XP trouble

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2005-09-03 07:02pm

I am having trouble loading XP. It doesn't complete the boot up and instead hangs at the last second. The only program I can use is the taskmanager and it shows that I have 34 processes with at least 5 being svchost.exe. How can I fix this?

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2005-09-03 07:05pm

also what is the remote call procedure?

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2005-09-03 07:09pm

Remote Call Procedure is one of the basic services that makes Windows work. A whole lot of other fundamental services depend on RPC in order to function.

Try booting into safe mode and running a virus scanner.

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2005-09-03 07:30pm

Uraniun235 wrote:Remote Call Procedure is one of the basic services that makes Windows work. A whole lot of other fundamental services depend on RPC in order to function.

Try booting into safe mode and running a virus scanner.

how do I get into safe mode?

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2005-09-03 07:34pm

From the very first hit of Googling "how do I get into safe mode":

When booting your system, as soon as the first (POST) screen appears showing your memory and hardware information, start pressing 'F8.'

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2005-09-03 07:43pm

went into safe mode but it too is fooked.

Shadowhawk · Post by **Shadowhawk** » 2005-09-04 12:29am

Can you get us a list of the running processes in task manager? 34 sounds like a lot for a system that hasn't finished starting.

Argosh · Post by **Argosh** » 2005-09-04 06:35am

Is one of the processes explorer.exe? If not select File -> New Task (Run) and type 'explorer' in Task Manager.

Start -> Setting -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer
Are there any errors under 'System' or 'Application'?

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Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2005-09-04 10:42am

Are you using Kazaa, some other filesharing app, or running 'ad supported software'?
Over the last 2 weeks I've worked on 4 systems (not my own

) that were loaded down with so much spy- and adware that either Windows simply wouldn't boot or networking was fucked.
The first one I spent 4 hours in safe mode removing the shit.

The other 3, I said 'fuck it' and nuked the HD with a complete reinstall.

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2005-09-05 09:02pm

Glocksman wrote:Are you using Kazaa, some other filesharing app, or running 'ad supported software'?
Over the last 2 weeks I've worked on 4 systems (not my own ) that were loaded down with so much spy- and adware that either Windows simply wouldn't boot or networking was fucked.
The first one I spent 4 hours in safe mode removing the shit.
The other 3, I said 'fuck it' and nuked the HD with a complete reinstall.

I nuked the hard drive and reinstalled XP. Basically that is all I could do. Normal and Safe modes didn't work.