services disabled; windows file protection

i noticed that windows was not acting correctly. after further investigation,
i noticed that all the services were disabled. so i figured id try sfc
(system file checker). maybe that was the wrong thing to do. now when it asks
for the cd , it tells me its the wrong cd. i have xp media center sp2. i have
a slipsteamed xp sp2 cd in the drive. why wont this work. thanks for your help

Your "Installation Path" can be reset.
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\...

..Windows\Current Version\Setup:
Service Source Path

..Windows\Current Version\Setup:
Source Path

..WindowsNT\Current Version
Source Path
change them to the directory with the XP Files

For Pro Edition:
GPEDIT.MSC
Local Comp. Policy/Comp. Config/Admin. Templates/System
"Specify Windows Installation file location"

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"brute force" brute wrote in message
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i noticed that windows was not acting correctly. after further
investigation,
i noticed that all the services were disabled. so i figured id try sfc
(system file checker). maybe that was the wrong thing to do. now when it
asks
for the cd , it tells me its the wrong cd. i have xp media center sp2. i
have
a slipsteamed xp sp2 cd in the drive. why wont this work. thanks for your
help

thanks. does that mean i would need to shut the system down and rebott and
start sfc again (after i make your specified changes.) also, i guess it
doesnt ask you or let you browse to where the os system files/cd would be?

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Your "Installation Path" can be reset.
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\...

.Windows\Current Version\Setup:
Service Source Path

.Windows\Current Version\Setup:
Source Path

.WindowsNT\Current Version
Source Path
change them to the directory with the XP Files

For Pro Edition:
GPEDIT.MSC
Local Comp. Policy/Comp. Config/Admin. Templates/System
"Specify Windows Installation file location"

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"brute force" brute wrote in message
...
i noticed that windows was not acting correctly. after further
investigation,
i noticed that all the services were disabled. so i figured id try sfc
(system file checker). maybe that was the wrong thing to do. now when it
asks
for the cd , it tells me its the wrong cd. i have xp media center sp2. i
have
a slipsteamed xp sp2 cd in the drive. why wont this work. thanks for your
help

thanks. does that mean i would need to shut the system down and rebott and
start sfc again (after i make your specified changes.) also, i guess it
doesnt ask you or let you browse to where the os system files/cd would be?

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Your "Installation Path" can be reset.
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\...

.Windows\Current Version\Setup:
Service Source Path

.Windows\Current Version\Setup:
Source Path

.WindowsNT\Current Version
Source Path
change them to the directory with the XP Files

For Pro Edition:
GPEDIT.MSC
Local Comp. Policy/Comp. Config/Admin. Templates/System
"Specify Windows Installation file location"

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"brute force" brute wrote in message
...
i noticed that windows was not acting correctly. after further
investigation,
i noticed that all the services were disabled. so i figured id try sfc
(system file checker). maybe that was the wrong thing to do. now when it
asks
for the cd , it tells me its the wrong cd. i have xp media center sp2. i
have
a slipsteamed xp sp2 cd in the drive. why wont this work. thanks for your
help

What specific services?

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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brute force wrote:
i noticed that windows was not acting correctly. after further
investigation, i noticed that all the services were disabled. so i
figured id try sfc (system file checker). maybe that was the wrong
thing to do. now when it asks for the cd , it tells me its the wrong
cd. i have xp media center sp2. i have a slipsteamed xp sp2 cd in the
drive. why wont this work. thanks for your help

Yes, even using GPEdit.msc, it would take a restart to load the registry
changes.

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"brute force" wrote in message
...
thanks. does that mean i would need to shut the system down and rebott and
start sfc again (after i make your specified changes.) also, i guess it
doesnt ask you or let you browse to where the os system files/cd would be?

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Your "Installation Path" can be reset.
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\...

.Windows\Current Version\Setup:
Service Source Path

.Windows\Current Version\Setup:
Source Path

.WindowsNT\Current Version
Source Path
change them to the directory with the XP Files

For Pro Edition:
GPEDIT.MSC
Local Comp. Policy/Comp. Config/Admin. Templates/System
"Specify Windows Installation file location"

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"brute force" brute wrote in message
...
i noticed that windows was not acting correctly. after further
investigation,
i noticed that all the services were disabled. so i figured id try sfc
(system file checker). maybe that was the wrong thing to do. now when
it
asks
for the cd , it tells me its the wrong cd. i have xp media center sp2.
i
have
a slipsteamed xp sp2 cd in the drive. why wont this work. thanks for
your
help

so gpupdate /force will not do it. i would still have to reboot and start
again. thanks again Mark


"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Yes, even using GPEdit.msc, it would take a restart to load the registry
changes.

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"brute force" wrote in message
...
thanks. does that mean i would need to shut the system down and rebott and
start sfc again (after i make your specified changes.) also, i guess it
doesnt ask you or let you browse to where the os system files/cd would be?

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Your "Installation Path" can be reset.
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\...

.Windows\Current Version\Setup:
Service Source Path

.Windows\Current Version\Setup:
Source Path

.WindowsNT\Current Version
Source Path
change them to the directory with the XP Files

For Pro Edition:
GPEDIT.MSC
Local Comp. Policy/Comp. Config/Admin. Templates/System
"Specify Windows Installation file location"

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"brute force" brute wrote in message
...
i noticed that windows was not acting correctly. after further
investigation,
i noticed that all the services were disabled. so i figured id try sfc
(system file checker). maybe that was the wrong thing to do. now when
it
asks
for the cd , it tells me its the wrong cd. i have xp media center sp2.
i
have
a slipsteamed xp sp2 cd in the drive. why wont this work. thanks for
your
help

this procedure did not work. it is still telling me that i inserted the wrong
cd, even though i changed the setting for the location

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Yes, even using GPEdit.msc, it would take a restart to load the registry
changes.

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"brute force" wrote in message
...
thanks. does that mean i would need to shut the system down and rebott and
start sfc again (after i make your specified changes.) also, i guess it
doesnt ask you or let you browse to where the os system files/cd would be?

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Your "Installation Path" can be reset.
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\...

.Windows\Current Version\Setup:
Service Source Path

.Windows\Current Version\Setup:
Source Path

.WindowsNT\Current Version
Source Path
change them to the directory with the XP Files

For Pro Edition:
GPEDIT.MSC
Local Comp. Policy/Comp. Config/Admin. Templates/System
"Specify Windows Installation file location"

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"brute force" brute wrote in message
...
i noticed that windows was not acting correctly. after further
investigation,
i noticed that all the services were disabled. so i figured id try sfc
(system file checker). maybe that was the wrong thing to do. now when
it
asks
for the cd , it tells me its the wrong cd. i have xp media center sp2.
i
have
a slipsteamed xp sp2 cd in the drive. why wont this work. thanks for
your
help