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Old August 19th 05, 04:15 PM
John Price
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Default No Taskbar after SP2 install

I have a computer that has had XP installed on it for over one year with no
problems.



A few days ago it exhibited an error message "Initiated by NT
Authority/System - Remote Call Service terminated unexpectedly" in 60
seconds it rebooted the computer.



The process repeated itself whenever the computer was rebooted.



I found news messages that others had had this experience when a certain
virus was active in 2003 and concluded that somehow I had been infected.
The Microsoft letters on the subject have not yielded anything that
worked.( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893086 for example)



After a few attempts to correct the situation, I decided to do reinstall XP
and did a clean install, allowing the installer to format the C drive.



I installed all the security updates including the SP1 and the automatic
update routines. Then I let automatic install 25 security updates
preparatory to installing SP2. The computer and windows worked normally.



I allowed SP2 to install automatically.



Upon reboot, a message popped up "Checkpoint Scheduler: Task Scheduler is
not running."



There is no taskbar, but icons on the desktop remain and are functional.



I am working with Microsoft but nothing they have suggested has changed
anything.



I have tried the procedure all over again and get the same result, including
using sp2 update from a CD instead of downloading.



My alternative seems so far to be to run without sp2.



Has anyone had a similar experience or a solution?



There is plenty of space on the C drive and all my data is stored on
separate physical drives. This is a 1.8mHz AMD processor and an Asus board.


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Old August 20th 05, 06:03 PM
Mark L. Ferguson
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Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


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"John Price" wrote in message ...
I have a computer that has had XP installed on it for over one year with no problems.



A few days ago it exhibited an error message "Initiated by NT Authority/System - Remote Call Service terminated unexpectedly" in
60 seconds it rebooted the computer.



The process repeated itself whenever the computer was rebooted.



I found news messages that others had had this experience when a certain virus was active in 2003 and concluded that somehow I had
been infected. The Microsoft letters on the subject have not yielded anything that worked.( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893086
for example)



After a few attempts to correct the situation, I decided to do reinstall XP and did a clean install, allowing the installer to
format the C drive.



I installed all the security updates including the SP1 and the automatic update routines. Then I let automatic install 25
security updates preparatory to installing SP2. The computer and windows worked normally.



I allowed SP2 to install automatically.



Upon reboot, a message popped up "Checkpoint Scheduler: Task Scheduler is not running."



There is no taskbar, but icons on the desktop remain and are functional.



I am working with Microsoft but nothing they have suggested has changed anything.



I have tried the procedure all over again and get the same result, including using sp2 update from a CD instead of downloading.



My alternative seems so far to be to run without sp2.



Has anyone had a similar experience or a solution?



There is plenty of space on the C drive and all my data is stored on separate physical drives. This is a 1.8mHz AMD processor and
an Asus board.




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Old August 22nd 05, 09:48 PM
John Price
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Thanks.

I've given up for now and running sp1. I have formatted and clean installed
from the automatic download and from CD and still get the problem. I'm
going to wait until I have the energy to try again later. Then I'll try
the tool you suggested.


"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote in message
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Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


--
Mark L. Ferguson
FAQ for Windows Antispy
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"John Price" wrote in message
...
I have a computer that has had XP installed on it for over one year with
no problems.



A few days ago it exhibited an error message "Initiated by NT
Authority/System - Remote Call Service terminated unexpectedly" in 60
seconds it rebooted the computer.



The process repeated itself whenever the computer was rebooted.



I found news messages that others had had this experience when a certain
virus was active in 2003 and concluded that somehow I had been infected.
The Microsoft letters on the subject have not yielded anything that
worked.( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893086 for example)



After a few attempts to correct the situation, I decided to do reinstall
XP and did a clean install, allowing the installer to format the C drive.



I installed all the security updates including the SP1 and the automatic
update routines. Then I let automatic install 25 security updates
preparatory to installing SP2. The computer and windows worked normally.



I allowed SP2 to install automatically.



Upon reboot, a message popped up "Checkpoint Scheduler: Task Scheduler is
not running."



There is no taskbar, but icons on the desktop remain and are functional.



I am working with Microsoft but nothing they have suggested has changed
anything.



I have tried the procedure all over again and get the same result,
including using sp2 update from a CD instead of downloading.



My alternative seems so far to be to run without sp2.



Has anyone had a similar experience or a solution?



There is plenty of space on the C drive and all my data is stored on
separate physical drives. This is a 1.8mHz AMD processor and an Asus
board.






 




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