run-time error '5'

[Guest]

Receive this error message when starting up xp. I cannot anything other than
this message ie. no icons or access to programs. The only thing i can get is
the task manager.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Receive this error message when starting up xp. I cannot anything
other than this message ie. no icons or access to programs. The
only thing i can get is the task manager.

Safe Mode react the same way?

 

[Guest]

How do you start in safe mode?

Safe Mode react the same way?

 

[Malke]

Receive this error message when starting up xp. I cannot anything other than
this message ie. no icons or access to programs. The only thing i can get is
the task manager.

Something you have starting up with Windows is causing the problem.
Since you can get Task Manager, do New Task>msconfig. Then do clean-boot
troubleshooting with that utility so you can find the culprit. And of
course, you should always ask yourself The First Question Of
Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things worked and the
time they didn't?

Clean boot in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353
Clean-boot advanced troubleshooting in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434
How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560


Malke