Run Windows Update and then run sfc /scannow again

skip retore point for now?

What the hell is that?

Software Distribution Service 3.0

both dates say the same thing = both right after 8pm

I think they had to do with updates i was having issues with = kept hanging on updates for Office 2007 compatibility pack = we installed that since we have Office 2003 and my wife uses 2007 at school

Oct 18 was:

failed security update for excel2003 kb955466

succeeded security update for 2007 MS office system kb955936

succeeded cumulative security update of IE7 for xp kb956390

succeeded security update for excel2003 kb955466

Oct 23 was:

succeeded security update for xp kb958644

no high priority updates available

OK, look for KB951748

Great.........not that I think it really matters, but where does it tell you that?

All and all, I believe we've fucked this machine as much as we can without it going belly up.

Here's the choices:

Un-install all NET versions and re-install

or

Pick a Restore point after the 23rd and prior to this mess.

If you pick door #2 you'll, of course, have to live without that animation you soooooo desired, but there's nothing that says the NET fix will get you any closer either.

Your call.

The "agony of defeat" sucks. 

in the add/remove

Yep, first he breaks his throbber, now he's broken other BITS.... hmmm, bit of a Marquis de Sade, if you ask me.

Seriously, I had a similar problem with the WC browser some yonks ago... something to do with my DNS service not allowing it or something after routine MS updates.  I couldn't figure out all the technical jargon to supposedly fix it so just did a sytem restore to before the updates to resolve it.

Anyhow, I hope you get it fixed soon, Bichur, there's nothing more frustrating than things that don't work properly... or at all.

Ya know, I gave that Earthlink Accelerator a glancing thought, but dismissed it as irrelevant.....hummmm

Is this 'Accelerator' embedded in a Earthlink IE mutant?

don't think it actually embedded per se. It's separate but it's part of the Total Access - has it's own floating tool bar if I want - the other parts are BHOs of which I turn off whenever I see them on.

TM doens't like accelerator much - i get an accelerator must close every so often - sometime frequently - seems it hasn't been updated since either 2004 or 2005

when it closes, internet still works, just really really slow

I've also been thinking... seems after either SP3 or FF3 (got them both around the same time) - the accelerator crashes more often and I seem to get a lot of script error pop ups - sometimes I'll get one popping up 10-15 minutes after all browsers are closed

IE7 takes about 10-15 times longer to load a page than FF - with or with the accelerator

I probably should reformat, but I have a partition that'll put me back to 2003 - downloading all the MS updates again on dialup.... aauugggh - reformatted in 2006 & even with an SP2 disc (272mb, 33+hrs to download on dialup - that was fun) I still had, at that time, at least 45 updates to download - seems like I needed to reboot after every 3rd one.

So I'm wondering, if I get off my ass, back my stuff up and reformat (no I don't have anything like acronis) - are the SPs totally cummalitive? Do I have to reinstall SP2 & 3 or just 3?

maybe I'll try an uninstall/reboot/ reinstall of EL 1st....

noted

not counting a half life in the Army... going on 23yrs with U.N.C.L.E.

and noted....

man... that looked so good on paper........

uninstalled - rebooted -

opened a direct connection - got on the internet

open Impulse - still no effect

- go into the preference & uncheck proxy....

Not only was I logged in, I saw 6.30.100!!!

then Impulse pops up some kind of message down in the bottom left informing me of it's need to check the entire internet for updated graphics - and then I lost all connection activity

waited a long while..... then killed it....

figured.... what the hey. it's a connection thingy... once i reinstall earthlink I'll sort it out....

yeeeaaah, right

reinstalled...... went through the prompts.... told me all's well, just about done.... damn thing froze up.... after 30min of the little progress bar repeating itself.... I killed it.....  ended up with 2 earthlink systray icons instead of 1 earthlink and one accelerator - the one posing as accelator did nothing - earthlink's taskbar didn't even have a hint of accelerator in the tools where it normally is

apparently my TotalAccess disk is from 2004 and it seems they've been updating stuff whilst I wasn't looking (and yeah, I probably didn't wait long enough before I killed it)

eh. no worries for de Troll.... bout time system restore earned it's keep....

Your System has been restored to a time before you screwed with it - we hope... but System Restore's official disclaimer is System Restore has worked with you before.

click TotalAccess....

please wait while installer installs earthlink mailbox....

Barnacles!!!

But I don't want the mailbox

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please wait while installer installs earthlink accelerator

now we're getting ready to cook with gas....

excuse me, but installer can't find accelerator.msi.... what did you do with it?

I didn't do anything with it, it was on the disk.  Don't blame me if you forgot it.  Here, I'll put the disk in for you.  Look right here... see it?  Here, let me highlight it for you.  Now do you see it?  Alrighty then, finish installing it please.

I'm sorry, that's not a valid win32 application

Squeeze Me?  It's yours.  If it's not valid what the hell is it doing on your disk?  Here, how about if I just copy it over and put it on my desktop.  Then you can get a closer look at it....

I'm sorry, that's not a valid win32 application

CRAP!!!!!

Hey Restore!  Wake up, you're not done yet...

I haven't been asleep Dave, I've worked with you before.  Didn't you read my disclaimer?...

Okay, we have once again breached the boundaries of time. Hit it.

click TotalAccess....

please wait while installer installs earthlink mailbox....

what the ?

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please wait while installer installs earthlink accelerator

excuse me, but installer can't find accelerator.msi.... what did you do with it?

Hey TaskManager!!!!

Kill that.

Now Kill that.  and that.  this one.  that one.  kill that one over there... the one snickering.... yeah.. that one. Kill it Kill it Kill it.

Screw it, they're all laughing - Kill them all!!!!! 

Still using direct connection - didn't even bother to click totalaccess

haven't tried Impulse yet today, want to get some browsing in 1st in case it hangs up again.

i guess i need to contact ELink to have them send me a new disk.

One the one hand, I'm trying.

One the other hand, it's me trying.

One the good hand, my wife's only laughing because she got a laptop last month.