(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:43 pm
Post subject: Need to repair XP Service Pack 2 Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windowsxp>basics (more info?)
I tried to clean my daughter's computer of many viruses with avast4 and
somehow deleted a windows file. XP won't boot up and it gives the error
"BASEWAF32 is missing" "you might have to reinstall this application". I
can't find any reference to this application. How do you reinstall this
without having to do a clean install?
I have the original XP and recovery disks. Yx, Horst.
(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:47 pm
Post subject: Re: Need to repair XP Service Pack 2 [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Horstair wrote:
> I tried to clean my daughter's computer of many viruses with avast4
> and somehow deleted a windows file. XP won't boot up and it gives
> the error "BASEWAF32 is missing" "you might have to reinstall this
> application". I can't find any reference to this application. How
> do you reinstall this without having to do a clean install?
> I have the original XP and recovery disks.
Repair installation.
(Google that - add the words "Windows XP")
However - you are likely better off taking it to a professional and/or
wiping it and performing a clean installation.
(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:29 am
Post subject: Re: Need to repair XP Service Pack 2 [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:43:01 -0700, Horstair
<Horstair.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I tried to clean my daughter's computer of many viruses with avast4 and
> somehow deleted a windows file. XP won't boot up and it gives the error
> "BASEWAF32 is missing" "you might have to reinstall this application". I
> can't find any reference to this application. How do you reinstall this
> without having to do a clean install?
> I have the original XP and recovery disks. Yx, Horst.
"Many" viruses? How many? If a computer really has a lot of
infections, just cleaning it with an anti-virus is usually not a good
plan, and won't be sufficient. That's one of the very few times when I
recommend doing a clean reinstallation of Windows.
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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