Windows Error Fixer: [Anwsered] the operating system cannot run %1

Friday, March 4, 2016

[Anwsered] the operating system cannot run %1

the operating system cannot run %1

Just updated a friend's XP Media Center computer to SP3.
Now IE won't open and neither will Windows Update - I get the same message on both " RUNDLL - c:\windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl.
The C".

Keys to the Problem the operating system cannot run %1

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HOW TO get a computer running WinXP Gold (no Service Packs) fully patched (after a clean install)
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/msg/3f5afa8ed33e121c
HOW TO get a computer running WinXP SP1(a) or SP2 fully patched (after a clean install)
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/a066ae41add7dd2b

IMPORTANT! => If the reinstall also (re)installed a Norton or McAfee free-trial (invalid, of course), you MUST uninstall it AND download/run the appropriate removal tool BEFORE installing N360 (which, I will assume, your friend had purchased and which will
require WinXP SP3).
And yes, even if it's a Norton free-trial.

Norton Removal Tool:
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/Norton_Removal_Tool.exe

McAfee removal tool:
http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe

Instructions:

1.
Download the appropriate removal tool, saving it to your desktop.

2.
Uninstall the free-trial via Add/Remove Programs.
3.
Close all open applications (i.e., anything with an icon on the taskbar).
4.
Double-click on the file you saved in #1 above to run the utility.
Don't TOUCH your keyboard until the run completes, then reboot.

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (IE, Mail, Security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ Disclaimer: MS MVPs neither represent nor work for Microsoft

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