Hey Nick, first of all, thanks for the time you spent putting this together.
I'm having some, what looks like, serious trouble with my computer after I did the O&O offline defrag. I followed your instructions to the letter so, I'm not sure what the problem is.
After the offline defrag, I noticed that I connected to the internet, and that a few things weren't working properly. (i.e. couldn't copy and paste, couldn't get the taskbar to show) I looked in My Network Places, and no networks were listed, so I looked in the Services tab in the System Configuration Utility, and noticed that, along with Network Connections, almost everything is stopped. I've tried enabling them, but it doesn't let me.
I tried going into Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Services, and nothing is listed under the Extended tab, but everything does seem to be under the Standard tab. However, it won't let me enable anything from there, or even let me go into the particular service properties.
I'm running Windows XP Service Pack 2. Any thoughts?
Thanks.
Yes.. you are displaying classic symptoms around this warning
-------------DELL AND OEMS THAT UPDATE SP2 VIA THE WEB, BE CAREFULL WITH THIS LIST------------
You can do the tweaks but on DELL computers be carefull about the defrag.. some DELLS do not like that software unless you wiped the disk clean and installed XP without the DELL junk on the system
ALSO systems that use the WEB version of SP2 and NOT a full disk install CAN have the SAME problem
This IS NOT A O&O ISSUE>>> IT IS A MICROSOFT ISSUE
which is caused by this Microsoft issue/screwup
http://support.microsoft.com:80/kb/941715/enLets back up for a minute...
Is your system a Dell?
If so (or if not) is the install CD come complete with SP2?
If it has SP2 the install CD a Windows genuine disk or a home made slipstream version that had SP2 added to it?
here is the deal...
If you have an older Dell system with a Dell install disk that requires SP2 be added to it via the web, this issue
WILL come up
Assuming its not a Dell, if your Windows install CD only has SP1 and you add SP2 from the web installer, this issue
can come up
If you have a SP2 install disk that was made between August of 2004 and mid 2005 this issue can and usually will come up.. it was before Micorsoft changed certain files so a slipstream would upgrade the computer to a 'true' SP2 install.
Not all web based SP2 installs see this issue.. it depends on the version of SP1 they are running