Microsoft services freezing

[raniosman]

Hi everyone!

I seem to be having trouble with my windows XP sp2. It worked perfectly since the past 3 weeks but suddenly all my microsoft programs on the computer don't work. These include:
Windows Live Messenger
Internet Explorer
Microsoft Office 2003

Everything else works properly and i am using firefox currently.

I scanned the computer using Spybot, Lavasoft program, and AVG Internet Sec. all of them showed nothing.

Help me plz?!?

[kirupa]

Have you tried System Restoring back to a few days ago when everything worked properly? :kir:

[raniosman]

Have you tried System Restoring back to a few days ago when everything worked properly? :kir:

my system restore is turned off i believe but i will check anyway

[raniosman]

my system restore is turned off i believe but i will check anyway

Actually System restore itself does not open:( it also freezes!!!!!!!

[raniosman]

Actually System restore itself does not open:( it also freezes!!!!!!!


actually it wasnt turned off and i just did a system restore to about one month ago but still everything freezes. Nothing has changed at all

[Al6200]

Consider removing your hard-drive, getting a second hard-drive and inserting the new one into the PC. Install Windows on that hard-drive, and enter the old hard-drive as a second one. That way you won't lose any data but you will have new Windows files set up.

[ajcates]

ai6200 is right, but the cooler way and more dangerous way is to get a linux live cd and change the sizes on the partitions and then install windows on the new one. what i do is i have a partition with my files on it, and one with an OS(the os depends on my mood) and then i also keep a 300mb partition with linux on it, just in case i ruin my main os, so i can browse teh web and stuff, also i keep a disc with all my apps on it(gaim, firefox, ps, flash, drivers) and all my movies, games and stuff are backed up on cds.

i do all this because i ruin my os like every other day(im bad i just did it an hour ago)

[kirupa]

Does Safe Mode work? If your apps work properly in Safe Mode, then it probably has to do with a startup program that is causing problems.

[hybrid101]

reformat:P
after backing up that is. something might be screwed in your windows installation;)