Shoutbox

Hi,
I hope this thread is still going.

Recently my old laptop was running slow so thought I'd re-install the OS to give it a clear out.

Dell Inspiron 8600
Windows XP SP3
1.5 Gig RAM

Anyway during the installation the system crashed with a stop c000021a fatal error. I then tried Repair, or Restore to previous working version and seems to get it back so I could login.

When I log into the system it brings up my splash page and then a popup to say that I have to activate windows. I select yes and the system goes to load, but then crashes with a stop:c000021a fatal again.

I booted in safe mode to command prompt and installed KB94650 hotfix and IE8 as I'd seen post that talk about a SP3 clash. Reboot ... system crashes at the same point.

Crash is
stop:c000021a (fatal system error) then some text about windows subsystem terminating an then 0xc0000005 (0x7c9106c3 ... which is always the same and then different sets of numbers 0x006cf28c or 0x0055f28c)

Suggestions welcome please