Windows XP Shell Keeps Shutting down

[Aaron]

Hello All,

Working on a very disturbed system this week, and after running every thing
I could think of, I'm here.

Back ground... Older Dell system, running XP Pro. Hasn't ran since Febuary
when the network adapater quick working. After my first initial look at the
system, someone put some cheap anti-virus program on the system and it
quaranteened the svchost file... rpc won't load.. you know the rest. Well
that was great, got a new svchost installed, but nothing was starting. All
kinds of services were no longer listed in the registry. Fun for me. Loaded
Ultimate boot cd for Windows, grabed an older version of the registry files,
copied them into the system32\Config, Rebooted, every thing came up execpt
one thing..... Explorer.exe. As soon as you try to start it by hand it quits
immedialy and DOES NOT write an event to the event log. No error code,
nothing. So, using the task manager, still was able to load Kaspersky Anti
Virus, removed 2568 items... Yes no joke, a lot of them are the Vundo. Also
loaded Counterspy, Maleware Bytes, and Spybot, each program removed tons of
crap from the sytem. However still no Explorer.exe. Renamed the file to
something else, nothing, renamed again, and changed shell entry in registry
to the new name, nothing, it still won't run. All scanners are showing the
system as being clean. Ran a XP repair (with SP3 slipstreamed) twice, yes
twice, and still the shell will stay on. Anyone got any ideas, besides
Formating and starting over?


Thanks,

Aaron

 

[The Real Truth MVP]

Re: Windows XP Shell Keeps Shutting down

Try my Explorer Shell Fix tool. Download it here
http://pcbutts1.com/downloads/tools/tools.htm


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"Aaron" <awoll_1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:evkctSIOJHA.5096@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hello All,
>
> Working on a very disturbed system this week, and after running every
> thing I could think of, I'm here.
>
> Back ground... Older Dell system, running XP Pro. Hasn't ran since Febuary
> when the network adapater quick working. After my first initial look at
> the system, someone put some cheap anti-virus program on the system and it
> quaranteened the svchost file... rpc won't load.. you know the rest. Well
> that was great, got a new svchost installed, but nothing was starting. All
> kinds of services were no longer listed in the registry. Fun for me.
> Loaded Ultimate boot cd for Windows, grabed an older version of the
> registry files, copied them into the system32\Config, Rebooted, every
> thing came up execpt one thing..... Explorer.exe. As soon as you try to
> start it by hand it quits immedialy and DOES NOT write an event to the
> event log. No error code, nothing. So, using the task manager, still was
> able to load Kaspersky Anti Virus, removed 2568 items... Yes no joke, a
> lot of them are the Vundo. Also loaded Counterspy, Maleware Bytes, and
> Spybot, each program removed tons of crap from the sytem. However still no
> Explorer.exe. Renamed the file to something else, nothing, renamed again,
> and changed shell entry in registry to the new name, nothing, it still
> won't run. All scanners are showing the system as being clean. Ran a XP
> repair (with SP3 slipstreamed) twice, yes twice, and still the shell will
> stay on. Anyone got any ideas, besides Formating and starting over?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aaron
>

 

[Malke]

Re: Windows XP Shell Keeps Shutting down

Aaron wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Working on a very disturbed system this week, and after running every
> thing I could think of, I'm here.
>
> Back ground... Older Dell system, running XP Pro. Hasn't ran since Febuary
> when the network adapater quick working. After my first initial look at
> the system, someone put some cheap anti-virus program on the system and it
> quaranteened the svchost file... rpc won't load.. you know the rest. Well
> that was great, got a new svchost installed, but nothing was starting. All
> kinds of services were no longer listed in the registry. Fun for me.
> Loaded Ultimate boot cd for Windows, grabed an older version of the
> registry files, copied them into the system32\Config, Rebooted, every
> thing came up execpt one thing..... Explorer.exe. As soon as you try to
> start it by hand it quits immedialy and DOES NOT write an event to the
> event log. No error code, nothing. So, using the task manager, still was
> able to load Kaspersky Anti Virus, removed 2568 items... Yes no joke, a
> lot of them are the Vundo. Also loaded Counterspy, Maleware Bytes, and
> Spybot, each program removed tons of crap from the sytem. However still no
> Explorer.exe. Renamed the file to something else, nothing, renamed again,
> and changed shell entry in registry to the new name, nothing, it still
> won't run. All scanners are showing the system as being clean. Ran a XP
> repair (with SP3 slipstreamed) twice, yes twice, and still the shell will
> stay on. Anyone got any ideas, besides Formating and starting over?
>

No. You should definitely wipe and clean install.

