Okay, from the top. In mid-August there was a virus on my computer. By the
time I got it fixed I kept getting all kinds of error messages about it
couldn't find this service and that service so I tried a Windows XP SP2
update to no avail. During my troubleshooting phase someone on one of those
online support forums told me I needed to download this and that and sent me
to a website to download all these services at MSDN something something.
Don't remember. I backup up my computer, downloaded all these services, etc.
Everything was fine. I backed up my computer and finally got my system
restore to start working again because the virus had disabled it somehow.
All seemed fine until one day I rebooted my computer. Five days before the
computer was working fine, but when I rebooted it, I lost my toolbar to my
Microsoft Works Suite 2000 Calendar which BTW cannot be fixed although I have
done everything everyone has told me to do, even going as far as a clean
boot, uninstall, reinstall, etc. etc. I also lost the use of my ntbackup.exe
file. It acts like it wants to run but it will not. I found the services
setting for my services online at
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../en-us/sys_srv_default_settings.mspx?mfr=true.
That fixed my backup but other things stopped working so this tech guy said,
"This list is pre SP2 and outdated.
Service Pack 2 modified many services and added others.
For example, Messenger was disabled by SP2 (so were other services) for
security reasons. On this list Messenger shows as Automatic.
Additionnally, the services.msc help file does not reflect SP2 changes.
Unfortunately Microsoft did not update the help file. Perhaps they will in a
future update ;-) I have compiled a list of default services pre and post
SP2 for both Home and Pro editions in excel as tested on my machine. E-mail
me directly at (e-mail address removed) and I can mail you the
file. If you don't have excel installed, a reader is available from
Microsoft.
So he sent me the list and I changed all my service settings are instructed,
then other programs would not work and my backup quit working again. Anyways,
I have had lots of people try to help me but they could not and they just
quit trying. One guy said he thinks my registry is messed up.
BTW, to clarify the regedit file I found and was going to install is the
registry and when I saved it I named it regedit so I would remember what it
was for, but it is the one with the virus.
Is this clear at all? I know people get mad and make fun of you behind your
back because you are not as smart as them and you are describing one thing
and they thing you are talking about something else because we don't know all
the technical lingo. I have gone back to previous post and have seen where
people has gone to that post after we have given up and they were making fun
of me saying if people like me cannot give them the right information that
they will not even try to answer us.
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In His Service,
Debra A. Snipes
www.In-His-Service.org