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HELP - start up error

  • 31-01-2007 06:36PM
    #1
    ChristyBrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭


    Hi all - girlfriends pc packed up today -

    win xp sp2

    wont boot up win. at all - just white writing on black background with standard options to boot using last known good config etc

    wont start with last known good config or in safe mode
    error reads in a small box "services.exe the appl. failed to initialize properly 0x0000033 click ok to terminate" when u click ok you just get a blank black screen with your mouse cursor.

    dont have xp disk only win2k disk

    should i type something into command prompt to start it?

    Thanks.:mad:


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  • #2
    mensreas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 61 ✭✭mensreas


    ok any chance of more info ie what kinda unit specs etc can u boot to safe mode??


  • #3
    ChristyBrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭ChristyBrown


    Hi - cant boot into safe - ill try command prompt chkdsk and see
    its a 3 or 4 year old e machines cheap thing - was riddled with viruses to begin with!


  • #4
    mensreas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 61 ✭✭mensreas


    mensreas wrote:
    can u boot to safe mode??

    sorry only half read the post any recent hardware changes what was the last thing she or u were doing??? (wit the pc that is!!!!!):D


  • #5
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Sounds like you might need to do a repair installation, there was no recovery disc of any sort with the machine?


  • #6
    mensreas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 61 ✭✭mensreas


    also try bootcfg it automaticlly scans for win installtions and configs and repairs the boot.ini

    2nd hand pc i wonder???


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  • #7
    ChristyBrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭ChristyBrown


    not a second hand pc although her brother did f*k it up within two weeks of her buying it - no reinstallations disks whatsoever
    I was using it last night it was slow as usual but no major issues (usually takes a solid 5mins to boot up and hald that to turn off).
    nothing has been installed recently. Thanks for the feedback.


  • #8
    mensreas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 61 ✭✭mensreas


    unless im mistakin and i apoligise if i am it sounds like a virius and or hdd failure but with out resuce disks im not sure much can be done. theres little to no relevent info from mickysoft (shock!) in relation to the error code. though im lookin through some fourms atm

    thia is what microsoft have to say http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/w2kmsgs/1166.asp


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