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I used Resource Hacker to customizing system dialog of Windows XP... also help from this FORUM was useful and I'm thankful...

In attachment is screenshot of System Dialog... what I don't know to change?

Red labeled FIELDS: my name (I want to add one name as developers of OS which is written in sysdlg... and REMOVE numbers which are under MIRKOSOFT or use for other text... Yes, name is MAYBE my account name and MIRKOSOFT is ok.. but I don't want to change account name, only in this dialog...

If anyone can help, I'll be very thankful...

Miro

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Quote from: Fred35 on July 29, 2011, 10:44:29 AM

http://csbruce.com/cbm/ace/user-guide.html

I need to know where i can download a genuine windows xp pro install cd iso image so i can put it on a cd and use it to do a repair install on ONE of my computers. I have a valid windows xp cd key. I would prefer a method through a torrent but i can do a direct download if THATS all i can get.You'll have to contact Microsoft and ASK them. Either that or borrow an XP CD.Quote from: evilcosmo1 on July 16, 2011, 11:19:15 AM

I would prefer a method through a torrent but i can do a direct download if thats all i can get.

no it wouldnt be illegal as i have a valid cd key

Hello. I seek aid from people with experience. I've tried alot of things and have recieved some help from my friends but nothing have worked. I was searching for solutions to my problem just back n forth on the web and i ended up here and i figured even tho the post i found here didn't help me i might aswell give it a try and see if someone else has any ideas. I'm sorry if i'm doing this wrong or if im simply not using the appropriate methods of posting this but anyway here goes.

Some brief info about my gear:
I'm using a Dell Dimension 9200, os; windows xp media center.
The comp itself is fairly old but is still up and running. My headset is a Icemat Siberia headset. I think my sound card (not sure) is called SigmaTel Audio~

To my problem. I accidentally pulled my headset cable away from my comp with a lil to much force which caused the top half of the metal piece which goes into the headphone jack to snap of and get suck inside my headphone jack. This obviously broke my headset so its not usable in any other comp but I can still plug it in to the same jack and retrieve sound in my right earphone. However the problem EXISTS I either need to get that piece out of there which seems nearly impossible (I have tried probably 10+ DIFFERENT methods.) or I need to disable this jack in order to be able to use the jack on the back of my computer. You see the computer seems to think i still have my headset plugged in quite obviously since the tip of the headset still is there. This causes my jack on the backside of the computer to remain disabled.
I would appreciate any intelligent or just simple ideas of maybe how to get the piece out or if there's a way to disable the front jack so that I'm allowed to use the back one.

Again, I sincerly apologize for any mistakes or inappropriate info for this forum that I've given. But I hope that maybe someone here has an answer which will be of use.

Yours, Jakob.Remove a side panel and disconnect the front header power lead to the headphone jack...the PC won't see it if it has no power.

BTW no apology neccessary...A quick Google reveals this is a surprisingly common problem. Not just plugs - chopsticks sometimes.

If the socket actually has a switch in it which mutes the speakers you will either have to remove the offending object or change the socket, or work out which wires to disconnect or join together to defeat the switch.

I guess you have tried all the usual methods of removing the broken stub of the jack plug.

Fishing it out with a pin or toothpick
Superglueing the other half of the jack that broke off and tying to PULL it out.
Superglueing a toothpick to the lodged in piece and trying to pull it out.
Small pointy tweezers
Bending the tip of a small safety pin and sliding the tip down the side until the shaft of the safety pin is parallel to the wall and the tip is sticking in side of the broken jack and pulling outwards
Inserting a small drill bit with a rotating motion to screw it in the stub and then pulling it CAREFULLY out
Likewise with a very small self tapping screw
Inserting a flathead nail, flathead side first with a dab of superglue, into the socket so it contacts the stub and when the glue has dried, pull nail and stub out
Make a paper tube and insert into the socket and then poke in a toothpick with superglue on the tip and stick it to the stub. the paper stops the toothpick sticking to the inside of the socket

Generally superglue glue will dry in 2 to 3 seconds, full strength is achieved in 12 hours, and it continues to dry for 48 hours, so don't be too impatient.

If the headphone detection is done in software (You may be able to tell this if the Windows startup sounds come through the speakers even when the headphone socket has a plug in it)
(This works on Dimension 8400 which also uses Audigy) download Creative Audigy Control Panel, unzip to a folder, run ctpanel.exe and go to "Device settings", and uncheck “Mute speakers upon Headphone Jack Detection.”

http://www.geekymedia.com/media/audigy_ctpanel.zip





Chopsticks...i like that one... Just to add that I removed a broken off jack pin once by soldering a wire to the end of the broken pin and then when solder cooled in about 3 seconds , I was able to tug it out with no problems. This was for a user with a laptop in which the dog got caught up in the headphones and snapped it right off. I was truely amazed that that jack didnt get ripped out of the motherboard and functioned after the jack pin was removed.Quote from: DaveLembke on July 16, 2011, 12:13:25 AM

Just to add that I removed a broken off jack pin once by soldering a wire to the end of the broken pin and then when solder cooled in about 3 seconds , I was able to tug it out with no problems. This was for a user with a laptop in which the dog got caught up in the headphones and snapped it right off.

