Windows XP Errors

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Bob

I downloaded the service pack 3 a few weeks ago, and since I got a few errors
when booting up Windows. Sometimes it boots, sometimes and m,ost time it
does not. Not sure if it is becuase service pack 3...This was the only
change I made other than uninstalling old norton and installing AVG 8.0, but
worked fine since the last few weeks.

Sometimes when I am able to get on my computer, it reboots, then states
there is an issue and boot usuing last known configuration or run normally or
in safe mode etc.
I try all of them and it just keeps starting up to this screen everytime.
Once in a while I see an error stating
Windows/system32/drivers/ntfs.sys is corrupted ot missing.

I have also seen this message with...
isapnp.sys
and
pci.sys
missing or corrupted.

I tried to put my Windows disk in and boot from there with no luck...it goes
to the main windows screen showing bar loading and a quick blue screen then
re-boots.

I tried to install windows again, and do a repair but it asks for an
administrator password. I do not know this. After 3rd attampt, you have to
control/alt/delete/ out of it.

Any help please ? I would like to rest the bios admin passowrd to nothing,
and try to do the repair if I can not get anything to boot up. Printed a
buch of files from teh net for info, and maybe be service pack 3 errors. and
as far as the admin, I think they said to remove the battery and tried this
before to no avail.
I tried
 
forgot...computer is a laptop
COMPAQ EVO N610C
WINDOWS XP HOME SERVICE PACK 2, UPGRADED VIA WIN UPDATE TO 3

"Bob" wrote:

> I downloaded the service pack 3 a few weeks ago, and since I got a few errors
> when booting up Windows. Sometimes it boots, sometimes and m,ost time it
> does not. Not sure if it is becuase service pack 3...This was the only
> change I made other than uninstalling old norton and installing AVG 8.0, but
> worked fine since the last few weeks.
>
> Sometimes when I am able to get on my computer, it reboots, then states
> there is an issue and boot usuing last known configuration or run normally or
> in safe mode etc.
> I try all of them and it just keeps starting up to this screen everytime.
> Once in a while I see an error stating
> Windows/system32/drivers/ntfs.sys is corrupted ot missing.
>
> I have also seen this message with...
> isapnp.sys
> and
> pci.sys
> missing or corrupted.
>
> I tried to put my Windows disk in and boot from there with no luck...it goes
> to the main windows screen showing bar loading and a quick blue screen then
> re-boots.
>
> I tried to install windows again, and do a repair but it asks for an
> administrator password. I do not know this. After 3rd attampt, you have to
> control/alt/delete/ out of it.
>
> Any help please ? I would like to rest the bios admin passowrd to nothing,
> and try to do the repair if I can not get anything to boot up. Printed a
> buch of files from teh net for info, and maybe be service pack 3 errors. and
> as far as the admin, I think they said to remove the battery and tried this
> before to no avail.
> I tried
 
>> ...Not sure if it is becuase service pack 3...This was the
>> only change I made other than uninstalling old norton and installing AVG
>> 8.0

What is the name of the Norton application you uninstalled (e.g., Norton
360 NIS 2008 NAV 2005)?

Did you uninstall it before or after you installed SP3?

After uninstalling it, did you then run the Norton Removal Tool?

When you installed SP3, what anti-virus application or security suite was
installed? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What
third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these applications running when
you installed SP3?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Bob wrote:
> forgot...computer is a laptop
> COMPAQ EVO N610C
> WINDOWS XP HOME SERVICE PACK 2, UPGRADED VIA WIN UPDATE TO 3
>
>> I downloaded the service pack 3 a few weeks ago, and since I got a few
>> errors when booting up Windows. Sometimes it boots, sometimes and m,ost
>> time it does not. Not sure if it is becuase service pack 3...This was
>> the
>> only change I made other than uninstalling old norton and installing AVG
>> 8.0, but worked fine since the last few weeks.
>>
>> Sometimes when I am able to get on my computer, it reboots, then states
>> there is an issue and boot usuing last known configuration or run
>> normally
>> or in safe mode etc.
>> I try all of them and it just keeps starting up to this screen everytime.
>> Once in a while I see an error stating
>> Windows/system32/drivers/ntfs.sys is corrupted ot missing.
>>
>> I have also seen this message with...
>> isapnp.sys
>> and
>> pci.sys
>> missing or corrupted.
>>
>> I tried to put my Windows disk in and boot from there with no luck...it
>> goes to the main windows screen showing bar loading and a quick blue
>> screen then re-boots.
>>
>> I tried to install windows again, and do a repair but it asks for an
>> administrator password. I do not know this. After 3rd attampt, you have
>> to control/alt/delete/ out of it.
>>
>> Any help please ? I would like to rest the bios admin passowrd to
>> nothing,
>> and try to do the repair if I can not get anything to boot up. Printed a
>> buch of files from teh net for info, and maybe be service pack 3 errors.
>> and as far as the admin, I think they said to remove the battery and
>> tried this before to no avail.
>> I tried
 
