XP SP 2 problem

I'll try to be brief. Recently had XP Home with Service Pack 2. Had some
problems with USB in course of solving it (with help) removed SP 2 and
reinstalled XP Home.
USB fine. When try to install SP 2, it copies files OK then hangs whenever
it checks for 'neccessary disk space'. In Task Manager, when this is
happening the processor is wiorking at 100% constantly.
In case it is relevant, Windows Explorer does not show status bar any more
by default - I have to show it every time I start up, sometimes when using
Windows Explorer, a 'preparing to install' box shows up briefly and then
disappears with no apparent effect.
Anyone got any ideas please ?
Thanks
Rick

SajjadMehdi
Fri Jun 27 08:55:01 PDT 2008

Try increasing virtual memory on the computer.
Control Panel->System properties->Adavanced->Performance
Settings->Advanced->Change
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Mir Sajjad Mehdi
Microsoft XP Platform Support


"Rick" wrote:

> I'll try to be brief. Recently had XP Home with Service Pack 2. Had some
> problems with USB in course of solving it (with help) removed SP 2 and
> reinstalled XP Home.
> USB fine. When try to install SP 2, it copies files OK then hangs whenever
> it checks for 'neccessary disk space'. In Task Manager, when this is
> happening the processor is wiorking at 100% constantly.
> In case it is relevant, Windows Explorer does not show status bar any more
> by default - I have to show it every time I start up, sometimes when using
> Windows Explorer, a 'preparing to install' box shows up briefly and then
> disappears with no apparent effect.
> Anyone got any ideas please ?
> Thanks
> Rick

David
Fri Jun 27 08:58:01 PDT 2008

This group is for Windows Media Center, repost to a more appropriate group
such as xp.general

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"Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'll try to be brief. Recently had XP Home with Service Pack 2. Had some
> problems with USB in course of solving it (with help) removed SP 2 and
> reinstalled XP Home.
> USB fine. When try to install SP 2, it copies files OK then hangs whenever
> it checks for 'neccessary disk space'. In Task Manager, when this is
> happening the processor is wiorking at 100% constantly.
> In case it is relevant, Windows Explorer does not show status bar any more
> by default - I have to show it every time I start up, sometimes when using
> Windows Explorer, a 'preparing to install' box shows up briefly and then
> disappears with no apparent effect.
> Anyone got any ideas please ?
> Thanks
> Rick

Rick
Fri Jun 27 12:37:04 PDT 2008

Thankyou Sajjad. Not sure why I'm doing this but fankly I'll try anything at
this stage :-)
Rick

"Sajjad Mehdi" wrote:

> Try increasing virtual memory on the computer.
> Control Panel->System properties->Adavanced->Performance
> Settings->Advanced->Change
> --
> Mir Sajjad Mehdi
> Microsoft XP Platform Support
>
>
> "Rick" wrote:
>
> > I'll try to be brief. Recently had XP Home with Service Pack 2. Had some
> > problems with USB in course of solving it (with help) removed SP 2 and
> > reinstalled XP Home.
> > USB fine. When try to install SP 2, it copies files OK then hangs whenever
> > it checks for 'neccessary disk space'. In Task Manager, when this is
> > happening the processor is wiorking at 100% constantly.
> > In case it is relevant, Windows Explorer does not show status bar any more
> > by default - I have to show it every time I start up, sometimes when using
> > Windows Explorer, a 'preparing to install' box shows up briefly and then
> > disappears with no apparent effect.
> > Anyone got any ideas please ?
> > Thanks
> > Rick