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Now there Is one last issue to take care of before I do my repair/reinstall

Should I use my old video card and sound card or my new stuff?

I hope my new stuff, but what is the best idea?

Memtest wasn't the only thing you ran according to the beginning of this thread.

Seems to me you'd run 3D mark 05 and 06, played some F.E.A.R and not telling what else before you decided to run memtest and discover all that time you were running RAM that was producing errors, well what do you think those original errors, were corrupting? Everything you opened and ran, including Windows.

So beside repairing Windows, you'll probably have to uninstall 3D Mark 05 and 06 and reinstall them and possibly F.E.A.R., a Windows repair only repairs Windows not the other screwed up software. Understand.

I see no reason why the new soundcard and video card cannot be used, just make sure the old video and sound drivers are removed.

OMG thanks....

I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling both 3dmark 05 and 06 at least 3 times. One guy suggested that it could just be that the install files were corrupted. If what you say is true... then that could be the case.

Well I certainly will uninstall F.E.A.R. right away as well as 3dmark 05 and 06.

I gtg eat ill be back in 15-20min

I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling both 3dmark 05 and 06 at least 3 times. One guy suggested that it could just be that the install files were corrupted. If what you say is true... then that could be the case.

Well I certainly will uninstall F.E.A.R. right away as well as 3dmark 05 and 06.

I gtg eat ill be back in 15-20min


I would repair Windows first, then worry about the other programs, Windows is your main concern if its corrupted, the other programs may work after a Windows reinstall if you've already uninstalled and reinstalled them.

Repair Windows first, then worry about the other software!

Okay then Im back now.

I will now follow your instructions and attempt to do a repair on windows.

Here goes nothing.

I believe that the repair went ok.

My CD is from august 04 though and SP1.
During the part of the repair where it goes thru several steps and the winxp is good for ... messages come up
at that time my screen flashed black maybe 20 times for a second or two at a time.

I got into WinXP now... the res is 800x600 (as opposed to my native 16x12)

I got 3 messages on startup: A bubble from winupdate telling me that its out of date: OK duh..

b) DAEMON TOOLS (cd/dvd virtualization app) tells me that it requires at least Win2k with SPTD 1.37 or higher. Kernel debugger must be deactivated.
Should I click OK?

Also: Spybot came up telling me that a system startup user entry value changed: ctfmon.exe
should I allow or deny this change? I would assume allow.

The first thing you'll need to do now is go to Windows Update and update the computer.

All previous updates are gone, so take care of that now.

Right Click the desktop in a clear area to access the properties to change the resolution of the screen.

Ok then but what about the other popups? I have not touched the PC yet. I want your specific input on this for each action I take.

Okay doing that now (changed screen's res)
still waiting for input on what to do about the 2 popups

a serious issue: i have 2 icons on the bottom where the clock is
both identical telling me I have no connection in either wired or wifi
usually I use my wifi card linksys wmp54g to connect to the internet
I go to start menu then connect to: click on wireless network connection
Brings up an empty window with only a cancel button not grayed out

something wrong with windows recognizing my wifi card

help

Wow this thread is annoying me.

First time got a headache for sommat that's not my prob!

ok (i know this ground has been covered i'm thinking out loud)

1, check the grounding of your power cable! and check your getting 110V or 230V (you sound like a yank! so is prob 110V!

2, Check your PSU run it to full load (prime 95 or similar) and GPU (maybe 3dmark.......) then check you have close to 5V between Red and Black on molex and close to 12V between Yellow and Black on a molex)

3, Get a hoover (Vacum cleaner) and whilst touching the end on the Case (For anti-static) get every single last bit of dust OUT) (it took me three times once)

4, Get the system back to Factory settings (i.e orig hardware and orig windows/OEM drivers etc (DONT connect to the Internet) Backup your Cat pictures to USB/CD/DVD etc

5, Run the mem test with the modules in single and dual channel mode

6, if passes then add the new mem and re-test PSU and memtest

7, as above but add your GPU

8, use Autopatcher to get your updates without connecting to the internet (use your laptop to Download)

9, do the same for zone alarm, Spyware blaster and Spybot S&D

10, connect to internet and update Spyware blaster and S&D and run windows update for the ones Autopatcher missed etc (Run Autopatcher several times after the reboots)

11, run a Hot 3d Game and check PSU.

12, maybe replace Northbridge Heatsink (Maybe DELL was good enough for the old GPU but not the new one?????????)

13, Good luck!!!