I Screwed Something Up: Windows XP

Hi,

a few days ago i changed the location of the virtual memory on my computer to another harddrive. Yesterday I wanted to reverse the change and return the virtual memory back to my original harddrive but now I have a problem. When I start up the computer, windows sits at "Loading Personal ...." for about 5 minutes before slowly opening up the desktop.... and the start button is missing. When I try to copy things or move things, the paste button will not work. After about 3 minutes of use, a windows popup shows up and says that it has to shut down the computer, and gives me a minute to save any settings.

Ive tried setting the virtual memory back to its original spot, to the other drive, to windows default, and still the same problem persists.

Any idea? I dont want to have to reinstall windows again.

got a pic or screenie of the message?

Vio1 said:

When I try to copy things or move things, the paste button will not work.

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is it possible to do a screenshot without 'paste'? or is paste only messed up in explorer windows

have you checked for a virus? normally, when windows tells you it is going to shutdown, a critical system process has been terminated. Many viruses are known to cause this.

are u on xp cuz virtual memory is handled differently in xp if u r u need to change the PAGE FILE aswell
if not on xp im stumped
hope this helps

Its the same thing.

not in xp the page file is held completely on the hdd
the virt. mem is partly on the ram (thats why xp needs so much)
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