XP Pro SP2 will not open Run, Help, Control Panel, Explorer, & others

[champayne]

When I last booted I got a popup that said it had to use an earlier version of the registry. I tried Safe Mode in order to use an earlier restore point, but neither the restore utility nor help would open. I installed the OS 2 days ago and the only apps that I've loaded are PowerDesk, WinRAR, BitLord, GrabIt, FireFox, ThunderBird, GTA San Andreas, Alcohol 120%, Adobe Acrobat Reader, and TextPad. This happened after AutoUpdate said that it had encountered an error after I OK'd it's request to restart so it could install the updates. I haven't a clue as to how to remedy the situation as I can't use any of the apps to find out what is causing the major foul up. Any ideas? I'd greatly appreciate any guidance that may be forthcoming. I honestly loathe Windows XP, but have yet to find an OS that can run all the games and apps that I enjoy.

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Uninstall alcohol 120%

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"champayne" > wrote in message ...
>
> When I last booted I got a popup that said it had to use an earlier
> version of the registry. I tried Safe Mode in order to use an earlier
> restore point, but neither the restore utility nor help would open. I
> installed the OS 2 days ago and the only apps that I've loaded are
> PowerDesk, WinRAR, BitLord, GrabIt, FireFox, ThunderBird, GTA San
> Andreas, Alcohol 120%, Adobe Acrobat Reader, and TextPad. This happened
> after AutoUpdate said that it had encountered an error after I OK'd it's
> request to restart so it could install the updates. I haven't a clue as
> to how to remedy the situation as I can't use any of the apps to find
> out what is causing the major foul up. Any ideas? I'd greatly
> appreciate any guidance that may be forthcoming. I honestly loathe
> Windows XP, but have yet to find an OS that can run all the games and
> apps that I enjoy.
>
>
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> champayne