Does anyone have a fix?

Appreciate any guidance to resolve.

 

[Jerry]

Start > run > services.msc and the Services console should appear. Are there
really no system services?

 

[Guest]

Jerry, thanks for the guidance. Located this info from another forum post -
but glad you came back with the same advice.

Yes - their were no system services active at all - took me the best part of
40mins to go through each item and configure manually. MS should look to
creating a default radio button which activates the default services in
situations like this - something for Vista?

 

[Malke]

Jerry, thanks for the guidance. Located this info from another forum post
- but glad you came back with the same advice.

Yes - their were no system services active at all - took me the best part
of 40mins to go through each item and configure manually. MS should look
to creating a default radio button which activates the default services in
situations like this - something for Vista?

There is normally no need for the "button" because what happened to your
machine is a sign of something seriously failing. You need to determine the
cause of the failure. If this happened immediately after a clean install,
then I would look to hardware. If you have been running the machine for a
while, then I would look to viruses and malware. There isn't enough
information in your posts for me to narrow it down further.

Run the machine for a while and see how it does. It would still be smart to
make sure your hard drive and RAM are healthy and that the computer is
virus/malware-free.

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Troubleshooting
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Malke