Ps. User is my user name.
Pps. I rebooted between all steps except 8-9 and 11-12
Ppps. "Clicked on my user name"= attempted to log on to Windows XP.
1) Clicked on my user name, nothing happened.
2) Clicked on my user name, nothing happened.
3) Logged in as an administrator in safe mode. Tried to run system restore. Got Error "System Restore is not able to protect your computer. Restart your computer and try again."
4) Logged in as an administrator in safe mode. Tried to run system restore. Got Error "System Restore is not able to protect your computer. Restart your computer and try again."
5) Clicked on my user name, nothing happened.
6) Logged in as user in safe mode. Tried to run system restore. Got Error "System Restore is not able to protect your computer. Restart your computer and try again."
7) Logged in as user in safe mode. Tried to run system restore. Got Error "System Restore is not able to protect your computer. Restart your computer and try again."
8) Logged in as user in safe mode. Ran "sigverif". Pressed start. Got message "No system files were found".
9) Ran "msconfig". Clicked "general" tab. Clicked "diagnostic setup". Got "An access denied error was returned while attempting to change a sercive. You may need to log on using an administrateor", but it seemed like the changes worked.
10) Clicked on my user name, nothing happened.
11) Logged in as administrator in safe mode. Ran "sigverif". Pressed start. Got message "No system files were found".
12) Ran "msconfig". Clicked "general" tab. Clicked "diagnostic setup". Got "An access denied error was returned while attempting to change a sercive. You may need to log on using an administrateor", but it seemed like the changes worked.
13) Clicked on my user name, nothing happened.