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dlmcmurr:
XP Pro SP3

Shane:
If you have a XP cd with SP3 already on it you could do a repair install :-)

Shane

dlmcmurr:
I'm about ready to admit defeat and try that. It was installed as SP1 then upgraded. I'll look to see if I can find an SP3 CD.

Best I can tell, it's mainly a DNS problem. I can put in google's IP address and the page will load. But as you've seen, there are other more subtle problems. The desktop will sort it's icons every time I'm not looking.

Thanks for your help,
Dave

Shane:
When ever I see a system when I am working on a customers machine that has a lot of deep and odd errors It is usually a huge time saver to try a repair install or a fresh install.

With Windows having over 1 million reg keys it can become a huge time waster trying to find the fix. This is one of the reasons my repair tool will never be perfect. I will keep adding more repairs and more reg keys. But only reg keys that are the same on every system. There are some regkeys that are specific to the machine it self, like drivers and hardware. So when those get messed up the only option is a reinstall. :wink:

Shane

dlmcmurr:
I'm going with the fresh install because my XP CD is only SP1, plus the drive has some bad blocks on it, so I'm swapping it out for a better one. At some point, I agree that it does get easier to just admit defeat and wipe the system. At least then you know whatever was there is gone for sure. It belongs to a friend so he's the one that will have to reload his apps, too.

Thanks,
Dave

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