Bricked my o.s.

On Feb 6, 9:48*am, "Hot-Text" wrote:
"Andy" wrote in ...
I am on my desktop right now.

My laptop boots and xp pro sp3 starts but no network etc.

Erunt did not restore from an older config, sfc /scannow did not do
anything.

I have my sp2 install disk.

I don't have a disk image either.

Can someone help me ?

Andy

Need to know the laptop
Name, Make, and Model,

For the Drive
for network
is not on
the xp pro sp3 or sp2 CD

But at the Website
for the laptop.

Thanks.

I have an HP 6730 b laptop.

Thanks for not being one of the vultures.

Andy

On Feb 6, 9:03*am, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote:
Per Andy:

Here are some more details.

After logging in, box comes up and says

Application Error

Exception EOleSysError in module Skype.exe at 0013FE7D
RPC service is unavailable.

When I start Event Viewer, I can see the log of events but I cannot
open any of them to see what the error or warning is.

Any chance you are using Kaspersky?

viz:http://tinyurl.com/bcvakvo
--
Pete Cresswell

I don't understand the question as far as it relates to the
difficulty.

Andy

On 06 Feb 2013, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

How extremely helpful. (Good luck Andy - I suspect it is sortable.)

I'm not so sure it's sortable, at least not by someone who doesn't know
what they are doing, yet goes on to "delete some key files in the root
directory" without a backup. Someone who refuses to provide pertinent
details up front, who refuses to provide pertinent details when
directly asked, who refuses to accept suggestions when offered. Someone
who seems willfully determined to take the most destructive course
possible, against the advice of those he's asked help of, and make an
already bad situation worse.

I find it difficult to muster any sympathy. Actually, I'm pretty sure
it's all an attention-grabbing stunt.

Per Andy:
Any chance you are using Kaspersky?

viz:http://tinyurl.com/bcvakvo
--
Pete Cresswell

I don't understand the question as far as it relates to the
difficulty.

If you are not using Kaspersky anti-virus, the comment is moot.

But if you are, the article says that Kaspersky is hosing CP systems.
--
Pete Cresswell

In ,


....


I have been trying to re-install Windows XP Pro Service
Pack 2.

I ran sp2 for about 2 years with only one minor hardware
issue with my internal modem.

That has nothing to do with SP2. Nor would it SP3.


Since getting sp3 and the security fixes, my system is
getting many hardware problems as well as software
problems.

SP3 is not causing hardware problems. You will still have them, assuming you
really do have hardware issues, when you go back to SP2.


Windows won't let me uninstall sp3.
I do not remember what message if any that it gave when
it failed.

That has to be your own doing. Either you removed the uninstall string, log
or something else necessay, or you machine has corrupted files on it.
Have you recently run chdsk on ALL of your drives?
You give nada for error messages or anything else that would help others
to help you.


Based on past experience in reinstalling Windows XP
sucessfully, I did the following:

I deleted some key files in the root directory and tried
to reinstall sp2 using my XP sp2 install disk.

Why would you bother doing that? It could only have negative impacts and
nothing positive.


It says I need an earlier version installer cd (like Win
98).

Then your XP is likely an Upgrade Version and it needs proof you owned a
qualifying older product. Just the keycode is often enough to satisfy the
requrements, dependiing.


I threw my Win98 install disk away last year thinking I
would never need it.

Never throw out old OS discs; stash them somewhere safe.


I returned all those files back where they came from
using my install disk.

I then tried to reinstall all the up to date drivers for
all of my hardware.

Did you get EVERY driver update from the manufacturer? If not, you could
have a real mess there.


It got 3/4 thru and then it said the installer failed.
(Windows installer)

I wouldn't doubt it, you've created such a mess there. Don't you have any
VSS backups or archives you could use? If not, you've been doing some pretty
stupid things.

I would hazard a guess that there are a lot of things you don't know and
research might be your only saving factor now the barn door is still partly
open.

HTH,

Twayne`



Andy

In ,
Andy typed:
On Feb 5, 2:08 pm, Andy wrote:
On Feb 5, 11:57 am, "Tim Meddick"
wrote:

....


Here are some more details.

After logging in, box comes up and says

Application Error

Exception EOleSysError in module Skype.exe at 0013FE7D
RPC service is unavailable.

Skype is trashed; Did you try booting into Safe Mode?

Remove Skype and see what happens. Use Safe Mode to remove it.


When I start Event Viewer, I can see the log of events
but I cannot open any of them to see what the error or
warning is.

