I installed it a couple weeks ago. I did so in order to see if it would get rid of an error that was causing my IE6 browser and Explorer.exe to...
I consider the only smart way is to save backup images of your entire system drive onto a separate drive. That way you can restore the drive...
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Now you're starting to understand why I suggested the drastic move early on. Systems with damage like yours has are hard to resurrect to...
cacls~ "C:\System~Volume~Information "~/e~/g~owner:f The red tilde indicates where spaces are inserted.
It's my understanding that the PowerUser type of identity is for legacy compliance and no longer recommended by MS. Perhaps read up on this and...
I doubt it's worth worrying about since you have only assigned full user rights to one particular user and you think that user needs such rights...
Well, you can try addressing that folder and resetting its permissions. I use the cacls command in the following for things like this: cacls...
I'm not surprised that the SFC /scannow didn't help since I have never had it do anything meaningful that I could tell, yet I keep trying. :D...
I found this. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313222 It describes how to reset Windows Security settings back to the default values. Might be...
Try SFC /scannow from the Run window. Be ready to supply your XP installation CD when/if asked.
If you used a Registry Cleaner, most of them make backups. How about yours? If it has backups, run them and restore the Registry in hopes of...
If you have System Restore enabled, use it to return to a time when things worked. I mean before the registry was "cleaned ". If that isn't...
Furthermore, if you have any computers running XP Home, the security tab is only available in Safe Mode while logged in with Administrator privileges.
Hi Neil & Mike! Yes, I agree that SFC is not for regular maintenance use. I look on it as a Stilson wrench in an age of box-end rachets....
No, you wouldn't want to change the drive letter since that would render all the shortcuts pointing to the wrong target. Besides, Windows won't...
No problem Neil. I often get the same problems when everyone want to use the front burner at the same time. :) As for the removal of the...
Sounds good so far Neil! Now I want to verify which version of Windows you are actually booting so we don't delete the wrong folder. Go to...
If you get a particularly stubborn system, you can use a Safe Mode Boot CD or floppy to make it a little more sociable. I use these as handy...
OK, I gotcha Mike. RetiredLearner, when you get back I'd like you to try something that MS has recently offered for fixing systems with your...
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