Well, thanks for all your help and ideas guys. I've been busier
than ....well pretty busy so I didn't get back to you sooner but at
the next class period the students had already re-installed Windows to
fix their problem. And, since this is the last time I am teaching XP,
because I will be switching to Windows 7 next semester, I won't be
dealing with that problem anymore....hopefully.
Thanks again.......Red.
On Oct 7, 7:21 am, RebelRed <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, that is another thing to consider...maybe, but worth
> checking out. The disks have not been mirrored yet. They are all from
> the MSDNAA ELMs sight which is basically a Microsoft/Education
> partnership to supply free software for educational puposes. Each disk
> was obtained from this site. They are still the original disks from
> about 5 years ago. It would seem wierd that 8 out of 13 would all go
> bad this one semester, but anything is possible, so I'll see if I can
> rule that out.
>
> However, Anvesh does have a good idea, because I tried the
> registry on 7 of the 8 machines. The 8th machine I was not able to get
> to the registry because not only could I not get to the run command, I
> also could not get the "new task (run)" option to come up on Task
> Manager. So now if I may be able to try that solution and see what
> happens also.
>
> Thanks guys, I knew you could come up with some more
> ideas...Think Tanks are a good thing. I'll let you know what happens,
> the next class is Thursday evening, so you'll probably hear from me on
> Friday, or Monday.
>
> C ya......Red.
>
> On Oct 6, 10:12 pm, Jeada <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > He already tried using the registry. Are the windows cds mirrored
> > copies or all retail singles? The os disks could be damaged through
> > the years from scratches and what-not. My teacher encountered a
> > similar problem which affected several computers. We used the same os
> > disk continously and made mirrored copies of it. The disk itself could
> > be the problem leaving corrupted files from its condition.- Hide quoted
> > text -
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