Hey I successfuly installed sp2 yesterday on my other comp and went to reboot. everything went FINE, my background loaded up and then it just stops there, no icons, start menu, etc. I can still ctrl ALT delete and end/create proccesses but that is about it and even that goes relaly slowly and tends to freeze up. tryed it a couple more times and it eventualy loads up my full desktop with all the icons but then when i try to open any programs or folders it does not do anything. start menu still works but thats about all it opens up. thanks for your help everyone. if you have any questions just ask.zeal311...... How about some info on the machine your having issues with ......
Was the XP Pro/SP2 a clean install ?  Is your XP Pro disc legit or.......... ?

What happens if you try to restart in safe mode ....does it still do odd things ?


dl65  amd athlon xp 1600
512 mb ram
the xp pro is not a clean install and also probably not legit. it wouldnt let me install sp2 regurally because it said it was not clean so i dled a crack. sp2 install went fine and when i went to reboot it started doing this.
i completely forgot how to restart in safe mode can someone tell me?you most likely wont get help until you get a legit windows....Um, why is that exactly? what difference does it makeSafe mode - TAP F8 at startup
As for legit windows, you won't get many updates from MS, and they may stop doing security updates soon as WELL
Besides, illegal windows installations generally have quite a few PROBLEMS, and besides....it's illegal Quote

Um, why is that exactly? what difference does it make

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Um, why is that exactly? what difference does it make

Well consider your current predicament, for example....