not sure if it was before or after SP3. I think before.
I had Norton NAV 2005, virus definaitions were up, uninstalled using windows
uninstaller, and installed AVG 8.0 everything was working fine. I do not
know about the norton removal tool

I had Windows Defender, and windows firewall running. Only other thing was
recently installed a new version of zonelabs, but I disable it, and never use
it.
Pretty sure it may have been norton and older avg, when installed then when
new 8.0 avg came out, i unstalled norton first then uninstalled avg 7.5 then
installed avg 8.0 as instructions said to do.

But everything ran fine for a week, after SP3, then ocasional issues turned
into this...cant log on anymore.
I bought the hard drive a few years ago, i hope it is not that.

debating on running repair from the install, not the repair console becuase
i can not get in without admin password.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> >> ...Not sure if it is becuase service pack 3...This was the
> >> only change I made other than uninstalling old norton and installing AVG
> >> 8.0
>
> What is the name of the Norton application you uninstalled (e.g., Norton
> 360 NIS 2008 NAV 2005)?
>
> Did you uninstall it before or after you installed SP3?
>
> After uninstalling it, did you then run the Norton Removal Tool?
>
> When you installed SP3, what anti-virus application or security suite was
> installed? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What
> third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these applications running when
> you installed SP3?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
>
> Bob wrote:
> > forgot...computer is a laptop
> > COMPAQ EVO N610C
> > WINDOWS XP HOME SERVICE PACK 2, UPGRADED VIA WIN UPDATE TO 3
> >
> >> I downloaded the service pack 3 a few weeks ago, and since I got a few
> >> errors when booting up Windows. Sometimes it boots, sometimes and m,ost
> >> time it does not. Not sure if it is becuase service pack 3...This was
> >> the
> >> only change I made other than uninstalling old norton and installing AVG
> >> 8.0, but worked fine since the last few weeks.
> >>
> >> Sometimes when I am able to get on my computer, it reboots, then states
> >> there is an issue and boot usuing last known configuration or run
> >> normally
> >> or in safe mode etc.
> >> I try all of them and it just keeps starting up to this screen everytime.
> >> Once in a while I see an error stating
> >> Windows/system32/drivers/ntfs.sys is corrupted ot missing.
> >>
> >> I have also seen this message with...
> >> isapnp.sys
> >> and
> >> pci.sys
> >> missing or corrupted.
> >>
> >> I tried to put my Windows disk in and boot from there with no luck...it
> >> goes to the main windows screen showing bar loading and a quick blue
> >> screen then re-boots.
> >>
> >> I tried to install windows again, and do a repair but it asks for an
> >> administrator password. I do not know this. After 3rd attampt, you have
> >> to control/alt/delete/ out of it.
> >>
> >> Any help please ? I would like to rest the bios admin passowrd to
> >> nothing,
> >> and try to do the repair if I can not get anything to boot up. Printed a
> >> buch of files from teh net for info, and maybe be service pack 3 errors.
> >> and as far as the admin, I think they said to remove the battery and
> >> tried this before to no avail.
> >> I tried
>
>
 
if I can get back in should I uninstall SP3 ?

