cant right click in start menu in XP

[DigitalN.]

hmm... why cant i right click in the start menu?

fresh install of XP

[DigitalN.]

help me!

[dreamz Veteran]

enable drag and drop in the properties and see if that helps. :happy:

[DigitalN.]

didnt know that that was disabled! thanks...

and another problem, when im pl,aying a gmae or a video it will suddenly studder to basically a standstill, and i have to wait a few seconds for it to kick back in. i figured out that it is vsmon.exe that is taking all of my CPU. anyone know why?

edit: no, its not vsmon.exe, it explorer.exe! wtf..... how do i fix that

[demorgoron]

hehe,same thing happened to me,didnt even knew what happened and how to fix it,

thanks :)

[dreamz Veteran]

no problem.

have you gotten all the updates? maybe there's an updated explorer.exe that is less buggy. what else are you doing at the time of the high cpu usage?

[uniacidz]

You have something running at set intervals?

[moogoat]

my system does that too, but it's System Idle Process that takes up all CPU...

[dreamz Veteran]

  moogoat said:

my system does that too, but it's System Idle Process that takes up all CPU...

this isn't the same problem. system idle process is "free" cpu, so you want it to be high.

[DigitalN.]

  moogoat said:

my system does that too, but it's System Idle Process that takes up all CPU...

thats just how much CPU is free

and i have all of the updates, BUT when i go in WU it says i need to get the same ones i already got three times before.....

[Rell]

DaCoOlNeSs, the issue is with custom themes and reinstalling xp would fix the issue.

[uniacidz]

  DaCoOlNeSs said:

thats just how much CPU is free

and i have all of the updates, BUT when i go in WU it says i need to get the same ones i already got three times before.....

If thats the case, try again and again.

If doesnt show up in add/remove and shows it again on WU, might have to delete the catroot2 folder, delete all temp files, etc etc and try agin.

[uniacidz]

  Rell said:

DaCoOlNeSs, the issue is with custom themes and reinstalling xp would fix the issue.

Most stupid post i seen today.

Why reinstall the operating system for????

DaCoOlNeSs, DO NOT TAKE THIS ADVICE.

[Rell]

  Davey said:

Why reinstall the operating system for????

Well, read his above posts ...

[uniacidz]

  Rell said:

Well, read his above posts ...

I think you should read his above posts.

He is having trouble installing Windows Updates via the web site.

If he fixes this issue which is easy enough, he can get all the updates and critical fixes.

Reinstalling is a stupid idea.

  Quote

Rell Posted on Apr 6 2004, 11:38

  DaCoOlNeSs, the issue is with custom themes and reinstalling xp would fix the issue. 

And how is it related to custom themes? How is Windows Update not installing related to this? Im using custom themes. Most people on Neowin using custom themes. Please elaborate how his issues are related to custom themes and why he should reinstall windows becuase of these custom themes!!

[DigitalN.]

nope, it still happens after deleting everything to do with temporary stuff

what about upgrading to XP Pro and trying?

Edited April 6, 2004 by DaCoOlNeSs

[uniacidz]

  DaCoOlNeSs said:

nope, it still happens after deleting everything to do with temporary stuff

what about upgrading to XP Pro and trying?

Delete the contents of this folder.

C:\Program Files\WindowsUpdate\V4

Firstly

Go to Start/Run/CMD and type in:

del /q "%SystemRoot%\System32\Catroot2\Edb.log

Secondly

Rename or delete the catroot2 folder and or do the following

At the command prompt (Start/Run/CMD), type the following commands, pressing ENTER after each line:

net stop cryptsvc

ren %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 oldcatroot2

net start cryptsvc

and

Lastly

Open a Command Prompt and re-register the following files by typing "REGSVR32 <FILENAME>". Don't use the "<>" and substitute the appropriate file. Then press Enter - you should get a "succeeded" message on each attempt.

The files are:

SOFTPUB.DLL

WINTRUST.DLL

INITPKI.DLL

DSSENH.DLL

RSAENH.DLL

CRYPTDLG.DLL

Edited April 6, 2004 by Davey

[DigitalN.]

nope, didnt work... :cry:

Edited April 6, 2004 by DaCoOlNeSs

[uniacidz]

Did you reboot before you tried? or at least retsrated the browser?

Did you rename/delete the catroot2 folder?

Did you remove the contents of the Programs Files/Windows Update folder?

Did you delete all temp information?

[DigitalN.]

Did you reboot before you tried? or at least retsrated the browser? : Yes

Did you rename/delete the catroot2 folder? : wont let me!

Did you remove the contents of the Programs Files/Windows Update folder? : i dont have one.....

Did you delete all temp information? : yup

[uniacidz]

Did you rename/delete the catroot2 folder? : wont let me!

Will let you.

Can try safe mode, or the following

net stop cryptsvc

ren %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 oldcatroot2

net start cryptsvc

Did you remove the contents of the Programs Files/Windows Update folder? : i dont have one.....

Go to my computer, Tools, folder options, View Tab and select 'show hidden files and folder' and click apply and ok.

Its might be hidden in the Program Files folder but should see it now.

[Rell]

  Davey said:

I think you should read his above posts.

He is having trouble installing Windows Updates via the web site.

If he fixes this issue which is easy enough, he can get all the updates and critical fixes.

Reinstalling is a stupid idea.

And how is it related to custom themes? How is Windows Update not installing related to this? Im using custom themes. Most people on Neowin using custom themes. Please elaborate how his issues are related to custom themes and why he should reinstall windows becuase of these custom themes!!

Might want to read his past posts on the forums too... :)

[DigitalN.]

  Rell said:

Might want to read his past posts on the forums too... :)

take a while to read all of em! lol

and Davey,

it has not worked. AAARGHH!!!

[DigitalN.]

well, i tried upgrading to XP Corporate, and it makde things worse.

it crashes more often now

Windows update is doing the same thing

if i HAVE to, i can reformat......but i think that this is where this is leading to, isnt it.

[DigitalN.]

here is an update to the situation, i have XP Pro now, and it still does the thing with the updates

so here is another thing that happens when i stay on my PC too long

why did i type hehe instead of here? :unsure: