eberris said:
I installed service pack 1 and had nothing but trouble.
I finally cleaned off and reconfigured my hard drive and
reinstalled all up-dates with exception of SP1. I see
there is now a Service Pack 1a. Is this safe??
It is identical, except in leaving out the 'Java' Virtual Machine under
a court ruling in the case by Sun.
Troubles with SP1 usually seem to arise from either having installed
third party software that modifies System Files - eg Styles; from
approaching it too casually, with things like AV still running; and
possibly by using the Express install and having the connection break in
the middle at a bad moment. I come increasingly to think that one
should get the complete Network Install version - either on a broadband
download and burn to a CD, then run from that; looking on a magazine
cover disk, or paying the $10 to order the CD.
Then The following may turn out overkill, but a few minutes is worth
while. Also be sure you have a good backup of important matters against
any possible total disaster (like the one who had pulled the power in
the middle).
It is important to ensure you have nothing getting in the way..
I suggest
Empty the folder windows\system32\catroot2
(which can give rise to spurious messages about Cryptographic services)
Disable all anti-virus and firewall etc in their own settings. Also if
you have any program that changes the splash screen, or provides more
styles by modifying the system files (esp Styles-XP), uninstall it
If you ever installed XP-Antispy, it disables a dll XSP1 needs, so just
in case, Start - Run and run
regsvr32 licdll.dll
regsvr32 regwizc.dll
Start - run Msconfig.exe
Uncheck the Load Startup items; and in Services page check 'hide
Microsoft services' and uncheck those lines left. Put them back when
all is up and running
OK, and reboot to a clean machine from which to run the SP1 setup. All
this should not be necessary, but is worth the trouble, to make sure