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> >> ...Not sure if it is becuase service pack 3...This was the
> >> only change I made other than uninstalling old norton and installing AVG
> >> 8.0
>
> What is the name of the Norton application you uninstalled (e.g., Norton
> 360 NIS 2008 NAV 2005)?
>
> Did you uninstall it before or after you installed SP3?
>
> After uninstalling it, did you then run the Norton Removal Tool?
>
> When you installed SP3, what anti-virus application or security suite was
> installed? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What
> third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these applications running when
> you installed SP3?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
>
> Bob wrote:
> > forgot...computer is a laptop
> > COMPAQ EVO N610C
> > WINDOWS XP HOME SERVICE PACK 2, UPGRADED VIA WIN UPDATE TO 3
> >
> >> I downloaded the service pack 3 a few weeks ago, and since I got a few
> >> errors when booting up Windows. Sometimes it boots, sometimes and m,ost
> >> time it does not. Not sure if it is becuase service pack 3...This was
> >> the
> >> only change I made other than uninstalling old norton and installing AVG
> >> 8.0, but worked fine since the last few weeks.
> >>
> >> Sometimes when I am able to get on my computer, it reboots, then states
> >> there is an issue and boot usuing last known configuration or run
> >> normally
> >> or in safe mode etc.
> >> I try all of them and it just keeps starting up to this screen everytime.
> >> Once in a while I see an error stating
> >> Windows/system32/drivers/ntfs.sys is corrupted ot missing.
> >>
> >> I have also seen this message with...
> >> isapnp.sys
> >> and
> >> pci.sys
> >> missing or corrupted.
> >>
> >> I tried to put my Windows disk in and boot from there with no luck...it
> >> goes to the main windows screen showing bar loading and a quick blue
> >> screen then re-boots.
> >>
> >> I tried to install windows again, and do a repair but it asks for an
> >> administrator password. I do not know this. After 3rd attampt, you have
> >> to control/alt/delete/ out of it.
> >>
> >> Any help please ? I would like to rest the bios admin passowrd to
> >> nothing,
> >> and try to do the repair if I can not get anything to boot up. Printed a
> >> buch of files from teh net for info, and maybe be service pack 3 errors.
> >> and as far as the admin, I think they said to remove the battery and
> >> tried this before to no avail.
> >> I tried
>
>
 
You could try SP3 uninstall, however, uninstall SP3 may not correct
some corruptions of files/registry that may have occurred. You may
need to do a System Restore pre SP3, clean your computer of all AV
remnants (particularly Nortons using their removal tool see
http://tinyurl.com/23rxpt ), then try reinstalling SP3 in Safe Mode,
then re-install whatever AV.

John

On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:13:05 -0700, Bob <Bob@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>if I can get back in should I uninstall SP3 ?
>
>"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> >> ...Not sure if it is becuase service pack 3...This was the
>> >> only change I made other than uninstalling old norton and installing AVG
>> >> 8.0
>>
>> What is the name of the Norton application you uninstalled (e.g., Norton
>> 360 NIS 2008 NAV 2005)?
>>
>> Did you uninstall it before or after you installed SP3?
>>
>> After uninstalling it, did you then run the Norton Removal Tool?
>>
>> When you installed SP3, what anti-virus application or security suite was
>> installed? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What
>> third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these applications running when
>> you installed SP3?
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>>
>> Bob wrote:
>> > forgot...computer is a laptop
>> > COMPAQ EVO N610C
>> > WINDOWS XP HOME SERVICE PACK 2, UPGRADED VIA WIN UPDATE TO 3
>> >
>> >> I downloaded the service pack 3 a few weeks ago, and since I got a few
>> >> errors when booting up Windows. Sometimes it boots, sometimes and m,ost
>> >> time it does not. Not sure if it is becuase service pack 3...This was
>> >> the
>> >> only change I made other than uninstalling old norton and installing AVG
>> >> 8.0, but worked fine since the last few weeks.
>> >>
>> >> Sometimes when I am able to get on my computer, it reboots, then states
>> >> there is an issue and boot usuing last known configuration or run
>> >> normally
>> >> or in safe mode etc.
>> >> I try all of them and it just keeps starting up to this screen everytime.
>> >> Once in a while I see an error stating
>> >> Windows/system32/drivers/ntfs.sys is corrupted ot missing.
>> >>
>> >> I have also seen this message with...
>> >> isapnp.sys
>> >> and
>> >> pci.sys
>> >> missing or corrupted.
>> >>
>> >> I tried to put my Windows disk in and boot from there with no luck...it
>> >> goes to the main windows screen showing bar loading and a quick blue
>> >> screen then re-boots.
>> >>
>> >> I tried to install windows again, and do a repair but it asks for an
>> >> administrator password. I do not know this. After 3rd attampt, you have
>> >> to control/alt/delete/ out of it.
>> >>
>> >> Any help please ? I would like to rest the bios admin passowrd to
>> >> nothing,
>> >> and try to do the repair if I can not get anything to boot up. Printed a
>> >> buch of files from teh net for info, and maybe be service pack 3 errors.
>> >> and as far as the admin, I think they said to remove the battery and
>> >> tried this before to no avail.
>> >> I tried
>>
>>
 
=?Utf-8?B?Qm9i?= wrote:
>
> I downloaded the service pack 3 a few weeks ago, and since I got a few errors

Next time, wait at least 6 months before you upgrade Windows to the
latest version.

