Windows XP SP2 messing up system

[teemuflash]

Hello, I am having an issue with my computer and after searching in
here and trying to do whatever I can find, nothing is working. What is
happening is that Internet Explorer will not open. I try to open it;
the mouse turns to an hour glass and then nothing. Some other programs
are not working as well (example, Yahoo Messenger... opens but whenever
I try to do anything, it closes and exits completely). I tried
uninstalling SP2, but I was getting an error message, something about
wrong language or something (I am not on the computer right now, if
needed I can get the exact message). I also tried to download a full
copy of SP2 and installed it, thinking it would fix whatever files were
not working... but didn't change anything.
It all seemed to start after I installed SP2. There were some viruses
on the computer at one point, but I got rid of them and haven't had
any problems with that since. I don't know what to try next, like I
said, I searched on here, other sites and Microsoft itself and I can
not find an answer that works. I read about something in the
registry... and I would go in there if I knew it would work, but it
makes me nervous to edit that.
Does anyone have any ideas? Feel free to reply or to email me
(e-mail address removed)
Anything would be great... ill try.
Thank you,
Jay

 

[Guest]

First once SP2 is installed thier are other updates that follow thru
windows update,also before you install SP2,you should go to run,type:
cmd In cmd type:CHKDSK C: /F Agree to restart,type:EXIT From here,
install xp cd,boot to xp cd,recovery,select 1 for C: Press enter key for
password,type:CHKDSK C: /R When its thru,type:EXIT Let xp start,remove
cd.Also,after SP2,run disk clean up utility,then defrag.

 

[carputers]

I have installed SP2 on over a hundred different boxes since it was
released. The handful of times that I had problems or that the install
routine borked all had one thing in common - the machine in question
had spyware.

I would suggest following the protocols/instructions listed here as a
start:

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm#online

Or...

http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

Good Luck!

 

[teemuflash]

I have tried Ad-ware and spybot, and also the microsoft one to remove
everything they find. I have not however tried to use that HijackThis
thing. I will have to try that when i am at home and see if that will
show me (and when i say me, i mean the people at the forums) anything
to help.
I am nervous about rebooting with the orginal XP disk. I dont beleive
it will, but i dont want to loss everything on the computer with an
install. I have seen it before, but that was maybe because the wrong
options were selected or something. But i may have to try that if i can
not figure it out any other way.
Since i can not open Internet Explorer, i can not go to windows update,
but i have set them to be sent to me automaticly to be installed, so i
am still staying current on the updates. I was hopeing that SP3 would
fix this, but that is not do out for another year.
Thank you for your help, any other tips would be great also.

 

[POP]

Hello, I am having an issue with my computer and after
searching in here and trying to do whatever I can find,
nothing is working. What is happening is that Internet
Explorer will not open. I try to open it; the mouse turns
to an hour glass and then nothing. Some other programs are
not working as well (example, Yahoo Messenger... opens but
whenever I try to do anything, it closes and exits
completely). I tried uninstalling SP2, but I was getting
an error message, something about wrong language or
something (I am not on the computer right now, if needed I
can get the exact message). I also tried to download a
full copy of SP2 and installed it, thinking it would fix
whatever files were not working... but didn't change
anything.
It all seemed to start after I installed SP2. There were
some viruses on the computer at one point, but I got rid of
them and haven't had any problems with that since. I don't
know what to try next, like I said, I searched on here,
other sites and Microsoft itself and I can not find an
answer that works. I read about something in the
registry... and I would go in there if I knew it would
work, but it makes me nervous to edit that.
Does anyone have any ideas? Feel free to reply or to email
me (e-mail address removed)
Anything would be great... ill try.
Thank you,
Jay

Have you read, and followed, the recommended MS procedure for
installing SP2? If not, that's 99% likely the problem. Too much
to explain so I'll let you go read it for yourself.

Pop