Error Log: Meaning of messages

[lhgpoobaa]

a friends got a new system... quite buggy...
maybe a dodgy motherboard, dont quite know.

anyway, windows 2000 pro is also being flakey... namely giving all these wierd error messages, and i cannot do
my computer -> c drive -> rightclick -> properties
cauzes explorer to crash.

can someoen help me out here... give me a clue as to how to tackle this and best fix?

1. SAM failed to start the TCP/IP or SPX/IPX listening thread

2. the secdrv service failed to start due to the following error: the system cannot find the file specified

3. the server {registry string} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout

thanx in advance

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[redstar]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en/default.asp

(this is a partial free sampling of the win2k resource kit...here u will find all those event log error messages explained in more detail)

 

[redstar]

with win2k's kernal crashing just cause you try to access hdd properties...you may be wanting to install win2k over itself just to redo the hardware.

of course i assume you put in all your updated drivers, sp 2, inf intel patches or 4 in 1 amd drivers..etc..

good luck

 

[lhgpoobaa]

kk tah

personally i think his motherboard is crap.
no end of hdd/cdrom/dvd/controller problems.

Religious wars are 2 groups of people fighting over who has the best imaginary friend.

 

[Guest]

i agree with redstar, do an 'upgrade' from within windows 2000 (this will reinstall the OS without deleting any settings), then get updates such as service pack 2, chipset drivers, etc.

i just finished working on a pc with very similar problems at the office. explorer would crash at certain times, and the mobo was suspected by the user. i 'upgraded', installed sp2 and all the critical updates, via 4 in 1'd and she was perfect. good luck, amigo!!!

ignore everything i say

 

[lhgpoobaa]

i struggle on...
reinstall of win2k has already been done... and its NOT a via chipset (ali magik)

besides... all these problems were happening in win98 too, but worse.

on a more happy note my enermax 550W psu is great!!!!!!!

Religious wars are 2 groups of people fighting over who has the best imaginary friend.

 

[jasen]

Those are network service problems. What NIC are you using, and has it been swap tested with a different one? Something in the NIC is preventing "server" from starting up. Without server, DCOM can't start "file not found", meaning server service not found I assume, and SAM can't start a network listener. I would bet that if you are on a network, other machines couldn't log in to you. Swap the NIC first imho.

 

[jasen]

Of course, it could definitely still be the m/b as well.

 

[lhgpoobaa]

not connected to any network
just got a netcom 56k internal modem, very similar to mine.

win2k had no problems detecting it, even before we installed the drivers, just to be safe.



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