Since you stated: If the dealer that sold you this box did all that for you, by all means take it back to him for another look. If instead...
Well, you're making some progress, little by little. It's up to you if you want to make this a "work in progress" as a personal challenge. If...
I'll assume that's a typo error and you meant chkdsk /r. Ran properly, it would take several minutes to complete....did it? Since you ran it...
How about if you run taskmanager and click File > New Task and press the Browse button? Do you get the Browse screen? If so, click on the...
You could do the Registry editing manually but it's easier and safer to use some freeware designed for the purpose, such as this. In case you have...
Pandemic I'd say.
Hi boby19166 and welcome! Check out this possibility. I also see reports of a defective Mouse causing this, believe it or not.
OK, I understand better now. I'm happy to hear that the deletions turned out alright for you. XP is rather protective of the important files and...
kosketus, I'm too weary to read back through this from the beginning but it does seem that you may be trying to delete the wrong Administrator...
Thanks Dave, That works for me although I get more than I want: All Users Default User LocalService NetworkService Owner I hate telling...
Another person got advice directly from HP and it said: You will notice it did not say how to accomplish "providing the path" as suggested...
There's a pretty good outline of that whole procedure here. You will notice from the wording the author chose that there is no certainty about...
You'll get a lot of conflicting advice on this so be prepared to play Solomon and sort through it. Since I get to be first, I hope I can get...
It's pretty tough to see from here so there will be an element of risk involved. As far as I can tell from what you have posted, you should be...
I doubt that posting any more dumps will be of any value. Hardware failure happens at random times and the dump data will vary accordingly and...
From Task Manager > File > New Task > type sfc /scannow and press enter. Be prepared to supply your XP install CD when asked. When it...
Rereading your post makes me wonder if you have the Start Button or anything else. So, if not, try bringing up the Task manager by pressing...
Now run System Restore, assuming you had it enabled. Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore > chose the restore to...
It sounds like you have another Registry hive missing or corrupt. Slave the drive again and rename the SAM file in the same folder as before....
Look on the lower Taskbar and see if there is a divider bar. Drag it to the upper level. That should set you straight again.
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