Need Help Major computer problems

[TLWilliams904]

I have a few issues that are driving me crazy....
issue number one i was connected to the internet browsing ebay all of a
sudden an update message popped up but did not provide an option if i wanted
to install it or not . it just installed on its own!! when the installation
was complete again no option to restart , It just restarted on its own. when
My computer rebooted My firewall is gone and everytime i try to connect it
it says (ics) service not running do you want to start it. of course i click
yes then comes unable to connect to internet connection sharing/windows
firewall service. I check policy to turn it on from there it kicks back
error 2001 specified driver invalid

I reviewed this site and i found the Netsh Winsock reset which i tried. when
i reset the computer the firewall was back for a few secs then it went away
and again same issue this time it would not come back on at all
i downloaded ad-ware2007 to a flash drive tried to install it on my
computer and what did i get? error message not valid win32 application
my xp cd got cracked when i moved but i have the product code still so a
friend Gave a copyof the cd. also tried to install that same error msg
not a valid win32 application

Can someone please Help me with this I dont know what to do???????

 

[Jerry]

Do a system restore to a date/time before the trouble started.

 

[TLWilliams904]

Thank you for the response...
here are the things that i did
first was a system restore before trouble that did not work
next was atemp to start ics/windows firewall service from gp
attempted to re install from cd but sttd not valid win32 application
then found related topics to same error msgs on this news group and atempted
scanning and removing any viruses
then did winsock reset
is there anything else that could be done or is my system completely finished?

 

[Jerry]

You coud boot from your XP CD and do a repair install as a last resort.

 

[TLWilliams904]

i have tried booting from xp cd or maybe im doing something wrong
when i insert cd and go to boot menue and select cd drive .. xp starts ...
does not prompt the install options

do i need a boot flopy ?

 

[Jim]

i have tried booting from xp cd or maybe im doing something wrong
when i insert cd and go to boot menue and select cd drive .. xp starts ...
does not prompt the install options

do i need a boot flopy ?

After changing the boot order in the BIOS to boot from the CD first, you
must save the changes. Then you restart the computer.
If it does not boot from the CD, I would suspect a defective CD.
And, no, you do not need a boot floppy for XP.

Jim

 

[TLWilliams904]

Thanks that helped
with my issue with trying to boot from the cd

 

[Masters]

How does the repair work? Im having the same problem because I had a trojan
horse virus. I think it disable the windows firewall etc. How do I repair the
XP Files. Once I put the CD in, i can get to the repair mode but it doesn't
do anything.

Thanks

 

[Shenan Stanley]

How does the repair work? Im having the same problem because I had
a trojan horse virus. I think it disable the windows firewall etc.
How do I repair the XP Files. Once I put the CD in, i can get to
the repair mode but it doesn't do anything.

That's not a repair install... That's "Repair by Recovery Console"...

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

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341

 

[Masters]

Hi Shenan,

I followed the XP Repair Install Link you gave me, and it keeps restarting
itself under installing windows. It doesn't complete it. It doesn't go to the
finalizing installation part of it. When you restart it also wants to disk so
I can't take it out either. Windows is not loading up properly.