From: "Robert Comer" 

I'd suspect spyware or maybe a virus.

It could also be a corrupt user profile, but that's less likely, especially
if it's not a roaming profile.

- Bob Comer


"RobertB."  wrote in message
news:rb28-338C4B.12185926122004{at}w3.nls.net...
> Hi
> Merry Christmas everybody (been busy lately and not checking in as
> regularly as in the past).
>
> Anyway, I've got a question for a friend of a friend (actually my
> nephew's girlfriend). She's trying to install her iPod software on a
> Dell something with both ME and Win2K on it (my brother-in-law's idea).
> She uses mostly Win 2K 'cause her Windows ME was chock-a-block with
> virii and trojans and what have you. The iPod installer claims she
> doesn't have and needs SP 4 for Win 2K.
>
> She went to the MS Web site and downloaded the SP 4 auto installer (the
> smaller program that sets everything up). She says the installer then
> proceeds to install SP 4 and gets almost to the end of the installation
> at which point she gets an error message about a "fatal error" in
> "winlogon.exe."
>
> Anyone know why? Or what might be causing this? She said she deactivated
> her anti-virus software before trying the installation. I'll pass on any
> info the collective intelligence might have. ;-)
>
> robert b.

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