Computer lock-up when opening Control Panel

[Ken Maughan]

Hi,
Every time I click on Control Panel to try and remove a program the computer
locks up and I have to delete it another way. Anyone any idea as to the
cause/remedy?

MTIA
Ken

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[Kadaitcha Man]

Ken Maughan wrote:
> Hi,
> Every time I click on Control Panel to try and remove a program the
> computer locks up and I have to delete it another way. Anyone any
> idea as to the cause/remedy?

Read this first: http://kadaitcha.ath.cx/articles/cannot_start_xp.aspx

Then post back.

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[Thorsten Matzner]

"Ken Maughan" > wrote:

>Every time I click on Control Panel to try and remove a program the computer
>locks up and I have to delete it another way. Anyone any idea as to the
>cause/remedy?

Check the Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer for
error messages that may belong to this.
Run the System File Checker from Start > Run with the command
SFC /scannow
If you used a Registry cleaner recently: undo the latest changes that
the tool made to the Registry.
As a last resort see: "How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade
(Reinstallation) of Windows XP"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315341).

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