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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

  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.....

  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.

  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.

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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!!

  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 by Davey

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

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.

  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... :)

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.

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