control panel not responding

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When I try to open control panel, the "program not responding" message
appears. This happens sometimes on the first or second screen. Often, when
I cancel (not end the program), and try again to open control panel, it works
okay. Other times, it doesn't open at all. Any ideas? I had tried to
download the XP service pack, and it quit during install with the message
"Unable to read from or write to the database." Are these connected?

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Go to start, run and type sfc /scannow. It will likely prompt you to insert
your Windows XP CD and should repair your control panel.

"cfrom" wrote:

> When I try to open control panel, the "program not responding" message
> appears. This happens sometimes on the first or second screen. Often, when
> I cancel (not end the program), and try again to open control panel, it works
> okay. Other times, it doesn't open at all. Any ideas? I had tried to
> download the XP service pack, and it quit during install with the message
> "Unable to read from or write to the database." Are these connected?