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i have a problem..... by irish_king on 09-16-2004 at 07:00 PM

i installed winxp sp2
and now i can't right click on anything, if i do my computer gets a windows error

RE: i have a problem..... by Vantage on 09-16-2004 at 07:04 PM

Try the button thats 
1 to left of the "right" CTRL button on ur keyboard it should have a picture of a mouse and a little window thingy

RE: i have a problem..... by irish_king on 09-16-2004 at 07:16 PM

it does the exact same thing, as right clicking on the file or folder.
i get a Dr.Watson Debug error
i can't even delete, without it sayingthe error

RE: i have a problem..... by irish_king on 09-17-2004 at 06:10 PM

has anybody figured anything out?

RE: i have a problem..... by lopardo on 09-17-2004 at 06:24 PM

Does it also happen in safe mode? If it does, then the best solution would be making a clean reinstall :undecided:. But if it doesn't, then we should find what's causing it, possibly an application incompatibility.

RE: i have a problem..... by irish_king on 09-17-2004 at 06:55 PM

yes it does it in safe mode also.

RE: i have a problem..... by lhunath on 09-17-2004 at 06:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by irish_king
yes it does it in safe mode also.
Then something is really wrong with your system files, meaning, you'll need to reinstall windows.
Sorry =/
RE: RE: i have a problem..... by irish_king on 09-17-2004 at 06:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lhunath
quote:
Originally posted by irish_king
yes it does it in safe mode also.
Then something is really wrong with your system files, meaning, you'll need to reinstall windows.
Sorry =/

can't i just do a system restore?
RE: i have a problem..... by lhunath on 09-17-2004 at 07:00 PM

quote:
Originally posted by irish_king
can't i just do a system restore?
Good luck with it, but I fear for you. And if you updated to SP2 recently, I hope for you that System Restore won't mix SP1 regsettings & files with SP2 ones, because if it does, you're fooked.
RE: RE: i have a problem..... by irish_king on 09-17-2004 at 07:09 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lhunath
quote:
Originally posted by irish_king
can't i just do a system restore?
I hope for you that System Restore won't mix SP1 regsettings & files with SP2 ones, because if it does, you're fooked.

what do you mean?
RE: i have a problem..... by lopardo on 09-17-2004 at 07:20 PM

He means that System Restore could cause more problems than fixes :undecided: You should make a clean reinstall, make a backup of your important document and files, make an integrated Windows XP SP2 CD, format and reinstall.

Or tell us what's exactly the error message first, may be we can do something, but I doubt it :undecided:

RE: RE: i have a problem..... by irish_king on 09-17-2004 at 07:23 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lopardo
He means that System Restore could cause more problems than fixes :undecided: You should make a clean reinstall, make a backup of your important document and files, make an integrated Windows XP SP2 CD, format and reinstall.

Or tell us what's exactly the error message first, may be we can do something, but I doubt it :undecided:

see the problem  is i can't back up,format and reinstall

i have a 80 gig hdd, and that is full of important files.
andi do not have the money to go and buy a bigger hdd, to trasfer the files to.
RE: i have a problem..... by lopardo on 09-17-2004 at 07:28 PM

Are your system files (the Windows, Program Files, Documents and Settings folder) in a separate partition? If so, you'd just need to format that partition, and save files you want to keep to another partition.

Take a look at the edit I made to my other post (we posted almost at the same time so maybe you didn't see it):

quote:
Originally posted by lopardo
Or tell us what's exactly the error message first, may be we can do something, but I doubt it :undecided:
RE: RE: i have a problem..... by irish_king on 09-17-2004 at 07:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lopardo
Are your system files (the Windows, Program Files, Documents and Settings folder) in a separate partition? If so, you'd just need to format that partition, and save files you want to keep to another partition.

Take a look at the edit I made to my other post (we posted almost at the same time so maybe you didn't see it):
quote:
Originally posted by lopardo
Or tell us what's exactly the error message first, may be we can do something, but I doubt it :undecided:



no all the document folder and sysem files are all on the same partition.
is there a way that i can put all those folders in a partition now,then just format them?
RE: i have a problem..... by marissa on 09-17-2004 at 08:19 PM

quote:
Originally posted by irish_king
i get a Dr.Watson Debug error



what exactly is that?


if its not something in the system, maybe its just a program that locks sutff or something *-)


edit: nevermind, i found out http://www.computerhope.com/software/drwatson.htm um, since this logs errors...and i guess it provides them too, what does this error message say (asked before.)?
RE: i have a problem..... by irish_king on 09-17-2004 at 08:28 PM

i'll try to get the error to come up again, and i'll take a screen shot to show you guys.

now it won't the error doesn't pop up, so i can't say what it says.