Failed to initialize common updater subsystem

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My Windows XP computer didn't want to start correctly and started hanging on startup. The normal icons next to the clock didn't appear until I restarted explorer.exe (with the task manager kill the process and use execute new taks to run "explorer" or "explorer.exe".

The process shstat.exe of McAfee was also causing a lot of cpu usage. I then tried to use McAfee and found some options like the update were giving errors. More precisely Failed to initialize common updater subsystem. Make sure McAfee Framework Service is running. McAfee Common Framework returned error ffffff95 @ 2. The last part seems to change for some people on the internet. I guess a part the program somehow got corrupted or it is some bug. An internet search didn't reveal any solutions other than reinstalling McAfee.

The reinstall took quite some time (please note that you need to overwrite the previous settings by unchecking a field) but seems to have solved the problem with McAfee.

I did still have a problem after startup. Still quite slow and not every icon/program showing. Restarting explorer has some effect. And restarting my computer fixes most of the other issues.



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