--
http://www.bootdisk.com/
 
See if running the Norton Removal Tool helps at all, Bob:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039

[Discussion: http://windowssecrets.com/comp/080207#story1]

NB: Before running the tool, look to see if LiveUpdate is listed in
Add/Remove Programs. If it is, uninstall it & reboot before running the
tool. Reboot after running the tool, too.
--
~PA Bear


Bob wrote:
> not sure if it was before or after SP3. I think before.
> I had Norton NAV 2005, virus definaitions were up, uninstalled using
> windows
> uninstaller, and installed AVG 8.0 everything was working fine. I do not
> know about the norton removal tool
>
> I had Windows Defender, and windows firewall running. Only other thing
> was
> recently installed a new version of zonelabs, but I disable it, and never
> use it.
> Pretty sure it may have been norton and older avg, when installed then
> when
> new 8.0 avg came out, i unstalled norton first then uninstalled avg 7.5
> then
> installed avg 8.0 as instructions said to do.
>
> But everything ran fine for a week, after SP3, then ocasional issues
> turned
> into this...cant log on anymore.
> I bought the hard drive a few years ago, i hope it is not that.
>
> debating on running repair from the install, not the repair console
> becuase
> i can not get in without admin password.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>>>> ...Not sure if it is becuase service pack 3...This was the
>>>> only change I made other than uninstalling old norton and installing
>>>> AVG
>>>> 8.0
>>
>> What is the name of the Norton application you uninstalled (e.g., Norton
>> 360 NIS 2008 NAV 2005)?
>>
>> Did you uninstall it before or after you installed SP3?
>>
>> After uninstalling it, did you then run the Norton Removal Tool?
>>
>> When you installed SP3, what anti-virus application or security suite was
>> installed? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What
>> third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these applications running
>> when
>> you installed SP3?
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>>
>> Bob wrote:
>>> forgot...computer is a laptop
>>> COMPAQ EVO N610C
>>> WINDOWS XP HOME SERVICE PACK 2, UPGRADED VIA WIN UPDATE TO 3
>>>
>>>> I downloaded the service pack 3 a few weeks ago, and since I got a few
>>>> errors when booting up Windows. Sometimes it boots, sometimes and
>>>> m,ost
>>>> time it does not. Not sure if it is becuase service pack 3...This was
>>>> the
>>>> only change I made other than uninstalling old norton and installing
>>>> AVG
>>>> 8.0, but worked fine since the last few weeks.
>>>>
>>>> Sometimes when I am able to get on my computer, it reboots, then states
>>>> there is an issue and boot usuing last known configuration or run
>>>> normally
>>>> or in safe mode etc.
>>>> I try all of them and it just keeps starting up to this screen
>>>> everytime.
>>>> Once in a while I see an error stating
>>>> Windows/system32/drivers/ntfs.sys is corrupted ot missing.
>>>>
>>>> I have also seen this message with...
>>>> isapnp.sys
>>>> and
>>>> pci.sys
>>>> missing or corrupted.
>>>>
>>>> I tried to put my Windows disk in and boot from there with no luck...it
>>>> goes to the main windows screen showing bar loading and a quick blue
>>>> screen then re-boots.
>>>>
>>>> I tried to install windows again, and do a repair but it asks for an
>>>> administrator password. I do not know this. After 3rd attampt, you
>>>> have
>>>> to control/alt/delete/ out of it.
>>>>
>>>> Any help please ? I would like to rest the bios admin passowrd to
>>>> nothing,
>>>> and try to do the repair if I can not get anything to boot up. Printed
>>>> a
>>>> buch of files from teh net for info, and maybe be service pack 3
>>>> errors.
>>>> and as far as the admin, I think they said to remove the battery and
>>>> tried this before to no avail.
>>>> I tried
 
Why don't you be helpful instead of sarcastic? Who are you trying to
impress?
"Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
news:484db06c$0$9756$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com...
> =?Utf-8?B?Qm9i?= wrote:
>>
>> I downloaded the service pack 3 a few weeks ago, and since I got a few
>> errors
>
> Next time, wait at least 6 months before you upgrade Windows to the
> latest version.
>
> --
> http://www.bootdisk.com/
 
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