I used a registry cleaner and I deleted some files I was not supposed to
delete. As a result I lost all the icons on my desktop including the Start
Menu. The pc could start fine and I would put in my password and then a
blank desktop with only the wallpaper showing. Not knowing what to do next,
I ended up doing a 'Windows XP Reinstall'. I did not format the hard disk.
After the reformat I had to reinstall almost all software including
Microsoft Word 2003, because even though items showed on the Add/Remove menu
they did not work properly. I used an original Windows XP SP1a for the
reinstall. Everything is working fine now, in fact it's working much better.
I have had issues with the pc taking a long time to shutdown and if I had
booted in Safe Mode taking forever to restart. In most instances of
restarting from safe mode I would go to work in the morning and come back at
17H00 with the pc not having shutdown. This is a thing of the past now.

The problem is that I lost the Microsoft Update ActiveX after the
'reinstall' process. On my start menu I have Windows Update and Microsoft
Update. Windows Update and also Office Update work fine. Only Microsoft
Update is not working. When I select it from the start menu, it will go the
update site and then not load. I have been sent here from the
'www.aumha.net' forum. Many solutions have been suggested to no avail. I am
not sure if I should tabulate all that I have done, for fear of the message
getting to long.

> ...I have been sent here from the 'www.aumha.net' forum.

cf. http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=17012
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)


10rand wrote:
> I used a registry cleaner and I deleted some files I was not supposed to
> delete. As a result I lost all the icons on my desktop including the Start
> Menu. The pc could start fine and I would put in my password and then a
> blank desktop with only the wallpaper showing. Not knowing what to do
> next,
> I ended up doing a 'Windows XP Reinstall'. I did not format the hard disk.
> After the reformat I had to reinstall almost all software including
> Microsoft Word 2003, because even though items showed on the Add/Remove
> menu
> they did not work properly. I used an original Windows XP SP1a for the
> reinstall. Everything is working fine now, in fact it's working much
> better.
> I have had issues with the pc taking a long time to shutdown and if I had
> booted in Safe Mode taking forever to restart. In most instances of
> restarting from safe mode I would go to work in the morning and come back
> at
> 17H00 with the pc not having shutdown. This is a thing of the past now.
>
> The problem is that I lost the Microsoft Update ActiveX after the
> 'reinstall' process. On my start menu I have Windows Update and Microsoft
> Update. Windows Update and also Office Update work fine. Only Microsoft
> Update is not working. When I select it from the start menu, it will go
> the
> update site and then not load. I have been sent here from the
> 'www.aumha.net' forum. Many solutions have been suggested to no avail. I
> am
> not sure if I should tabulate all that I have done, for fear of the
> message
> getting to long.