Oops! I just noticed you said under other devices! Go there rt click an chose reinstall driver, use the sata driver that were autodetected...
OK so check device mgr again did any of the red x and ! come back on reboot? Now check Drive management for any kind of new partition or drive....
OK do you have any red x's or yellow exclaimation points ! in device mgr or a catagory "Unknown devices ". If so rt click an select unistall...
I just now saw your post, I was posting at same time. Forget the Repair install for the SATA. Thinking again, that would only be required if we...
Also you did not answer the below Mike
Ok while awaiting your results from my last post I was thinking (yeah I even smelled the smoke). We must fix the SATA drivers. But if that...
Yes it could be the problem with WMI. SATA drivers are not yet slipstreamed into XP SP2. They require to be installed in the Windows non GUI...
Sandra says you have controllers disabled in BIOS confirm they are not SATA. OK confirm. Controller shows in device mng and is active?...
Hi 2fm It would be nice to hear that you resolved this and how. Your info may help someone else. And also we can close this thread. Mike
Glad all is well! Mike
OK do the below to clarify your issue. Go into the event logs and (save if you want) then immediately reboot. Event logs are empty so after...
OK with all we have done that should not have happened. So run Dia-A-Fix and check all boxes on first page. Confirm Windows Update works now...
That has aleady been done twice! The repair install is what we did in post #52. And you had said earlier that you had done another. Lets do...
Hi Alundra The VB Runtimes are needed by many programs. Spy/Aware sometimes attach delete or damage these files. So malware cleanup can get rid...
I am still searching and found these additional files that can effect WMI. It is only re-registering so do them anytime. Paste all to CMD...
OK your services look ok, a few that you don't need, but OK! Removing them would give more speed and more free ram. Were you using the newest...
OK I am assuming post #15 still did not work! I will be researching deeper into WMI errors and repair. Hopefully you have noticed an...
For sure let us know. It may help someone else also! Good luck, Mike
Hmmm Are you comfortable that windows is running OK? Default=C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT Edit paste or change the above line to the...
OK that is the correct DNS numbers the ones we deleted were 24.??.??.?? Well the dss shows the system to be clean, Since we have cleaned all...
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