Malke
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[Aaron]

Re: Windows XP Shell Keeps Shutting down

Thanks for the tool. However it did not work


"The Real Truth MVP" <toidi@tpap.com> wrote in message
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> Try my Explorer Shell Fix tool. Download it here
> http://pcbutts1.com/downloads/tools/tools.htm
>
>
> --
> The Real Truth http://pcbutts1-therealtruth.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
>
> "Aaron" <awoll_1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:evkctSIOJHA.5096@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Working on a very disturbed system this week, and after running every
>> thing I could think of, I'm here.
>>
>> Back ground... Older Dell system, running XP Pro. Hasn't ran since
>> Febuary when the network adapater quick working. After my first initial
>> look at the system, someone put some cheap anti-virus program on the
>> system and it quaranteened the svchost file... rpc won't load.. you know
>> the rest. Well that was great, got a new svchost installed, but nothing
>> was starting. All kinds of services were no longer listed in the
>> registry. Fun for me. Loaded Ultimate boot cd for Windows, grabed an
>> older version of the registry files, copied them into the
>> system32\Config, Rebooted, every thing came up execpt one thing.....
>> Explorer.exe. As soon as you try to start it by hand it quits immedialy
>> and DOES NOT write an event to the event log. No error code, nothing. So,
>> using the task manager, still was able to load Kaspersky Anti Virus,
>> removed 2568 items... Yes no joke, a lot of them are the Vundo. Also
>> loaded Counterspy, Maleware Bytes, and Spybot, each program removed tons
>> of crap from the sytem. However still no Explorer.exe. Renamed the file
>> to something else, nothing, renamed again, and changed shell entry in
>> registry to the new name, nothing, it still won't run. All scanners are
>> showing the system as being clean. Ran a XP repair (with SP3
>> slipstreamed) twice, yes twice, and still the shell will stay on. Anyone
>> got any ideas, besides Formating and starting over?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>
>

 

[The Real Truth MVP]

Re: Windows XP Shell Keeps Shutting down

wipe and clean install.


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The Real Truth http://pcbutts1-therealtruth.blogspot.com/




"Aaron" <awoll_1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uI%23UuiJOJHA.3968@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for the tool. However it did not work
>
>
> "The Real Truth MVP" <toidi@tpap.com> wrote in message
> newsDsNk.4576$as4.188@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com...
>> Try my Explorer Shell Fix tool. Download it here
>> http://pcbutts1.com/downloads/tools/tools.htm
>>
>>
>> --
>> The Real Truth http://pcbutts1-therealtruth.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Aaron" <awoll_1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:evkctSIOJHA.5096@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> Working on a very disturbed system this week, and after running every
>>> thing I could think of, I'm here.
>>>
>>> Back ground... Older Dell system, running XP Pro. Hasn't ran since
>>> Febuary when the network adapater quick working. After my first initial
>>> look at the system, someone put some cheap anti-virus program on the
>>> system and it quaranteened the svchost file... rpc won't load.. you know
>>> the rest. Well that was great, got a new svchost installed, but nothing
>>> was starting. All kinds of services were no longer listed in the
>>> registry. Fun for me. Loaded Ultimate boot cd for Windows, grabed an
>>> older version of the registry files, copied them into the
>>> system32\Config, Rebooted, every thing came up execpt one thing.....
>>> Explorer.exe. As soon as you try to start it by hand it quits immedialy
>>> and DOES NOT write an event to the event log. No error code, nothing.
>>> So, using the task manager, still was able to load Kaspersky Anti Virus,
>>> removed 2568 items... Yes no joke, a lot of them are the Vundo. Also
>>> loaded Counterspy, Maleware Bytes, and Spybot, each program removed tons
>>> of crap from the sytem. However still no Explorer.exe. Renamed the file
>>> to something else, nothing, renamed again, and changed shell entry in
>>> registry to the new name, nothing, it still won't run. All scanners are
>>> showing the system as being clean. Ran a XP repair (with SP3
>>> slipstreamed) twice, yes twice, and still the shell will stay on. Anyone
>>> got any ideas, besides Formating and starting over?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Aaron
>>>
>>
>>
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