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"Windows cannot display the properties of this connection. The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) might be corrupted. To correct this, use System Restore..." (But, I don't subscribe to the whole System Restore, uh..."feature," so I don't have any restore points.)
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Here's the official solution from Microsoft:
Method 2: Repair Your Windows Installation
When you perform an in-place upgrade of Windows XP, you reinstall Windows to the same folder. You may want to do this if you must repair your installation of Windows XP. For additional information about repairing your Windows XP installation, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
315341 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341/EN-US/) How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
Method 1 is to use System Restore.
I also used to disable System Restore, but I leave it enabled now and it has saved me a few times. Once it was a windows update that my computer didn't like at all... Restored to before the update, and I could boot in normal mode again.