Unable to access Help & Support in XP Pro

G

Guest

Have recently installed XP Pro and cannot access Help & Support & Program
Compatibilty Wizard. Have tried reinstalling XP Pro but same problem occurs.
When selecting Help & Support, hour glass appears for a moment and then
nothing.
I'm a newcomer to XP so any help would be appreciated.
 
C

Carey Frisch [MVP]

Why doesn't Help and Support work?
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| Have recently installed XP Pro and cannot access Help & Support & Program
| Compatibilty Wizard. Have tried reinstalling XP Pro but same problem occurs.
| When selecting Help & Support, hour glass appears for a moment and then
| nothing.
| I'm a newcomer to XP so any help would be appreciated.
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Hi Crossman,

For Help and Support problem, see if these commands help, from Start/Run:

helpctr -regserver
regsvr32 jscript

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Have recently installed XP Pro and cannot access Help & Support & Program
Compatibilty Wizard. Have tried reinstalling XP Pro but same problem occurs.
When selecting Help & Support, hour glass appears for a moment and then
nothing.
I'm a newcomer to XP so any help would be appreciated.
 
G

Guest

Carey Frisch said:
Why doesn't Help and Support work?
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

:

| Have recently installed XP Pro and cannot access Help & Support & Program
| Compatibilty Wizard. Have tried reinstalling XP Pro but same problem occurs.
| When selecting Help & Support, hour glass appears for a moment and then
| nothing.
| I'm a newcomer to XP so any help would be appreciated.

Accessed Kellys Corner which was interesting. After some digging, I've found that the winhlp files in Windows System32 are unexpanded (exe. is only 8kb whereas the expanded filed is 260kb) could this be the problem and if so how can I replace the file? I've looked for \%SYSTEMROOT% IN CMD but cant locate. This could also be the problem with the program compatibility program which wont run as well. Getting a bit out of my depth here so any further help would be greatly appreciated. Roy
 

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