Repairing or restoring without actually reinstalling or running Windows XP "Repair" can be hit or miss and from your post it sounds like this is what you have been doing to get it running. It would probably take a Registry "hack" to get what you want working again.
The best option would have been to run Windows XP Repair. It is a little more advanced than running sfc /scannow to check for OS problems, but it is not a complete reinstall.
Will performing the repair option wipe out data or files currently on my computer. It appears as though all of my data is currently entact. I seem to have lost my wireless network connection adapters, which on this laptop computer I rely on heavily, more so than a direct connection to my Linksys router...or is that another subject.
It seems as though some of the previous settings are there and it is just a matter of turning on the switches. Will the repair option do that?
fireberd
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September 6th, 2010 04:00
Repairing or restoring without actually reinstalling or running Windows XP "Repair" can be hit or miss and from your post it sounds like this is what you have been doing to get it running. It would probably take a Registry "hack" to get what you want working again.
The best option would have been to run Windows XP Repair. It is a little more advanced than running sfc /scannow to check for OS problems, but it is not a complete reinstall.
DeckumDad
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September 7th, 2010 08:00
Thank you for replying Firebird.
Will performing the repair option wipe out data or files currently on my computer. It appears as though all of my data is currently entact. I seem to have lost my wireless network connection adapters, which on this laptop computer I rely on heavily, more so than a direct connection to my Linksys router...or is that another subject.
It seems as though some of the previous settings are there and it is just a matter of turning on the switches. Will the repair option do that?