Need to repair XP Service Pack 2 Horstair 10/4/2008 3:43:01 AM 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.

Re: Need to repair XP Service Pack 2 "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper[ at ]gmail.com> 10/4/2008 3:47:33 AM Horstair wrote: [Quoted Text] > 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. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: Need to repair XP Service Pack 2 "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake[ at ]this.is.an.invalid.domain> 10/4/2008 2:29:58 PM On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:43:01 -0700, Horstair <Horstair[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > 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 Please Reply to the Newsgroup