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After installing SP2, I've run into a problem trying to install programs
using setup.exe filenames. Initially, when I installed SP2, the PC would
hang during
reboot. All that would load would be my wallpaper. I powered down twice
and finally had to do the cntrl-alt-del to power cycle the PC before it would
finish booting.
Then I ran into a problem accessing the internet. I have DSL and even with
all firewalls and virus software turned off, still no access. Contrary to
my automatic update settings (which I had set earlier that day to notifiy but
don't install) eventually, while on the phone with MS tech suspport during a
reboot, some automatic update got installed onto the PC. Don't know what it
was. After that, I could access the net.
Then I tried to install some IPSec software my work supplies to connect to
its network. The self extracting files, self extracts but as soon as the
setup.exe file is executed, the PC goes to black and reboots. Tried various
versions, verified the file was okay. Tried turning off firewall, anti-virus
and unplugged DSL modem. Still, no luck.
As a test, I tried to install some simple little worrd processing/graphics
program and double clicked on it's setup.exe file. Same thing, PC goes to
black and reboots.
So, what do I do now?
using setup.exe filenames. Initially, when I installed SP2, the PC would
hang during
reboot. All that would load would be my wallpaper. I powered down twice
and finally had to do the cntrl-alt-del to power cycle the PC before it would
finish booting.
Then I ran into a problem accessing the internet. I have DSL and even with
all firewalls and virus software turned off, still no access. Contrary to
my automatic update settings (which I had set earlier that day to notifiy but
don't install) eventually, while on the phone with MS tech suspport during a
reboot, some automatic update got installed onto the PC. Don't know what it
was. After that, I could access the net.
Then I tried to install some IPSec software my work supplies to connect to
its network. The self extracting files, self extracts but as soon as the
setup.exe file is executed, the PC goes to black and reboots. Tried various
versions, verified the file was okay. Tried turning off firewall, anti-virus
and unplugged DSL modem. Still, no luck.
As a test, I tried to install some simple little worrd processing/graphics
program and double clicked on it's setup.exe file. Same thing, PC goes to
black and reboots.
So, what do I do now?