(However the problem exists I either need to get that piece out of there which seems nearly impossible (I have tried probably 10+ different methods.)

Hi! I somehow lost my correct colors to EVERYTHING.

For example: Excel font colors SHOW blue when I click red, my desk top ALARM clock has turned bright blue when it's always been Yellow.

And the WORST part is that I spend a great deal of time doing artistic work using Paint.Net and all my HEX #'s are wrong. It's not possible to get orange on it either.

Anyone have any idea of a support or something that can restore my colors?

This is so bizarre! Thanks, Pennie SWAP in another monitor...still the same ? ?

System: XP PRO SP3

I am having a weird XP issue where the driver for a printer is in the "C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRVSTORE" location, shows up in the driver list when manually searching but, I can not get a script to install the printer.

If I manually install the printer (using the driver from the list) it works. If I then remove the printer and run the script again. It will add the printers correctly. But, I am trying to automate the install process for over 100 computers.

thanks,
wbrost

100 printers for a hundred computers??? I doubt you would be printing 100 pages simultaneously...

http://uis.georgetown.edu/software/documentation/winxp/winxp.network.printer.html
maybe a networked printer is what you need-I think setting 10 printers on a few master pcs, then enabling all the client PCs via the network is WAY more cost-effective...

This is how to convert a standard printer into a network printer-http://www.ehow.com/how_5825303_convert-usb-printer-network-printer.htmlTry this link for mapping or redirecting printer file -> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/event-id-1111-terminal-services-printer-redirection.aspxok I guess I did not make my request very clear.......


The print servers are being taken away and we have been told not to make cilent/desktop print servers (yes this is stupid and I agree it is a mistake). The solution to this is to add all printers (around 10 of them) via IP. I have a script that works with win 7 but not with XP. I am asking if any one knows the location that windows puts the print drivers after they are INSTALLED on the system or a way to add the drivers to the PNP list so I can utilize the drivers.

thank you,
wbrostIs this what you need?


C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers


Moved the files for the driver to the below location and still getting error. I checked and the driver shows up twice in the PNP list now.

Quote from: Spoiler on July 15, 2011, 07:53:43 AM

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers

What is the error you are getting? And can you post the script?

When you run it manually it works....how else are you trying to run it? Are you trying to run it across a network?

I was trying to save some space on my PC, so I moved things over to an external HD, Apparently I moved too many things. Now, I can't use my computer. I have my background picture and every few minutes the icons come up, they only stay for about 10 seconds and then they are gone again. I was fast enough to get to the system restore, but it says that it can't protect my PC. I tried to defrag but that wouldn't work either..Please tell me that this is fixable and that my wife will still love me for screwing up her computer. I need your help!!!!!It might help if you told us exactly what you moved.Well, that's part of the problem. I can't remember everything I moved. it was almost a week agoGo To Your External, Find Out The Date Your Files Were Modified .( It Would Help If You Know The Exact Date, Or Closest). GROUP Those Files Together And See Exactly What You Moved. Sorry, you're sleeping on the couch.unhooking the H drive might have to wait until tomorrow. once I group everything together, should I catch the icon fast enough and try to transfer it back to the C drive?Commando, you're killin me here...LOL...I'm a Firefighter not a computer whizQuote from: Chuck112 on July 28, 2011, 05:50:22 PM

...I'm a Firefighter not a computer whiz

Quote from: Computer_Commando on JULY 13, 2011, 05:49:10 PM

What?

I have a few more questions.

IF it is my RAM and I'm going to replace both of the memory cards I suppose I will LOSE everything on my computer?

Hi everyone,

I was using my main pc, an Acer aspire m1100, with windows XP sp2.
I tried installing windows 7 on a second partition -big mistake.

Hers' a link to the specs:
http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/desktop/0000/Acer/AspireM1100/AspireM1100sp2.shtml

After successfully installing windows 7 on a second partition, my pc would hang on a screen that said: verifying DMI pool data. So I REMOVED the hhd and placed it into an older pc. This pc had no problem booting the xp partition. I reformatted the the w7 partition and even deleted it, but when I placed the hdd back into my main pc the same hanging occured. So I put it back into the old one, and used the Windows 7 installation cd in conjunction with cmnd prompt to uninstall w7. I placed it back into my main pc and this seemed to work. I was able to get passed the dmi data pool screen. But now it crashes consistently while XP is booting.