Warnings are unimportant as long as they are not follwed by an ERROR entry.
Tming issues can delay the ability of some things to open for awhile, but as
long as they do open, you're fine at this stage of the game.

Something on your machine is trashed. Use Safe Mode for troubleshooting as
much as possible.

Or use msConfig to start with nothing loaded but the OS itself files. If
things work, start re-enabling them until it quits working right. f you nail
down a culprit, then fix it at the source; msConfiig is only a
troubleshooting tool; and not the way to fix anything. It's like a bandaid
and bandaids can fall off.

What happens when you click Properties in the right-click menu or double
click the warniing entry?
You belly-ache a lot but don't give any meaningful information that would
allow others to help you properly.

I think you're in over your head.

HTH,

Twayne`

In ,
(PeteCresswell) typed:
Per Andy:
Here are some more details.

After logging in, box comes up and says

Application Error

Exception EOleSysError in module Skype.exe at 0013FE7D
RPC service is unavailable.

When I start Event Viewer, I can see the log of events
but I cannot open any of them to see what the error or
warning is.

Any chance you are using Kaspersky?

viz: http://tinyurl.com/bcvakvo

Intersting link; thanks, I didn't know that. I don't use it any longer but
still good to know - lots of customers use it.

HTH,

Twayne`

In ,
Andy typed:
On Feb 6, 9:03 am, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote:
Per Andy:

Here are some more details.

After logging in, box comes up and says

Application Error

Exception EOleSysError in module Skype.exe at 0013FE7D
RPC service is unavailable.

When I start Event Viewer, I can see the log of events
but I cannot open any of them to see what the error or
warning is.

Any chance you are using Kaspersky?

viz:http://tinyurl.com/bcvakvo
--
Pete Cresswell

I don't understand the question as far as it relates to
the difficulty.

Andy

Here's a great example of how dumb you are; did you even look at that link?
It answers your question completely.

"Andy" wrote in message
...
On Feb 5, 2:08 pm, Andy wrote:
On Feb 5, 11:57 am, "Tim Meddick" wrote:
Unless there's some earlier thread, appertaining to this, that I've
overlooked, your request for assistance is seriously lacking in detail :
As [even] a general query, a post needs to "spell out" three things ;
a).
what you remember doing that took you from a time when everything
'worked'
okay, b). what you perceived actually happened (including any error
messages observed) and c). any steps you have taken / things you have
tried
in attempting to solve the problem...
After posting a general outline that includes those fats, you may also
then
go on to include detail concerning make / model / pc configuration /
etc.,
afterwards...
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
"Andy" wrote in message
..
Here are some more details.
After logging in, box comes up and says
Application Error
Exception EOleSysError in module Skype.exe at 0013FE7D
RPC service is unavailable.
When I start Event Viewer, I can see the log of events but I cannot
open any of them to see what the error or warning is.

Click "Start", "Run", type the following into the "Open" box and click "OK".
Then restart the computer. Please note the space after the equals sign.

sc config rpcss start= auto

Ben

"Andy" wrote in message ...
On Feb 6, 9:48 am, "Hot-Text" wrote:
"Andy" wrote in ...
I am on my desktop right now.

My laptop boots and xp pro sp3 starts but no network etc.

Erunt did not restore from an older config, sfc /scannow did not do
anything.

I have my sp2 install disk.

I don't have a disk image either.

Can someone help me ?

Andy

Need to know the laptop
Name, Make, and Model,

For the Drive
for network
is not on
the xp pro sp3 or sp2 CD

But at the Website
for the laptop.

Thanks.

I have an HP 6730 b laptop.

Thanks for not being one of the vultures.

Andy


http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...OID=1093#11395

From: "Nil"

On 06 Feb 2013, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

How extremely helpful. (Good luck Andy - I suspect it is sortable.)

I'm not so sure it's sortable, at least not by someone who doesn't know
what they are doing, yet goes on to "delete some key files in the root
directory" without a backup. Someone who refuses to provide pertinent
details up front, who refuses to provide pertinent details when
directly asked, who refuses to accept suggestions when offered. Someone
who seems willfully determined to take the most destructive course
possible, against the advice of those he's asked help of, and make an
already bad situation worse.

I find it difficult to muster any sympathy. Actually, I'm pretty sure
it's all an attention-grabbing stunt.

Like I stated earlier, computer based Münchausen syndrome.

--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

On Wednesday, February 6, 2013 11:51:43 AM UTC-6, Ben Myers wrote:
"Andy" wrote in message

...

