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I have disabled a number of local services because of error messages, which when clicked, shut down XP Pro. With these disabled, system works fine, but event viewer still shows errors in DCOM, COM+, Remote Access terminating, and more. I have disabled Samss, Protected storage, Policy Agent, Net Login, NTLMSSP, and various others which I am advised that I do not need (by Ultimate Troubleshooter).
Hardware is four year old AMD Athlon XP on ASUS A7N8X Deluxe board.
I keep XP Pro SP2 updated manually, regularly, and work behind router firewall and TrendMicro firewall and antivirus, run WinPatrol Plus, use Ultimate Troubleshooter, scan for spyware, malware, etc. and have checked for lsass trojan in safe mode and otherwise. I have run a few different registry doctor type programs, and currently have paid version of Advanced Registry Doctor, Pro version. Could any of these have messed-up as well as cleaned-up registry?
Error messages began after installing Windows service packs last November. I uninstalled the ones which Microsoft acknowledged were problematic, and reinstalled them, but with no results.
One other problem is that System Restore does not "hold" restore points for more than a day or sometimes a week.
I have an Acronis TrueImage backup of C drive on a second hard drive, but backup was done after problems began. And from a year ago I have a copy of ERUNT registry backup. I am not savvy enough to venture there yet without direction.
Any general or specific guidance would be appreciated.
I have disabled a number of local services because of error messages, which when clicked, shut down XP Pro. With these disabled, system works fine, but event viewer still shows errors in DCOM, COM+, Remote Access terminating, and more. I have disabled Samss, Protected storage, Policy Agent, Net Login, NTLMSSP, and various others which I am advised that I do not need (by Ultimate Troubleshooter).
Hardware is four year old AMD Athlon XP on ASUS A7N8X Deluxe board.
I keep XP Pro SP2 updated manually, regularly, and work behind router firewall and TrendMicro firewall and antivirus, run WinPatrol Plus, use Ultimate Troubleshooter, scan for spyware, malware, etc. and have checked for lsass trojan in safe mode and otherwise. I have run a few different registry doctor type programs, and currently have paid version of Advanced Registry Doctor, Pro version. Could any of these have messed-up as well as cleaned-up registry?
Error messages began after installing Windows service packs last November. I uninstalled the ones which Microsoft acknowledged were problematic, and reinstalled them, but with no results.
One other problem is that System Restore does not "hold" restore points for more than a day or sometimes a week.
I have an Acronis TrueImage backup of C drive on a second hard drive, but backup was done after problems began. And from a year ago I have a copy of ERUNT registry backup. I am not savvy enough to venture there yet without direction.
Any general or specific guidance would be appreciated.