What to do before recovery console?

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I think my registry became damaged after an attempt to use, then restore
settings from GameXP. There is no system recovery as near as I can tell, as
that was turned off by GameXP.
My symptoms:
Boots Ok to welcome screen;
Login to user gets going, then hangs at different stages -- start bar
Explorer does not repond, network/internet is unavailable (2-3 Norton AV
dialogs saying it cannot scan e-mails).
Ctrl+Alt+Del to get Task Manager is OK. Shows two SVCHOST apps taking approx
50% CPU.
If I open MMC (via Task Manager) and Computer Management / Services, it
shows SSDP Service is "Starting" and WebClient is "Stopping".
If I DISABLE SSDP, things settle down, and the start bar Explorer starts
responding. (Then reset it to Manual.)
But still no network or internet.
IPCONFIG shows 169.(...) which is no good. IPCONFIG (/RELEASE and) /RENEW
fails.

I have looked at the registry for bad programs in RUN or RUNONCE, and cannot
see anything out-of-place.

Other details:
WinXP Home, SP1
Small home LAN accessing DSL with router. (Two other computers work fine.)

Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks.
Ken.
 
KenC said:
I think my registry became damaged after an attempt to use, then restore
settings from GameXP. There is no system recovery as near as I can tell, as
that was turned off by GameXP.
My symptoms:
Boots Ok to welcome screen;
Login to user gets going, then hangs at different stages -- start bar
Explorer does not repond, network/internet is unavailable (2-3 Norton AV
dialogs saying it cannot scan e-mails).
Ctrl+Alt+Del to get Task Manager is OK. Shows two SVCHOST apps taking approx
50% CPU.
If I open MMC (via Task Manager) and Computer Management / Services, it
shows SSDP Service is "Starting" and WebClient is "Stopping".
If I DISABLE SSDP, things settle down, and the start bar Explorer starts
responding. (Then reset it to Manual.)
But still no network or internet.
IPCONFIG shows 169.(...) which is no good. IPCONFIG (/RELEASE and) /RENEW
fails.

I have looked at the registry for bad programs in RUN or RUNONCE, and cannot
see anything out-of-place.

Other details:
WinXP Home, SP1
Small home LAN accessing DSL with router. (Two other computers work fine.)

Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks.
Ken.
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Here is a link which shows XP's default services and tweaks for gaming,The
only thing I can suggest is to compare what you have with what's default in
XP and reset them in admin tools>services. I hope this may be of some help to
you?

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
 
Good info, thanks.
Unfortunately, no change in the symptoms. I reset everything that was
different -- from Disabled to Manual in all cases: ClipSrv, CiSv, SwPrv,
netdde, netddeddsm, Rsvp, RdSessMgr, SCardSvr, SCardDrv. And rebooted, of
course.

There is a long timeout after the desktop starts showing. Then it flashes to
the default desktop color, but not back to my wallpaper (the flash part is
normal, though), at which point the desktop is unresponsive.
Another symptom that I'm not sure is relevant: There are only messages in
the event log / Application for the event log service and password service
getting started. Not even a note for shutdown, for instance. Shouldn't there
be more?
Also, disk space should not be a problem with nearly 3GB free (plus another
40GB on another drive).

Any other thoughts?
Ken.
 
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