Running Msinfo32 Comes Up With Help And Support Window?
Apr 8, 2006whenever i type in msinfo32.exe into the run box i get windows xp help and support... how do i go about viewing msinfo32 instead of the help and support
View 1 Replieswhenever i type in msinfo32.exe into the run box i get windows xp help and support... how do i go about viewing msinfo32 instead of the help and support
View 1 RepliesI am missing "System Information". I cannot get it from System Tools/System Information nor can I get it by going to Runmsinfo32. It just takes me to Help & Support.
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View 14 Replies View RelatedWhen i go: Start> All programs > Accessories > System tools > Systeminformation
i get this message ( freely translated from norwegian )
"Windows can't open Help and Support because a systemapplication can't run. If you want to solve this problem, start the application called Help and Support"
Where is the Help and Support application, and what do i do?
My printer won't work and when I try to diagnose the situation I get message that says, "Windows cannot open Help and Supprt because a system service is not running. To fix this problem, start the service named 'Help and Support'". How do I do this?
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI while ago someone sent me a DAT file on this newsgroup that helped restore the msinfo32.exe file. I can't remember what the file was, though. Could anyone send it me again? Whatever happened to disable msinfo32.exe seems to have happened again, not sure what, but I think it's ZoneAlarm Pro cleaning out the locked DAT files.
View 1 Replies View Relatedi have an mdg computer that came with vista, i used it for a while but realized i liked xp bettet so i decided to install it (i got a possibly pirated version from my friend) while look at intel.com for drivers i found out i had to find my system model. The mdg user guide said go to Start->Run and then to type msinfo32. i did that but than an error message popped up and said:cannot find msinfo32 and blah blah search. i went to search typed in msinfo32 opened the one that was in folder system32. than another error message: C:WindowsSystem32msinfo32.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
View 2 Replies View RelatedMSinfo32.exe when i open system info in system tools menu it opens help_ supportit should open advanced system info. o.k when i open advanced system info in
the help_ support browser it opens another help support window. any ideas. im all updated xp.sp2 all no matter where i locate the MSinfo32.exe from
backup or service pack files it does the same
With Windows XP Home shortly after using CleanUp 4.0, I noticed I no longer can access the System Information Tool (msinfo32.exe). When I enter msinfo32 in Run or use Programs > Accessories > System Information it takes me directly to the Help and Support Center. Before I downloaded CleanUp 4.0 I didn't see any "Known Issues" listed at the Steven Gould site concerning this problem. While during a Google search concerning any issues Windows XP and msinfo32.exe
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http://blogs.technet.com/lifecycle/a...installed.aspx
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