Error after upgrading Windows ME to XP

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Thomas Masci

I was performing an upgrade on a Windows ME machine to
take it to XP. After the upgrade everything works,
howver, when I have been on the machine for about 3
minutes or so after startep I get this box that pops up
saying that there has been somekind of "NT Authority
System" error (sorry not as descript - do not have PC or
error in front of me right now) and that the system will
shutdown in 50 seconds and a countdown starts. No I can
stop the countdown by opening a command prompt and
typing "shutdown -a" however I would like to stop this
error from coming up, but I'm not sure what caused it.
The other thing that is happening is that when I boot the
PC I am getting a messege saying that a piece of the
registry had to be recovered - are the two linked? Any
help or guidance would be greatly appreciated, feel free
to post or email me at (e-mail address removed).

Thank you.
 
Apparently, your computer has an unwelcome visitor (VIRUS) known
as the WM32 Blaster/Lovsan WORM. It only takes a split second for
this WORM to infect your computer if a firewall is not enabled and you
have an active internet connection.

It entered the computer through the internet connection because the "firewall"
was not properly enabled and essential critical updates were not installed from
the Windows Update website. For instructions on fixing the problem, visit:

What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

Remove W32.MSBlast.Worm
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rpc

Blaster Worm: Critical Security Patch for Windows XP (32-bit version)
http://microsoft.com/downloads/deta...6C-C5B6-44AC-9532-3DE40F69C074&displaylang=en

If your computer is constantly attempting to shutdown
or reboot, quickly go to:

Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.
This opens the Command Prompt window.

Then type: shutdown -a , and hit enter.

This should halt the rebooting problem.

Then immediately turn-on Windows XP's built-in Firewall:

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/default.asp


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

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| I was performing an upgrade on a Windows ME machine to
| take it to XP. After the upgrade everything works,
| howver, when I have been on the machine for about 3
| minutes or so after startep I get this box that pops up
| saying that there has been somekind of "NT Authority
| System" error (sorry not as descript - do not have PC or
| error in front of me right now) and that the system will
| shutdown in 50 seconds and a countdown starts. No I can
| stop the countdown by opening a command prompt and
| typing "shutdown -a" however I would like to stop this
| error from coming up, but I'm not sure what caused it.
| The other thing that is happening is that when I boot the
| PC I am getting a messege saying that a piece of the
| registry had to be recovered - are the two linked? Any
| help or guidance would be greatly appreciated, feel free
| to post or email me at (e-mail address removed).
|
| Thank you.
 
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