winxp - boot never completes possibly altnet

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)
 
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
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It is much more thorough than just the batch I gave you.
 
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
 
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.
 
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
 
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
 
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.
 
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
 
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
 
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?
 
In the instructions there is a way to skip the CD and just do the registry changes. If need be you can try that. But first have a look on the hard drive for a folder named ServicePackFiles\i386

If you find it then that is what the IEFIX needs. Point it to that.
 
Plus now I have just been pointed to another possibility by an expert at another forum named wng_z3r0.


Can you please run regedit on the problem machine and go to this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs


Highlight RpcSs in the left pane and look in the right pane for this entry:


ObjectName

What does it say in the data column?

It should say LocalSystem

Let me know. Don't make any changes. Just have a quick look.
 
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That seems to be the usual data for Windows Xp SP2. So that is not wrong. That can be a problem after SP2 is removed and that entry is not then corrected. I have been reading and some people running XP Sp2 had slow startups and changed that data. They then had a faster startup.

But before we try anything else, I need to know if you were able to run the IEfix and if you found Servicepackfiles folder?
 
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didn't I run iefix twice the other night? or was that something else?
my head's swimming -lacrosse season has started at high school and i shoot and edit the games so I'm all videoed out
 
Here's what you told me:
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
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If you cannot find the servicepackfiles folder then let;s make a decision.

Either disable Folder magic and see if that fixes this..

Or uninstall Service Pack2 and see if that does the job.
 
Let me know which one you would like to try before you do it.

Let's hope one or the other fixes this problem.
 
ok it's coming back to me - what I did was to point the IEFix to the folders that contained the files it was looking for by checking on MS site to find out what location in the file system they usually lived in
I just reran and relinked all the files - same result

what's the preferred way to get rid of magic folder?
 
Remember I gave you a link to the page? And it showed you how to disable using Recovery Console? Follow those instructions first. Then see if you get explorer back.
 
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