Windows XP Errors

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

Bob

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

PA Bear [MS MVP]

>> ...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
DTS-L


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

Bob

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
> DTS-L
>
>
> 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
>
>

Bob

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
> DTS-L
>
>
> 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
>
>

Plato

=?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.

--

PA Bear [MS MVP]

See if running the Norton Removal Tool helps at all, Bob:


[Discussion:

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
>> DTS-L
>>
>>
>> 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

Unknown

Why don't you be helpful instead of sarcastic? Who are you trying to
impress?
"Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
news:484db06c$0$9756$...
> =?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.
>
> --
>