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Huge Windows2k problem

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by mddddd

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Yesterday I was using the Services menu to prevent some programs from starting up and eating all my resources. I must have disabled a critical program because whenever I start windows, it takes forever to get the desktop. I am also unable to use media player. I get a message saying that I am out of memory even though I have 384 MB worth of RAM. When I go back into the services menu, I can't re-enable the programs that I disabled. I try to get to the properties box, but it never comes up. I alsobooted into safe mode and tried to re-enable the services from there, but it didn't work either. I also tried using the Last Known Good Configuration procedure and that didn't work. If anyone can help, it would be extremely appreciated.

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by carterga

If yoy know the services you need to restart you can use the 'NET START' command fron the command line to start services. The syntax is ;
NET START [SERVICE]
I hope this helps

by mddddd

I tried your suggesstion but I got messages saying that the services cannot be started since they are disabled. Is there an option to revert back to the default settings?
Thanks anyway.

by shmaltz

Boot to the windows 2000 CD. Chosse repair. Then choose Recovery Console. At the command prompt renable all the service you disabled.
Restart your computer.

BTW the problem is only huge to you son don't put it in a title. It would only be huge if a lot of Windows 2K users where effected by this problem.

by y_rihani

All what you can do is booting from the Recovery Console. when you reach the DOS prompt, type ENABLE . the point here is that you need to remember the name of the services you disabled

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