u think i can just delete the services from system32 folder and run SFC to replace them?

 

Id run sfc first and not delete them, cuase it will make sure that its in its original condition, not just scanning to see if its there.

 

well, ive ran SFC and checked to see if the services was there in the stsyem32 folder. its there, just broken i guess. any ideas on how to replace with a working copy of the file?
:4-dontkno

 

Does it say anything after Snap-in failed to initialize? Like a CLSID.

 

yes it did. it says "snap-in failed to initialize. " i get this same error with the shared folders too. error has a clsid number about 3 miles long. if you need the numbers, i can post them in a bit. can i google the number and possibly get more info about the error? thanks again! i'm trying to avoid a reformat, but i'm thinking about a repair installation. is this worth the effort?

 

heres from a screenie i took after each error. any ideas? when i right click My Computer- Manage, i get the shared folders snap-in error. then MMC opens, and i click services and get the services snap-in error. :4-dontkno

 

Bump...

 

One suggestion...

Try copying the services.msc file to a backup location and delete the copy in the system32 directory. First of all try going into it and see if it gets restored or errors. If it errors, try another SFC. If things go even further wrong, you can always restore the file from the backup you made.

Hope this helps!

 

well, i have tried everything from running SFC, spybot, defrag, diskchk, and even did what reekorl said and nothing seems to do it. am i looking at a repair install? if so, will i lose all my stuff when i do it? im goin nuts here. anyone got any other ideas? :4-dontkno

 

anyone got any ideas? im at my ropes end!!!

 

A repair install means you won't lose any data so go ahead and do this.

 

A repair install means you won't lose any data so go ahead and do this.

ok, so i tried to do a repair install, but it tells me it couldnt find any hard drives to do it on. i think this is because my hdd's are sata. do i need to reload the drivers from the floppy that came with the motherboard? (sata drivers) i saw during the setup where windows loads a bunch of generic drivers it asked for third party scsi drivers. do i need to do this now, even though everything is working fine right now with my hard drives?