XP Re-install Failure

Ooopps.
Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q315341
Do a Repair Install of XP - by Michael Stevens - IMPORTANT http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XP...l.htm#warning1

Format and start over. You do have backups of your important stuff, right.

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Just my 2¢ worth,
Jeff
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"Randy" <rstess@tds.net> wrote in message news:0ddd01c36071$9e051510$a001280a@phx.gbl...
| I had a NT Authority Service shutdown issue. I disabled
| the RPC and remorte access services and was able to make
| the computer run for more than 60 seconds as defined by
| the shutdown screen.
|
| I went to re-install my XP Pro and got about 1/2 way when
| I received errors involved with the install.
|
| "Fatal Error - Setup failed to install the product
| catalogs - this is a fatal error
|
| I rebooted and am now stuck in a loop...I can not run the
| computer and I can not install the operating system...now
| what!