Just a P.S. that was 8 machines out of 13 machines, so some did not have the problem.
On Oct 6, 7:38 am, RebelRed <[email protected]> wrote: > Howdy and thanks for the tips. > The reason I have this problem consistantly is because I am > teaching a class in Windows XP. We have swappable hard drives in the > computers in the classroom so that we can pull out the regular drive > and stick my class drives in and switch them back at the end of class > so that we do not interfere with the other class subjects taught in > this room. > > I have been teaching Windows for 6 years and XP for 5 (this > being the last year before moving on to Win7), and this is the first > semester where this has become a problem. In fact, it never happened > once before this semester. I fixed several students' machines with the > methods I listed, but have one that I cannot fix. We also did a repair > install on it and I guess we are going to have to do a full install. > > We cannot update the machines because we do not have Internet > connectivity until our school's Network Infrastructure Upgrade is > finished sometime next year (Well, we could do updates the hard way, > but why bother). We also do not run Anti-virus and again why bother. I > have a server (sort of, I put Server software on an old machine pieced > together with a 24-port hub that is also not connected to the > Internet), and I make the students for learning purposes make their > own patch cables to plug into the hub and also teach them how to put > their machines on our little improvised network both in a work group > and in a domain. The drives are wiped clean and repartitioned every > semester (by the students) before we start installing Windows each > semester. > > The problem started about 2 classes after the install, and then > again, it has never happened before in the past and I cannot figure > out what is different this time. Each student has a separate install > disk, so for it to be corrupt installs on about 8 machines is a pretty > big coincidence. During the 2 classes between the install and the > problem, they were just doing activities out of the book like learning > to create folders and add/delete security permissions. And add user > profiles for workgroups and domains with and without local and global > security rights. They do not get into the Window configurations that > might possibly affect the start menu for another 2 weeks. > > If this added information gives you any ideas, I would love to > hear them. And thank you for your time. > > Thanks......Red. > > On Oct 6, 2:59 am, DaveyBoi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Let us know if things change or if you've tried anything different, > > any registry changes, tweaks you did yourself or with any third-party > > software you did on the system files, registry, etc > > > Let us know if this helps.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
