Any advice

[chatter]

Hi - grateful for any advice

I got the recommended update from windows update on 25th (adds set
program access and defaults to start menu) as well as one for media
player

When i search for files from start the program (explorer) encounters a
problem and needs to close

Also wkcal.exe is "failing to initialize properly" at startup. This
wouldn't bother me but my antivirus somehow got corrupted and i had to
uninstall it. when i try to reinstall it or install another i get the
application failed to initialize correctly".

Grateful for any advice

Dilip

[davexnet]

On 28 Jun 2003 12:19:20 -0700, (chatter)
wrote:

>Hi - grateful for any advice
>
>I got the recommended update from windows update on 25th (adds set
>program access and defaults to start menu) as well as one for media
>player
>
>When i search for files from start the program (explorer) encounters a
>problem and needs to close
>
>Also wkcal.exe is "failing to initialize properly" at startup. This
>wouldn't bother me but my antivirus somehow got corrupted and i had to
>uninstall it. when i try to reinstall it or install another i get the
>application failed to initialize correctly".
>
>Grateful for any advice
>
>Dilip
Run chkdsk /r, and review the output.
If still not resolved, you can try
SFC /SCANNOW.

Dave

[chatter]

Thanks Dave

It found and replaced all sorts of bad clusters.

Then i got a message on startup that works calendar had encountered a
problem and needed to close. I didn't get that before - and as a
result got the same message about virus scan when i tried to install
it. Seems wkcal.exe was still using the installer or something.

For interest only, what does sfc/scannow do, how would I have found it
and used it and what would it do.

Dilip

davexnet > wrote in message >...
> On 28 Jun 2003 12:19:20 -0700, (chatter)
> wrote:
>
> >Hi - grateful for any advice
> >
> >I got the recommended update from windows update on 25th (adds set
> >program access and defaults to start menu) as well as one for media
> >player
> >
> >When i search for files from start the program (explorer) encounters a
> >problem and needs to close
> >
> >Also wkcal.exe is "failing to initialize properly" at startup. This
> >wouldn't bother me but my antivirus somehow got corrupted and i had to
> >uninstall it. when i try to reinstall it or install another i get the
> >application failed to initialize correctly".
> >
> >Grateful for any advice
> >
> >Dilip
> Run chkdsk /r, and review the output.
> If still not resolved, you can try
> SFC /SCANNOW.
>
> Dave

[davexnet]

(chatter) wrote in message >...
> Thanks Dave
>
> It found and replaced all sorts of bad clusters.
>
> Then i got a message on startup that works calendar had encountered a
> problem and needed to close. I didn't get that before - and as a
> result got the same message about virus scan when i tried to install
> it. Seems wkcal.exe was still using the installer or something.
>
> For interest only, what does sfc/scannow do, how would I have found it
> and used it and what would it do.
>
> Dilip
>
sfc /scannow is a tool in XP (and win2k) that is used to verify
all protected (operating system mainly) files.
Each file is scanned, and if found to be damaged, replaced by a correct
version. This tool needs the xp CD, unless a copy of the files already
exists on the harddrive.
Dave