Hi there, I wonder if anyone can help with this one. I use limewire and recently thought I would be clever and searched and dowloaded Limewire PRO from limewire. (instead of paying the $20 or so)
Since then my pc will not shut down and constantly restarts.
When it restarts it displays a Microsoft message saying "A serious error has occured" and to report to microsoft, which I did.
Microsoft say something is corrupted and to set my pc to system restore point before the last bad installation.
I have tried this a few times to different points but half way through the process of 'system restore' my pc restarts and tells me it cannot restore because of an improper shutdown.
It seems like I am in a Catch 22 situation. I have deleted the Limewire PRO and the shortcut and ran my Norton Internet Security 2006 but it picks nothing up and tells me all programs are running normally.
Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
ALAN

hmmmm obviously limewire have ever been clever and stopped people getting there pro version or they have but something malicious in it or the seeder has.....could you try using your hdd in another computer as a second drive like a slave drive and then fix the problem this way. that has helped me alot using a freinds computer with my hdd as the slave like when it doesnt boot up and soo on.. good luck let me know how it goes

What Recovery Disks do you have?

If OEM (pre-installed XP) search the manual for how to run a NON-destructive Recovery.

If you have a full version Microsoft XP CD try a Repair Installation:


http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Originally Posted by marc

hmmmm obviously limewire have ever been clever and stopped people getting there pro version or they have but something malicious in it or the seeder has.....could you try using your hdd in another computer as a second drive like a slave drive and then fix the problem this way. that has helped me alot using a freinds computer with my hdd as the slave like when it doesnt boot up and soo on.. good luck let me know how it goes

Hi Marc,
Thanks for the info but am not able to do what you suggest at the moment. I will try JEPREH's idea and try recovery disc repair.
Thanks for the trouble of answering my query.
regards Alan

Originally Posted by jephree

What Recovery Disks do you have?

If OEM (pre-installed XP) search the manual for how to run a NON-destructive Recovery.

If you have a full version Microsoft XP CD try a Repair Installation:


http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Hi Jephree,
Thanks for replying. Am going to try the repair iinstallation. I have my original MS XP CD
regards Alan