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I Killed Windows XP Pro??

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by Steve R Jones, 2006/09/19.

  1. 2006/09/19
    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff Thread Starter

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    I’m having the same problem of being unable to view display properties like the other member in this thread. (this is the least of my problems) http://windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=57741


    I attempted to do the "two more tricks" that Bill provided. I tried the fix_display_tabs.reg but got an error about unable to merge/invalid something. (sorry, didn’t write it down) I then did ran the script provided in this link:
    Reregister OLE32
    http://windowsxp.mvps.org/olereg.htm

    I shut the pc down yesterday and went home. This morning when I launch IE I get this error:
    [​IMG]

    Also, if try to open an email in Outlook 2003 that is HTML/Rich Text I get this error:
    [​IMG]

    (I can send and receive plain text messages in outlook)
    The accounting software I support uses .html files to display images. The software brings up blank pages in IE when it should display icon type images.

    I’ve tried SFC /Scannow but no joy.
    I’ve re-registered several dll files associated with IE.
    I tried a detect and repair and a repair install of Office 2003 Pro. Adding to my problems, I’m getting an error about one of the cab files on the cd not being found even though I can see it in Explorer.

    This article sure looks like a match. I called MS to get the hotfix but they said XP Pro with SP2 already had it included...
    Error message: "Internet Explorer cannot download a file "
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816868/en-us

    Any help would be appreciated.
     
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    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff Thread Starter

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    Looks like my error message didn't come out so well.

    The IE error says:
    Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet site. The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found.

    The Outlook Error says:
    Can't open this item. The text formatting command is not available. It may not be installed correctly. Please install Outlook again.
     
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    Bill Castner

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    If you repair your Winsock service stack, does it help the IE issue?

    Start, Run, cmd

    netsh winsock reset

    Wait for the prompt to restart. Restart your computer and test.

    I must admit though I would do a repair reinstall at this point.
     
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    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff Thread Starter

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    No joy...
    I had to set my home page to use blank. Depending on the site, I either get the error mentioned or a pure white blank page...Internet tools doesn't work from within IE. But does work within control pannel...

    Actually got Office 2003 to do a repair install and got Outlook to do a repair but no joy...

    Repair install of XP is starting to sound real good.
    I do have a two month old image on another drive....
     
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