Old Worm, New Problems

[ljking]

I have been told that my computer, newly connected to the internet, is
the victim of the Blaster worm. I am now someone else's computer w/
win98.

Long story short, now I cannot boot up my computer. I cannot get into
safe mode either. I tried to boot it up with boot disks now I get
"error loading operating system."

If I cannot even get in using safe mode, is there another way to get
my computer operating safely again?

I use windows XP Pro. I would prefer to not reformat the hard drive. I
was able to run a drive diagnostic test (which does not operate w/in
windows) and the drive is fine.

I have a 40G master drive and a 120G slave drive for video.
Life was hunky dory until I connected to the internet and downloaded
these security patches from microsoft. then the computer just kept
rebooting.

thanks for any help.
ljking

 

[oldone]

Whilst your computer is offline go to Start - Run and type
services.msc select RPC (Remote Procedure Call) from the
list, double click and select Recovery - change the top
option to Restart the Service. This should stop the
computer shutting down.
Make sure your firewall is enabled - very important - and
go online.
Logon to http;//www.kellys-korner-xp.cpm/xp_qr.htm#rpc
and follows the instructions.
Hope this helps.

 

[Ron Martell]

I have been told that my computer, newly connected to the internet, is
the victim of the Blaster worm. I am now someone else's computer w/
win98.

Long story short, now I cannot boot up my computer. I cannot get into
safe mode either. I tried to boot it up with boot disks now I get
"error loading operating system."

If I cannot even get in using safe mode, is there another way to get
my computer operating safely again?

I use windows XP Pro. I would prefer to not reformat the hard drive. I
was able to run a drive diagnostic test (which does not operate w/in
windows) and the drive is fine.

I have a 40G master drive and a 120G slave drive for video.
Life was hunky dory until I connected to the internet and downloaded
these security patches from microsoft. then the computer just kept
rebooting.

thanks for any help.
ljking

Make certain that your computer is disconnected from the Internet.

Boot it with the Windows XP CDROM and then do a Repair Install as per
the instructions at http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."