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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 11:45 AM
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XP Pro, or Home? Which Service Pack version?
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 04:20 PM
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Home for sure. Not sure about which service pack.
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by wrxBRAH
have you tried running the computer in safe mode and do a system restore?
If you haven't tried this, this would be my first suggestion.
If that and anything else tried fails, back up and reformat
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 06:45 PM
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How do I get to safe mode? I can easily get to safe mode on my vista laptop. Step by step instructions for XP? I tried F12 and F2 upon powerup but didn't see option for safe mode.
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by soggynoodles
dependency hell ftw too?
repos has come a long way. Even if not in any repo then just get the sources of the dependants and compile. It's not rocket science.
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 07:12 PM
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First off, try this: In the task manager, click 'New Task' and run the file 'explorer.exe' and see if your taskbar and icons show up. If so, you're golden. Just get on the 'net and reinstall Internet Explorer and you should be good.

If that doesn't work, you'll need to click 'New Task' and run the file 'msconfig.exe'. I think 'Diagnostic startup' under the 'General' tab would work for you. Otherwise, you'll need to go to the 'Boot' tab and check 'Safe boot' and select 'Network' below that. Reboot, then find a way to reinstall Internet Explorer.
^ Did you try any of this? Safe mode is the last thing I mentioned. You can skip 'Diagnostic startup' if you want-- I've never actually tried it. Seems like it could work though.

Ultimately, I think you just need to find a way to regain some control of your computer and simply reinstall Internet Explorer.
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 07:21 PM
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Trying it now with the safeboot, took me to black screen. What next?
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 07:35 PM
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"This application has failed to start because iertutil.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem"
How can I fix this if this problem won't allow me to do anything?
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Giibo
How do I get to safe mode? I can easily get to safe mode on my vista laptop. Step by step instructions for XP? I tried F12 and F2 upon powerup but didn't see option for safe mode.
F8 would be the key.
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by mugenbb6
repos has come a long way. Even if not in any repo then just get the sources of the dependants and compile. It's not rocket science.
You're right it's not rocket science but it's annoying as hell.

ANNOYING!!
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 09:19 PM
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Found my original OS CD. Reinstalling now.
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 12:01 AM
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Thx for everyone's input! Got my OS restored and everything seems to be in place. However I seem to have a virus/ adware/ spyware. Running malwarebytes anti-malware now.
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 12:10 AM
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really funny people are telling you to reinstall Internet Explorer when that isn't the problem...

anyways those viruses could of been what had infected your explorer file and corrupted it. I suggest you back up the data you need and do a fresh reinstall of windows vista
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by lunarcrusader
really funny people are telling you to reinstall Internet Explorer when that isn't the problem...

anyways those viruses could of been what had infected your explorer file and corrupted it. I suggest you back up the data you need and do a fresh reinstall of windows vista
sounds like a good idea...what's best most efficient way of backing up photos/music/documents? Should i get an external hard drive, dvd-r, flash drive? As you may have already figured out, i'm noob-tastic with computers.
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by lunarcrusader
really funny people are telling you to reinstall Internet Explorer when that isn't the problem...

anyways those viruses could of been what had infected your explorer file and corrupted it. I suggest you back up the data you need and do a fresh reinstall of windows vista
I see where you're coming from, but the key point is the picture he provided. He tried to open iTunes and got an error regarding an Internet Explorer file. There's definitely an explorer.exe issue as well, but I doubt it's a coincidence that a missing IE file is causing an issue after trying to delete IE altogether. Hence the advice of reinstalling IE.

Plus, although I've never tried it, I can't imagine explorer.exe being an easy file to delete. Definitely sounds like a virus corrupted it.

Hopefully you get that all sorted out though.
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