damsel in some serious distress

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Sheila

I have Windows XP home edition, yesterday I downloaded SP2
and installed, after install, I got "buffer overrun has
been detected in explorer.exe, execution must be
terminated" (that might not be exactly the error message,
but pretty close. I then uninstalled SP2, everything in
the uninstall process went smooth. However, now when I
reboot and login to XP, the computer freezes after I enter
the password. I can boot into sasfe mode just fine, I am
at a loss what to do here. so any help or ideas would be
greatly appreciated. If I do have to reeinstall, is there
a way to just install OS? without damaging other files? or
having to install progs again?

THANK YOU FOR READING THIS AND ANY HELP YOU MAY PROVIDE!!!
Sheila
 
1. Perform a "Repair Install".
2. Perform a Disk Cleanup.
3. Perform a Check Disk.
4. Disable your antivirus program.
5. Install SP2.
6. Perform a Defrag of the hard drive.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310312&Product=winxp

How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315265&Product=winxp

HOW TO: Analyze and Defragment a Disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305781&Product=winxp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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|I have Windows XP home edition, yesterday I downloaded SP2
| and installed, after install, I got "buffer overrun has
| been detected in explorer.exe, execution must be
| terminated" (that might not be exactly the error message,
| but pretty close. I then uninstalled SP2, everything in
| the uninstall process went smooth. However, now when I
| reboot and login to XP, the computer freezes after I enter
| the password. I can boot into sasfe mode just fine, I am
| at a loss what to do here. so any help or ideas would be
| greatly appreciated. If I do have to reeinstall, is there
| a way to just install OS? without damaging other files? or
| having to install progs again?
|
| THANK YOU FOR READING THIS AND ANY HELP YOU MAY PROVIDE!!!
| Sheila
 
Carey,

Thank you so much, that helped immensely and i am finally
back where I started...again, you are my knight in shining
armor today..

sheila
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1. Perform a "Repair Install".
2. Perform a Disk Cleanup.
3. Perform a Check Disk.
4. Disable your antivirus program.
5. Install SP2.
6. Perform a Defrag of the hard drive.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;310312&Product=winxp

How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;315265&Product=winxp

HOW TO: Analyze and Defragment a Disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;305781&Product=winxp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.a spx
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|I have Windows XP home edition, yesterday I downloaded SP2
| and installed, after install, I got "buffer overrun has
| been detected in explorer.exe, execution must be
| terminated" (that might not be exactly the error message,
| but pretty close. I then uninstalled SP2, everything in
| the uninstall process went smooth. However, now when I
| reboot and login to XP, the computer freezes after I enter
| the password. I can boot into sasfe mode just fine, I am
| at a loss what to do here. so any help or ideas would be
| greatly appreciated. If I do have to reeinstall, is there
| a way to just install OS? without damaging other files? or
| having to install progs again?
|
| THANK YOU FOR READING THIS AND ANY HELP YOU MAY PROVIDE!!!
| Sheila
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