Error 0x8007043C

I am having problems with my PC (Windows XP) and have run all my scans etc to
check for viruses and it has found nothing. (Ad-aware, Symantec,
Spywareblaster also cleared out cookies and tif's, done PC disk clean up and
defragged).

My PC will start up but is then dead and I can't do anything. I can't even
shut down - I have to switch it off manually (and even to do that I have to
press and hold the button for about 10 seconds before it actually shuts
down!!). I have left this msg whilst in safe mode.

When I try to update Windows in safe mode I get this 0x8007043C error code.
Have read all the questions and answers on here and the reply is always the
same - you can't do it in safe mode.

When that's the only way I can do anything at all with my PC, how else can I
sort this problem pls???

If updating Windows won't help to sort out my PC, any other ideas other than
sending it away to get it fixed??

All help greatly appreciated.

On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 18:28:01 -0700, Alfredo
wrote:

I am having problems with my PC (Windows XP) and have run all my scans etc to
check for viruses and it has found nothing. (Ad-aware, Symantec,
Spywareblaster also cleared out cookies and tif's, done PC disk clean up and
defragged).


You are running Norton Anti-Virus, the worst of all the available
anti-virus programs, and Adaware, one of the poorer anti-spyware
programs available.

There's a good chance you are infected. Go to
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware and
follow the instructions there.



My PC will start up but is then dead and I can't do anything. I can't even
shut down - I have to switch it off manually (and even to do that I have to
press and hold the button for about 10 seconds before it actually shuts
down!!). I have left this msg whilst in safe mode.

When I try to update Windows in safe mode I get this 0x8007043C error code.
Have read all the questions and answers on here and the reply is always the
same - you can't do it in safe mode.

When that's the only way I can do anything at all with my PC, how else can I
sort this problem pls???

If updating Windows won't help to sort out my PC, any other ideas other than
sending it away to get it fixed??

All help greatly appreciated.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 18:28:01 -0700, Alfredo
wrote:

I am having problems with my PC (Windows XP) and have run all my scans etc to
check for viruses and it has found nothing. (Ad-aware, Symantec,
Spywareblaster also cleared out cookies and tif's, done PC disk clean up and
defragged).


You are running Norton Anti-Virus, the worst of all the available
anti-virus programs, and Adaware, one of the poorer anti-spyware
programs available.

There's a good chance you are infected. Go to
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware and
follow the instructions there.



My PC will start up but is then dead and I can't do anything. I can't even
shut down - I have to switch it off manually (and even to do that I have to
press and hold the button for about 10 seconds before it actually shuts
down!!). I have left this msg whilst in safe mode.

When I try to update Windows in safe mode I get this 0x8007043C error code.
Have read all the questions and answers on here and the reply is always the
same - you can't do it in safe mode.

When that's the only way I can do anything at all with my PC, how else can I
sort this problem pls???

If updating Windows won't help to sort out my PC, any other ideas other than
sending it away to get it fixed??

All help greatly appreciated.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

In message , Alfredo
writes:
I am having problems with my PC (Windows XP) and have run all my scans etc to
[]
If updating Windows won't help to sort out my PC, any other ideas other than
sending it away to get it fixed??

All help greatly appreciated.

Assuming this happened recently enough, you might still have a system
restore point from before things went wrong - can you specify a date on
which it was OK? If so, to get at system restore points, I usually use
Start, Help and support, and it's the second from the bottom on the
right side ("Undo changes to your computer with System Restore"); you
can also get there via Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools,
System Restore. Once there, click Next, then select a date (one that is
in bold), and follow instructions.

System Restore won't solve all problems, but it's quite good at solving
some. Assuming your system was actually making restore points (or you
were); by default, unless you've turned it off, it makes one (I think)
whenever it is started (or possibly one each day on which it is
started).
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

We need a reversal of the old saying: "DON'T do unto others as you would have
them NOT do unto you." (Paraphrase from "The Moral Maze", 1998-11-21: it was an
attempt - quite good I thought - to get a modern [and non-specific] version.)

In message , Alfredo
writes:
I am having problems with my PC (Windows XP) and have run all my scans etc to
[]
If updating Windows won't help to sort out my PC, any other ideas other than
sending it away to get it fixed??

All help greatly appreciated.

Assuming this happened recently enough, you might still have a system
restore point from before things went wrong - can you specify a date on
which it was OK? If so, to get at system restore points, I usually use
Start, Help and support, and it's the second from the bottom on the
right side ("Undo changes to your computer with System Restore"); you
can also get there via Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools,
System Restore. Once there, click Next, then select a date (one that is
in bold), and follow instructions.

System Restore won't solve all problems, but it's quite good at solving
some. Assuming your system was actually making restore points (or you
were); by default, unless you've turned it off, it makes one (I think)
whenever it is started (or possibly one each day on which it is
started).
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

We need a reversal of the old saying: "DON'T do unto others as you would have
them NOT do unto you." (Paraphrase from "The Moral Maze", 1998-11-21: it was an
attempt - quite good I thought - to get a modern [and non-specific] version.)