winxp - boot never completes possibly altnet

[Mosaic1]

Hod off a minut4e if you are reading.

Anpther thread the person fixed this by disabling third party browser extensions. Even if not spyware, they can go corrupt.

Download and save this reg file and then double click on it, say yes to the prompt.

Here's the link to the regfile.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/reg/DisableIEExtensions.reg


Restart and see if the problem is now gone please.

(Yuo can try to start explorer manually first. I am not sure it is really necessary to restart. But if no explorer, please try the restart)

[Mosaic1]

There's something else to try too. This worked for another person.

It is a utility to repair Internet Explorer.

You can download it from this page and then follow the directions shown on that page.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm

What IEFix does?
Registers the core Internet Explorer libraries.

Repairs Internet Explorer using IE.INF method.

Fixes two important registry keys which are required to set Internet Explorer as default

It is much more thorough than just the batch I gave you.

[rayno]

I've got the sick pc apart right now - trying to copy as much off the HDD as I can and the actual box is open and sitting out in front of my house - I'm letting the wind clean it out - good thing the wind is strong, 'cause there was some major dirt in there (heat problem?)
later I'll put this back together and try the above

[Mosaic1]

Please don't leave that outside! One drop of moisture in there when you turn it on and it will be ruined. Please take it inside. To clean out a case, you need to use Canned Compressed air.

[rayno]

tried those two routines - still nothing
taking a break
will check later, but I think I'll drop a spare hdd into the machine and try to reinstall winxp and copy his stuff back, then I''ll give him his pc back and keep the disk in case we want to play some more

[rayno]

it's dry as a bone here - besides, no way would I air this out inside (looked worse than under the bed)
don't worry - I was watching it
thnx

[Mosaic1]

Ok good. If it's cold, let it warm up a bit before you plug it in too. Good luck. Let's hope the repair utility does the trick.

[rayno]

ran iefix - asked for about 8 files including iexplorer.exe - looked on microsoft site and pointed to various program files directories where it then found those files
at the end - nothing changed, stll unable to run explorer

[Mosaic1]

It didn't ask for the CD? I see one link at the beginning of that page and another further down. Did you do it from the instructions and use the link from this section of the page?

IEFix Usage

[rayno]

it asked for the sp2 cd - no gots
I have an sp1 pro cd
I have the sp2 downloaded somewhere; can I burn a cd from that?