Sorry. Don't bother trying to answer my question. I just discovered that
another program (Retrospect) is severely damaged, which makes it all too
obvious that a complete reinstallation is likely the only way to fix
everything.

Thanks anyway.
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ray124c41


"ray124c41" wrote:

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> ray124c41
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> "ray124c41" wrote:
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> > Of course I know I can reinstall the operating system! That fixes anything
> > except broken hardware. The question is, 'Is there something less drastic I
> > can do?'.
> >
> > To respond to your criticism of my use of the idiom (Admittedly a waste of
> > everyone's time.) :
> >
> > Gadzooks! Methinks yet another pedant! By the way, you committed the sin
> > you just accused me of. Do you see it?
> >
> > Anyway, I didn't invent the terminology. I have seen other people refer to
> > the process of returning their hard drive to a state resembling the one it
> > was in before they had such a terrible problem, as rebuilding their hard
> > drive.
> >
> > And, in programmer lingo, the result of compiling and linking source code is
> > often referred to as a 'build', and the process of creating a software
> > program or system is sometimes referred to as 'building'. So the use of the
> > word 'build' in the present context is not at all unusual.
> >
> > Are you the same guy who insisted that DOS isn't DOS?
> >
> > I ask the rest of you who read this mess, to forgive me , but I couldn't
> > resist having a little fun. Hope you had fun too.
> >
> > And I really would like an answer to my question.
> >
> > --
> > ray124c41
> >
> >
> > "Ridge Runner" wrote:
> >
> > > You do not"rebuild"
> > > To "rebuild"means rebuilding your pc and NOT the hard drive.
> > > Format it
> > > Reinstall Windows
> > > That will cure it.
> > > "ray124c41" <ray124c41@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:401BA3B5-AB6D-49ED-B389-5063A12993A8@microsoft.com...
> > > >I have WinXP Pro SP2. I also have (so far) the following problems:
> > > >
> > > > 1) The system will not go into standby on its own, or only partially does
> > > > so. (The monitor shuts off after the specified interval, but the hard
> > > > dirive
> > > > doesn't.) It does go into standby if I hit the sleep button, which is
> > > > what
> > > > I've specified it should do.
> > > >
> > > > 2) System restore doesn't work, although this could be because I recently
> > > > installed Visual Basic Express, but maybe not. It was working before
> > > > that.
> > > > I did turn off Product Protection in Norton Internet Security, I even
> > > > turned
> > > > off Auto-Protect. I have a System Recovery Partition on my C drive, but
> > > > System Restore is only operative for the C:\ partition as is necessary
> > > > for
> > > > System Restore to function.
> > > > Anyway, I did all this before and System Restore worked.
> > > >
> > > > 3) My (HP) printer won't print. When I try to print something, I get a
> > > > message saying that the driver(s) need to be reinstalled or some such
> > > > thing.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I tried to deduce what startup process was causing the standby problem, if
> > > > any, by using msconfig. I started by disabling all the processes and this
> > > > fixed it. I then narrowed it down to 2 references to the Logitech Desktop
> > > > Messenger program. One reference's location is Common Startup and the
> > > > other
> > > > is a Registry key. When I disabled them both, standby seemed to happen
> > > > when
> > > > scheduled, at first. But after a while it seemed that only the monitor was
> > > > shutting down, so it's not fixed.
> > > >
> > > > Some of the symptoms may have been caused by a power failure, which
> > > > happened
> > > > before all the symptoms appeared, I think. The printer was having
> > > > problems,
> > > > but at least it would print. As to the other problems, I can't say when
> > > > they
> > > > appeared relative to the power failure. (Of course I have surge
> > > > protection,
> > > > but that doesn't protect you from all the effects of fluctuations, only
> > > > from
> > > > having your stuff fried.)
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, I have my data backed up, but not an image of the hard drive, so
> > > > if
> > > > I want to have a fully functional system again, I'll have to rebuild it,
> > > > unless someone can tell me how to fix this mess.
> > > >
> > > > Once the system is OK I will get Ghost or TrueImage or whatever. You
> > > > betcha!!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > ray124c41
> > >
> > >
> > >