Another keeper Dave. I always read your posts.
Thanks.
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:
| Hi Ray,
|
| Thanks for your reponse. You are right - I do have Windows configured to
| log me on automatically, but I wasn't able to follow your suggestion
because
| I can't get into task manager. I tried Ctrl+Shift+Esc and Ctrl-Alt-Del,
but
| nothing happens. I tried to boot to "Last known good configuration" but
that
| didn't work either. I couldn't even boot to safe mode. I can try to
repair
| it using the Windows cd or trying an in place upgrade, but my only concern
is
| that my Windows cd is SP3 but my installation is SP4. Do you know if that
is
| a problem? Is there a way that I can make an updated Windows setup cd
that
| already has SP4 applied?
|
| Thanks again,
|
| Paul
|
|
| "Ray Costanzo [MVP]" wrote:
|
| > It sounds to me that you have your computer setup to automatically log
you
| > on, and that your shell, explorer.exe most likely, is either not
starting or
| > is crashing. I believe the latter is a fairly common problem people run
| > into. Rumor has it that one of the causes is installing a service pack
| > while there is an instance if iexplore.exe running.
| >
| > Instead of doing a repair, I suggest that you just reinstall SP4.
| >
| > To do that, first pull up the task manager by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc.
| > Then click File--New Task...
| > If you already have SP4 downloaded, just browse to the executable and
run to
| > it.
| > If you do not have SP4 downloaded, enter "iexplore.exe" in the Run
dialog
| > top open IE and download it.
| >
| > Just before you start the install, check the processes tab on the task
| > manager and make sure that iexplore.exe does not appear anywhere in the
| > list. If it does, end the process(es).
| >
| > Ray at work
| >
| >
| > | > > Hi,
| > > I have a broken installation of Windows 2000 Pro. When I start the
PC, I
| > > get the usual "Preparing Network Connections" and "Applying Local
Security
| > > Policy" messages, but then it just hangs. All I get is a blank screen
of
| > my
| > > desktop background color - no icons, no start menu, taskbar or
anything.
| > The
| > > mouse cursor does appear and I am able to move it, but I can't do
anything
| > > else.
| > >
| > > I'd like to try to repair this, but my Windows installation cd is SP3
| > > whereas I had already applied SP4. Can I just boot off the SP3 cd and
| > choose
| > > repair, or will the SP3 cd not be able to repair a SP4 installation?
Is
| > > there anything else I can try?
| > >
| > > Thanks,
| > > Paul
| > > --
| > > Paul Kraemer
| >
| >
| >
