IE and media centre only work in safe mode after windows reinstall
Monday, October 24, 2005 at 4:57 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Richard Boyce
(1 messages posted)
Hi all,
I've just upgraded my machine (new motherboard + trimmings) and thought I might try
to avoid the rigmarole of doing a full reformat, reinstall. Instead I booted from
the Windows CD and just chose to reinstall. Just to see whether it would work.
To my surprise pretty much everything works fine, with a couple of exceptions - Internet
Explorer and Media Centre. These only work in safe mode. In normal mode they simply
don't launch - no errors, but when I try to run them I just get the pointer-with-hourglass
for half a second, then nothing.
I normally use Firefox and Winamp instead, but I am a little worried that I can't
use the Windows Update site. Anyone have any suggestions, apart from reformat/reinstall?
Thanks a lot,
Richard
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