I cannot use Add/Remove Programs. I just get this message: "Setup was unable to open information file wmpocm.inf. Contact your system administrator. The specific error code is 0x2 at line 0." How do I fix this? I have Windows XP Media Center Edition, Ver. 2002, Service Pack 3.
View 8 RepliesWhenever I'm in SafeMode and want to log into my password protected Default Administrator account I receive this notification:
USER ENVIRONMENT
Windows cannot load the users profile but has logged you on with the default profile for the system.
DETAILS: Incorrect Function.
I use Windows XP Media Edition and yesterday the Add/Remove Programs function on my control panel quit working. The message comes up please wait while the list is being populated and then nothing else happens. The longest I waited was 45 minutes while I went off and did something else. The list never appeared. All of the other functions in the control panel seem to be working.Everything seems to have slowed down on my computer. It is a Pentium(R) CPU 3.60 GHz 2 GB of RAM Service Pack 2 Version 2002 I bought it at Frys Electronics. Does anyone have any suggestions for the Add/Remove Programs glitch? Am I about to lose a hard drive?
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