XP will not boot up
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Hi all =) I've got windows XP pro but now it won't boot. Better, the system boots, but nothing works. I get a gray screen an can only run applications through the process manager. Explorer.exe won't start, i've run norton internet security (fully updated) but it finds nothing (although it's highly likely it is a virus), i've tryied restoring the system but nothing happned.. Any sugestions ? best regards hint_54
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Hi all =) I've got windows XP pro but now it won't boot. Better, the system boots, but nothing works. I get a gray screen an can only run applications through the process manager. Explorer.exe won't start, i've run norton internet security (fully updated) but it finds nothing (although it's highly likely it is a virus), i've tryied restoring the system but nothing happned.. Any sugestions ? best regards hint_54
Wipe the drive and reinstall from scratch. It's also possible that whatever your using for virus scanning is actually preventing EXPLORER.EXE from running! I know, that's insane, but I've seen it a couple times before. Try and launch EXPLORER.EXE yourself from the TaskManager and see.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Wipe the drive and reinstall from scratch. It's also possible that whatever your using for virus scanning is actually preventing EXPLORER.EXE from running! I know, that's insane, but I've seen it a couple times before. Try and launch EXPLORER.EXE yourself from the TaskManager and see.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
Try and launch EXPLORER.EXE yourself from the TaskManager and see.
I did it. It didn't work. The problem is solved now. (The whole thing happened at a friend's machine) He deleted a dll (don't remember the name) that was somehow related to the problem. When he tried to open the explorer.exe the box for reporting errors to microsoft showed up and that dll was identified there. He tried deleting it, it worked.. Else, 9 virus were identifyed with AVG, none with Norton.. regards hint_54
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
Try and launch EXPLORER.EXE yourself from the TaskManager and see.
I did it. It didn't work. The problem is solved now. (The whole thing happened at a friend's machine) He deleted a dll (don't remember the name) that was somehow related to the problem. When he tried to open the explorer.exe the box for reporting errors to microsoft showed up and that dll was identified there. He tried deleting it, it worked.. Else, 9 virus were identifyed with AVG, none with Norton.. regards hint_54