On Feb 5, 2:08 pm, Andy wrote:

On Feb 5, 11:57 am, "Tim Meddick" wrote:

Unless there's some earlier thread, appertaining to this, that I've

overlooked, your request for assistance is seriously lacking in detail :

As [even] a general query, a post needs to "spell out" three things ;

a).

what you remember doing that took you from a time when everything

'worked'

okay, b). what you perceived actually happened (including any error

messages observed) and c). any steps you have taken / things you have

tried

in attempting to solve the problem...

After posting a general outline that includes those fats, you may also

then

go on to include detail concerning make / model / pc configuration /

etc.,

afterwards...

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)

"Andy" wrote in message

.

Here are some more details.

After logging in, box comes up and says

Application Error

Exception EOleSysError in module Skype.exe at 0013FE7D

RPC service is unavailable.

When I start Event Viewer, I can see the log of events but I cannot

open any of them to see what the error or warning is.



Click "Start", "Run", type the following into the "Open" box and click "OK".

Then restart the computer. Please note the space after the equals sign.



sc config rpcss start= auto



Ben

Thanks Ben.

I think I have got most of the cleanup done.

Didn't take a reinstall like I had dreaded.

I found an "unauthorized entry" in the exceptions part of Windows fire wall.

It was an entry with no name, so I deleted it.

After that, all my services that were not starting, started up again. :-)

Would you have any ideas how do I find the dam& thing that put it there ?

4 AV scanners couldn't find it.

I think whatever it was, was pretty sophisticated.

Thanks.

"Andy" wrote in message
...
On Wednesday, February 6, 2013 11:51:43 AM UTC-6, Ben Myers wrote:
Unless there's some earlier thread, appertaining to this, that I've
overlooked, your request for assistance is seriously lacking in
detail :
As [even] a general query, a post needs to "spell out" three things ;
a).
what you remember doing that took you from a time when everything
worked'
okay, b). what you perceived actually happened (including any error
messages observed) and c). any steps you have taken / things you have
tried
in attempting to solve the problem...
After posting a general outline that includes those fats, you may
also then
go on to include detail concerning make / model / pc configuration /
etc., afterwards...
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)

Here are some more details.
After logging in, box comes up and says
Application Error
Exception EOleSysError in module Skype.exe at 0013FE7D
RPC service is unavailable.
When I start Event Viewer, I can see the log of events but I cannot
open any of them to see what the error or warning is.

Click "Start", "Run", type the following into the "Open" box and click
"OK".
Then restart the computer. Please note the space after the equals sign.
sc config rpcss start= auto
Ben

Thanks Ben.
I think I have got most of the cleanup done.
Didn't take a reinstall like I had dreaded.
I found an "unauthorized entry" in the exceptions part of Windows fire
wall.
It was an entry with no name, so I deleted it.
After that, all my services that were not starting, started up again. :-)
Would you have any ideas how do I find the dam& thing that put it there ?
4 AV scanners couldn't find it.
I think whatever it was, was pretty sophisticated.
Thanks.

Always scary when something like that happens. This may not be the answer
you want, but one real possibility is an operating system that is not
properly
updated. Anyone who has installed or reinstalled an operating system from
scratch knows that it's a challenge to get all the updates before something
gets
through on one of the vulnerabilities. I never put sensitive information on
such a
computer until it's up to date.

Ben

On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 8:46:37 AM UTC-6, Andy wrote:
I am on my desktop right now.



My laptop boots and xp pro sp3 starts but no network etc.



Erunt did not restore from an older config, sfc /scannow did not do

anything.



I have my sp2 install disk.



I don't have a disk image either.



Can someone help me ?



Andy

My system is up to date.

I have Automatic Updates disabled until time as I want to look at the available security updates.

2013-01-10 AU Setting AU scheduled install time to 2013-01-10

I would like to stop the unnecessary "phoning home when they know the line is down".

It's using resources that could be better spent on other things.

Andy

"glee" wrote in message ...
"Paul in Houston TX" wrote in message ...
Andy wrote:
I am on my desktop right now.

My laptop boots and xp pro sp3 starts but no network etc.

Erunt did not restore from an older config, sfc /scannow did not do
anything.

I have my sp2 install disk.

I don't have a disk image either.

Can someone help me ?

Andy

Fdisk, format, install XP#.

Agreed. Considering the list of things he's already done, each messing things up more than the last, a clean install after format
is indicated. He's mucked the system up repeatedly with the steps taken.

++ Drives


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