Windows xp sp2 repair command

If you have a program that no longer functions correctly after you use this resolution, reinstall the program to restore functionality. Note If these steps do not resolve the problem, follow the steps in the next section. Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully.

For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:.

In the Open box, type regedit , and then click OK. In Registry Editor, locate the following keys, right-click each key, and then click Delete :. Note Restart the computer after you delete the Winsock keys. Doing so causes the Windows XP operating system to create new shell entries for those two keys. If you do not restart the computer after you delete the Winsock keys, the next step does not work correctly. In the Search Companion pane, click More advanced options.

In the All or part of the file name box, type nettcpip. In the results pane, right-click Nettcpip. Ten sections appear under Protocol.

If the names are anything different from those in this list, the Winsock2 key is corrupted, or you have a third-party add-on such as proxy software installed. Winsock corruption can cause connectivity problems. To resolve this issue by using Network Diagnostics in Windows Vista, follow these steps:. How do we eliminate one of those options? I'm bringin' the Yankee pain. That's because in the likely event the registry breaks enough to break Windows altogether, there's nothing you can do about it but reinstall.

The registry pretty much guarantees that NO rescue disk whatsoever will succeed at fixing Windows if the problem lies within its stores.

Compound this problem with the fact that the registry has a horribly low tolerance for invalid data stored inside it, no matter how innocuous. No boot disk can access it, not even Microsoft'd own crippled recovery console can do anything about it.

This, along with things like drive letter access, the fact that its still really a single-user system, and the fact that Microsoft can't secure it properly largely BECAUSE it's a single user system, are all reasons why Windows is a horribly inferior operating system.

Poorly designed. VERY poorly designed. To the point you only get a handful of options for even fixing it if it breaks before you have to reinstall it. Which is horrible because the drive letter system makes reinstalling it a real hassle, as not only do you have to reinstall your software, but backup and reinstall ALL your data.

You can fix both with even basic text editors from boot disks, no matter what the configuration is that's broken. I can even fix a broken initramfs from a boot disk. You just can't do that with Windows. Well got used Dell and my God its a pain. Just freezes up on that screen and only option is to hold power button for 7 seconds as ctrl-alt-del does nothing also.

Any help would be wonderful! Totally lost as to what to do. INI It says "No matching files were found. Anyone know what to do? The problem is I know nothing about XP so I'm always stuck with using a combination of common sense and Google. I got stuck with a Config error last week and could not fix it, had to send to the repair guys, but now I know, thanks so much for this Once I located an XP boot disk, took me half an hour to recover the computer. Thanks much and Happy Holidays to all. Is there a way to get rid of the old version?

Help please! Unfortunately every command: "No matching files were found" OR "The system cannot the file or directory specified". I have cloned the drive in question and tried this process on the original and the clone with the same results.

Could somebody please help? After the question "Which windows installation would you like to log onto" I have tried 3 and 2 and get "Invalid selection. Got to recovery console.

I should point out i've have had a major crash. After i've done this the desktop icons begin slowly to appear. Now what happens is that every application in startup IE. Browser, Outlook, AVG, and just about everything else comes up with the same error.

I have a backup and the errors were all automatically backed up to that as well as this happens on both disks. Now i have managed to go through this above process in safe mode and execute a system restore 3 times now.

Always the same errors. I bit the bullet and decided to do a rtepair install, but you guessed it, repair is not an option. I am trying very hard to get this system up as you can see. I am now determined to get this operating system going again, even if just for the experience rather than the recovery of the data, because it is all accessible from Vista and in duplicate.

Also, I have run Chkdsc from recovery. Before you perform a repair installation of Windows XP, you must uninstall any later version of Internet Explorer. If you do not uninstall the later version of Internet Explorer in this situation, Internet Explorer will no longer work after the repair installation of Windows XP is completed.

If you performed a repair installation of Windows XP but did not uninstall any later version of Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer will not run. To troubleshoot this issue, follow these steps. Click Start , click Run , type Winver. To do this, follow these steps:. Click Start , click Run , type appwiz. If Internet Explorer is not listed in the Currently installed programs list, follow these steps:.

Restart the computer in the Recovery Console. For more information about how to use the Recovery Console, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:.

In the Currently installed programs list, click Internet Explorer 7 or click Internet Explorer 8 , and then click Remove. For Windows Internet Explorer 7. Perform a Repair installation of Windows XP.

Here is the link he provided again:. You should definitely have everything you need to successfully reinstall Windows and upgrade it saved to your external hard drive first, including your SP3 standalone executable, IE8 installation file, antivirus installation file, all your drivers, etc.

Make sure you have everything handy before you format your drive!!!! You are making things more confusing about using the word Repair. By all means, copy your data to an external drive. Then copy it back whenever you'd like. Backing up "program files" like those belonging to Microsoft Office won't work. You will need to reinstall all your programs. You can Google for more information or post to an AOL user forum.

As far as the data you do want to save, only you know the answer to this. Yes, most will likely be in your My Documents folder, but you may have saved files to any old place on your hard drive. Just go through every folder and see what you want to save.

If you're not sure, copy every single file you have! In reply to Daavee's post on November 7, Currently I am backing up my documents and desktop but I will need to learn how to backup files of contacts within microsoft outlook, aol etc 2 run a malware scan on the external hard drive. I will try to keep it as simple as possible. Service packs SP are actually the updates of their respective programs.

SP3 is nothing but just an update of Windows having the latest security and maintenance features. So SP3 can be installed ie. Windows can be upgraded from SP2 as well as it can be removed ie. Here there won't be a reinstallation disk, but you will have the Windows Setup disk, which will have the reinstall command.

The disk you are having is probably the one with the Windows XP setup, as I have. So, I am sorry I can't help with this point. Do not change the hard drive for a different service pack.

If it was preinstalled, then it means that it has a setup pack. Just download and install it. If you want to downgrade, just uninstall it. Thus you need them to identify the specific hardware. However you can install the driver at anytime. So it would be waste to download now and save on the desktop as it will be deleted during reinstallation. If you want to save the drivers, then save them in a CD or some other external drive pen drive etc.

But I have never tried this thing before, I automatically got the ethernet connection read by my System. I would recommend you to do so. It is always better. Even if something bad happens, don't worry until your repair CD is not broken and you can't get another repair CD. Nothing will happen and try it again until the repair is done.