Whole host of problems

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Lexicon

Where do I start? I have a custom built machine that I bought from my last
employer when he was downsizing. It has Windows XP Pro Version 2002, SP2 and
was built to run on a corporate network. It has worked fine in my home until
this past weekend. I had run Ad-Aware when I discovered that my Webroot
Spysweeper was out of date. I updated it, ran it and felt liked between the
two my machine was fairly clean of spyware. Every Thursday my Symantec
anti-virus runs.

I shut the machine down overnight and when I started it the next day I got
an error message that said the Webroot installation was corrupted and that
spysweeper would be restarted. I clicked OK and the machine finished booting
up. The net result was the following:

Drap & drop does not work
Right click, copy, paste does not work
Copying anything to the clipboard does not work
Installing anything that requires windows installer does not work
Making any changes to Services with the mouse does not work
Unable to load individual service properties from the menu or right click
Windows Help doesn not work
no sound even though Device Manager states that the card is functioning
properly
Troubleshooter does not work
IE does not start
Cannot use System Restore and the lis goes on
and the list goes on.

Individually, these problems are addressed by this public forum, but I'm
trying to find out if anyone else had this sort of problem and could offer a
solution. It appears to me that I have a major registry problem.

BTW, my Quicken and Netscape still work.

Any and all suggestions are welcomed. Thank You
 
D

David H. Lipman

From: "Lexicon" <[email protected]>

| Where do I start? I have a custom built machine that I bought from my last
| employer when he was downsizing. It has Windows XP Pro Version 2002, SP2 and
| was built to run on a corporate network. It has worked fine in my home until
| this past weekend. I had run Ad-Aware when I discovered that my Webroot
| Spysweeper was out of date. I updated it, ran it and felt liked between the
| two my machine was fairly clean of spyware. Every Thursday my Symantec
| anti-virus runs.
|
| I shut the machine down overnight and when I started it the next day I got
| an error message that said the Webroot installation was corrupted and that
| spysweeper would be restarted. I clicked OK and the machine finished booting
| up. The net result was the following:
|
| Drap & drop does not work
| Right click, copy, paste does not work
| Copying anything to the clipboard does not work
| Installing anything that requires windows installer does not work
| Making any changes to Services with the mouse does not work
| Unable to load individual service properties from the menu or right click
| Windows Help doesn not work
| no sound even though Device Manager states that the card is functioning
| properly
| Troubleshooter does not work
| IE does not start
| Cannot use System Restore and the lis goes on
| and the list goes on.
|
| Individually, these problems are addressed by this public forum, but I'm
| trying to find out if anyone else had this sort of problem and could offer a
| solution. It appears to me that I have a major registry problem.
|
| BTW, my Quicken and Netscape still work.
|
| Any and all suggestions are welcomed. Thank You

Too far gone...

Wipe the PC and re-install the OS from scratch.
 
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Pegasus \(MVP\)

Lexicon said:
Where do I start? I have a custom built machine that I bought from my
last
employer when he was downsizing. It has Windows XP Pro Version 2002, SP2
and
was built to run on a corporate network. It has worked fine in my home
until
this past weekend. I had run Ad-Aware when I discovered that my Webroot
Spysweeper was out of date. I updated it, ran it and felt liked between
the
two my machine was fairly clean of spyware. Every Thursday my Symantec
anti-virus runs.

I shut the machine down overnight and when I started it the next day I got
an error message that said the Webroot installation was corrupted and that
spysweeper would be restarted. I clicked OK and the machine finished
booting
up. The net result was the following:

Drap & drop does not work
Right click, copy, paste does not work
Copying anything to the clipboard does not work
Installing anything that requires windows installer does not work
Making any changes to Services with the mouse does not work
Unable to load individual service properties from the menu or right click
Windows Help doesn not work
no sound even though Device Manager states that the card is functioning
properly
Troubleshooter does not work
IE does not start
Cannot use System Restore and the lis goes on
and the list goes on.

Individually, these problems are addressed by this public forum, but I'm
trying to find out if anyone else had this sort of problem and could offer
a
solution. It appears to me that I have a major registry problem.

BTW, my Quicken and Netscape still work.

Any and all suggestions are welcomed. Thank You
Click to expand...

Try "System Restore".
 
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Twayne

Where do I start? I have a custom built machine that I bought from
my last employer when he was downsizing. It has Windows XP Pro
Version 2002, SP2 and was built to run on a corporate network. It
has worked fine in my home until this past weekend. I had run
Ad-Aware when I discovered that my Webroot Spysweeper was out of
date. I updated it, ran it and felt liked between the two my machine
was fairly clean of spyware. Every Thursday my Symantec anti-virus
runs.

I shut the machine down overnight and when I started it the next day
I got an error message that said the Webroot installation was
corrupted and that spysweeper would be restarted. I clicked OK and
the machine finished booting up. The net result was the following:

Drap & drop does not work
Right click, copy, paste does not work
Copying anything to the clipboard does not work
Installing anything that requires windows installer does not work
Making any changes to Services with the mouse does not work
Unable to load individual service properties from the menu or right
click Windows Help doesn not work
no sound even though Device Manager states that the card is
functioning properly
Troubleshooter does not work
IE does not start
Cannot use System Restore and the lis goes on
and the list goes on.

Individually, these problems are addressed by this public forum, but
I'm trying to find out if anyone else had this sort of problem and
could offer a solution. It appears to me that I have a major
registry problem.

BTW, my Quicken and Netscape still work.

Any and all suggestions are welcomed. Thank You
Click to expand...

Have you tried a cold boot? That means Shut Down, actually remove power
from the PC (pull the plug if you have to), wait at least 60 seconds,
then plug it back in and start it up again.

I ask because you gave NO indication of what you may have tried so far.
What are some typical error messages?
What happens when you try some of those things?
--

Regards,

Twayne

OO0 is a GREAT MS Office replacement
www.openoffice.org

Please respond to the newsgroup, not to
my e-mail, so that all may benefit. I do not
always respond to newsgroup e-mails.
 
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Lexicon

David H. Lipman said:
From: "Lexicon" <[email protected]>

| Where do I start?
|
| Any and all suggestions are welcomed. Thank You

Too far gone...

Wipe the PC and re-install the OS from scratch.
Click to expand...
David,

Yours is my option of last resort.

Thanks.
 
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Lexicon

Daave said:
OP stated that he couldn't use System Restore.

To Lexicon: Why not? What specifically happens?


Pegasus & Daave,
Click to expand...

I have tried "System Restore" several times with the following result:

"System Restore is not able to protect your computer. Please restart your
computer, and then run System Restore again."

Thanks
 
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David H. Lipman

From: "Lexicon" <[email protected]>


| David,
|
| Yours is my option of last resort.
|
| Thanks.

Sure, I realize that.
However, based upon what you posted, I really doubt you will resolve the issues and you are
best off starting again.

It's your time and your decision.

Good Luck!
 
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Lexicon

windmap said:
Create a new user account and see whether this problem also occurs in new
account.If no proceed to this document
http://technet.microsoft.com/hi-in/library/bb457074(en-us).aspx

"Lexicon" <[email protected]> wrote
Click to expand...

windmap,

The conditions exist on both user accounts and when I try to create a new
account I get the following:

Browse responds no locations can be found and the user domain could not be
found and does not exist.

I recently moved and cannot find where I packed my Windows XP CD.

Thanks
 

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