Uninstall Nightmare

[Guest]

My games were crashing my computer. I set a system restore point and
unistalled a bunch of programs. I also deleted a bunch of program files that
didn't seem important. My computer worked great except Word and Excel didn't
work so I tried a system restore. Now my computer will only start in safe
mode.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

On the same screen as you access Safe Mode, try 'Last Known Good
Configuration' to see if you can get back into Windows 'normal' mode.

 

[Rock]

My games were crashing my computer. I set a system restore point and
unistalled a bunch of programs. I also deleted a bunch of program files that
didn't seem important. My computer worked great except Word and Excel didn't
work so I tried a system restore. Now my computer will only start in safe
mode.

Hmm..would have thought the way to deal with this was uninstall /
reinstall Word and Excel rather than do the restore.

I assume you tried Last Known Good Configuration? Try to undo the
restore from safe mode. If that doesn't work try another restore point.
If that doesn't work do a repair install, and if that doesn't then a
clean install.

First you might want to install the drive as a slave drive in another XP
computer and copy the important data files before you try any other
fixes.

 

[Guest]

Hmm..would have thought the way to deal with this was uninstall /
reinstall Word and Excel rather than do the restore.

I assume you tried Last Known Good Configuration? Try to undo the
restore from safe mode. If that doesn't work try another restore point.
If that doesn't work do a repair install, and if that doesn't then a
clean install.

First you might want to install the drive as a slave drive in another XP
computer and copy the important data files before you try any other
fixes.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Thank You for your help. How do I do a Repair/Clean Install?

 

[Rock]

:

http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

 

[Guest]

gee you sound just likieme i did the same thing then i dusted my pc with a
dust remover and it was running good but i get some disturbing messages like
missing files etc