Strange goings on with OS

  • Thread starter Thread starter Craig Schiller
  • Start date Start date
C

Craig Schiller

I recently had my computer worked on by my local guru who installed a
new hard drive. Long story, but there was befuddling trouble with the
install so the new drive got installed as the D: drive and the original
drive remained as the C: Guru may have also installed SP2 update to XP
Home. Anyway, I was moving to Canada from LA so the next day the stuff
was packed up (that was about 6 weeks ago) and I've only just gotten the
copmputer hooked up again. Here's the problem:

I now can't change folder options (the changes I make don't stick). I
can't unlock the taskbar (ditto). It doesn't seem like I can write to
the registry (a utility, ClipMate, apparently lost its settings and on
startup asks me where I want to store its data files. When I tell it, it
tries to write, then crashes, so I'm assuming this is a
write-to-registry problem).

Anyone have any idea what's going on? I'd REALLY rather not lose 2 or 3
days reformatting the HD and reinstalling everything.

TIA,
Craig
 
I should add, I am the Administrater and only User on the machine, and
am logged on as such when this happens.

Craig
 
Back
Top