XP SP3 On-going crashes

[AIANDAS]

OK I'll try these, but in as far as Zune is concerned it is an awful media
player or whatever it calls itself. I really want to get rid of it WITHOUT
having to install it, since I remember it took FOREVER to install itself and
UI sucked.
Should I go ahead and delete these entries in the registry?

 

[AIANDAS]

AVIRA has been a consistent application in that it has been far better than
the other pieces of craps that's out there.
Not too keen on your idea to re-install the OS if it's not absolutely
necessary.
So I am going to hazard my way through and go per SC Toms' suggestions as he
seems to have the handle on this.

First I would get rid of AVIRA completely. It is dodgy and you get pop
ups every time it updates to FORCE you to buy their professional
version. It is slow and it is GERMAN. We british try to avoid GERMAN
products in the same way as we avoid them in major tournaments like
Football/Soccer.

Sadly I have to advise you that you should backup your data immediately
because there is simply no way out of this. your system has become very
unstable. Please download or buy Norton Ghost 15 because in my opinion
it is the best software in the market place to backup your data.

Also, Norton Ghost will enable you to clone/backup your entire drive
when you have re-installed XP SP3 so that in future you should be able
to restore your system much more quickly then going through the routine
install option.

hth

I am hoping to avoid the grief of re-installing the OS all over again. I am
currently running Avira as my antivirus which is FREE when running on an
individual level. Please help, otherwise if that is the end game to this
problem well, I'll need to save my files/data etc

AIANDAS wrote:

I've been experiencing on-going crashes and I go to Event Viewer and it shows
me that the following services failed to load or error messages came about:
PSINKNC; PLFLASHJ DEVICE CONTROL SERVICE; NANO SERVICE MAIN; AVGIDS WATCHER;
AKAMAI SERVICE; ADFS SERVICE;P ZUNE BUS ENUMERATOR; AVGIDS AGENT; AVGIDS
DRIVER; AVGIDS FILTER; AVGIDS SHIM; PSINPROC SERVICE; PSINFILE; PSINAFLT.
Apologies for writing in caps but I wanted to ensure these things stand out.
Any advice on how to deal with this will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in
advance.


You need to re-install XP from scratch. there is no Solution for this
problem and the only replies you will get are like this:

" What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the
computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
bought it)? "

"Pig-Bear [MS MVP]" <[email protected]>
.

.

 

[SC Tom]

Before you start deleting registry entries (hardly ever a good resort),
download and install the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301 . Start it up and see if any of your
problem programs are listed and use it to do a clean up. Be sure to try and
uninstall the programs through Add/Remove Programs first before using this
tool.

 

[db]

well, some of the keys you
mentioned refer to "services
being unable to start"

so it is unlikely that they are
causing your system to crash
because the services are basically
disabled/unable to start.

although I'm an advocate of
maintaining the registry,

I don't really think that the
keys you mentioned should
be dealt with at this time.

instead I would focus on
relieving the memory of
programs that call upon
the keys you mentioned.


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[AIANDAS]

instead I would focus on
relieving the memory of
programs that call upon
the keys you mentioned.

HOW do I go about doing this?
Again when I look at the Event Viewer it continues to show these services to
be the culprit. Is there a more comprehensive way for me to create a report
that I paste here so that for once and for all I can be given a more targeted
solution?
I am dreading the thought that someone else suggsted to have to re-install XP.

 

[db]

in my opinion there isn't a
comprehensive method to
review these issues.

you have the error log but
it doesn't indicate errors.

you have the ability to test
windows performance in
safe mode.

you have the ability to initiate
a clean boot and disable third
party services and programs.

you have a method to uninstall
faulty / poor performance
programs.

you have the ability to uninstall
drivers.

you have the ability to initiate
a repair installation

you have the ability to utilize
the recovery console.

therefore, my first suggestion
is to test windows in safe mode.

if it doesn't crash in safe mode
then it means the system core
files are intact and windows
doesn't have to be reinstalled.

if it does crash then you may
skip all of the other steps and
reinstall or repair windows.



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[AIANDAS]

Well I only have 2 red flags to speak of right now, ADFS and Akamai. I am
tempted to simply write to Akamai and see what they tell me. I have to find
out what this ADFS thing is and then take appropriate action.
Thanks for your patience and all your help on this.

 

[SC Tom]

ADFS is Active Directory Federation System, and is found on server operating
systems. I don't know why (or how) you would have it on an XP system.

 

[db]

yeah, it sounds like a
good idea to figure
that out.

there are simply some
programs that get installed
and crash the system.

I also agree with sc tom.

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