I am able to get into safe mode, and after CHECKING the event log I FOUND 5 errors will consistently occur when booting:

1)The DHCP Client service depends on the netbios over tcpip service which failed to START because of the following error: A device attached to the system is not functioning.

2)The DNS Clinet serive depends on the TCP/IP prtotocol Driver Service which failed to start because of the following error: A device attached to the system is not functioning.

3)The TCP/IP NetBios helper service depends on the AFD service whic failed to start beacause of the start because of the following error: A device attached to the system is not functioning.

4)The IPSEC Services service depends on the Ipsec driver service which failed to start because of the following error: A device attached to the system is not functioning.

5)The following boot-start or system start drivers failed to load:
AAvmker
AFD
aswRdr
aswSnx
aswSP
aswtdi
ELRAWDisk
Fips
IPsec
MRxSmb
NetBIOS
NetBT
Processor
RasAcd
Rdbss
Tcpip




My thoughts are that it seems to be hardware issue... I want to try to disable all the devices, and see if it will boot into windows normally. Unfortunately, I really don't know which devices I can disable safely. In device manager, I have disabled what I figured would not cause an issue: all the card readers, dvd drive, floppy disk controller, all the network adapters, all the communication ports, and all the sound video and game controllers. I also disabled lan in BIOS. No such luck, still crashes.

Any help would be so ubber appreciated, Thank you.See this thread -> http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic59745.htmlI would start up in safe mode first. Then right click on My computer under the start button and choose proerties. Then go to hardware and click on device manager. Check to make sure that things like the processor or the graphics card (under display adapters) are enabled. Also check that the disk drives and all system devices are enabled. I suppose you COULD also try to check your hard drive for errors with Ubuntu or Lucid Puppy.Ignore the above post

A few hours ago I turned on my computer and upon trying to type my password found that my keyboard wasn't working. I restarted then tried USING a USB keyboard, which also didn't work. This confused me since my USB mouse was working just fine. Next I decided to check the boot SEQUENCE on the BIOS, but after hitting f2 all the keyboards' lights went out and they stopped working again.

Any ideas what happened or how I could fix this? I'm running windows xp sp3.Check again under your BIOS settings and look for any options AVAILABLE and try enabling them; SYSTEM keyboard, USB Function or USB Legacy Support. Reset Config Data - If this feature is also present, try disabling it and save & exit. You could also try swapping places with mouse and keyboard ports or any ports available to see the difference.Quote from: jason2074 on July 13, 2011, 06:46:14 AM

Check again under your BIOS settings and look for any options available and try enabling them; System keyboard, USB Function or USB Legacy Support. Reset Config Data - If this feature is also present, try disabling it and save & exit. You could also try swapping places with mouse and keyboard ports or any ports available to see the difference.

trying to type my password found that my keyboard wasn't working

It seems the problem has fixed itself. I turned on the computer and to my surprise I was able to type my password
Will this happen again? Should I take any precautions?

I'm on a Windows XP pro desktop, I tried to install Net Framework 4.0 and when installing that windows tells me that I have to install Windows IMAGING Component first, so I made sure I downloaded the 32 bit version, but when I install I get the error seen below....
I cannot find anything on this error, anyone know how to solve this problem?
Thanx!


[regaining space - attachment deleted by admin]I think you're infected...THATS not even a valid Win error message.Quote from: patio on July 28, 2011, 09:14:22 AM

I think you're infected...thats not even a valid Win error message.

And where are these DLoads coming from ? ?

I got the WIC install from microsoft, here- http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=32

Call Support Customer Care:
1-800-936-3500

First of all, your system is probably infected. Second, are you saying that the current OS installation is not legit? If that's the case you need to correct that immediately.

2 minute phone call...they will issue you a new key...

US only.

My wife's PC drops its internet connection after an hour or two have passed. There are no warnings or windows to give any hint of why this is HAPPENING. The internet is restored upon rebooting.

I recently went through a reinstall of Windows XP (sp3) on this system. This desktop computer is wireless and linked to my PC which is CONNECTED via FIOS to the web.

She is using a Linksys Wireless G PCI adapter which indicates that the signal is very strong, whether connected to the internet or not.

Could anyone give me some instructions as to how to track down this problem?

Details: AMD Athlon 64 3500 2200 MHZ , 2x nVidia 7800 GTX video, 2048 meg memory, ASUS A8N-SLI mb Most likely problem is hardware. PCI wireless adapters are now at a low prince. Or even a USB adapter

You have a strong signal, oi could use a USB adapter. That would be a quick way to find out. When you have two adapters in a PC, one should be disabled.


You can pick up a suitable adapter for under $26. You don't need to pay more. The extra features are not needed for internet aces with strong signal. Just get one of the economical ones. That should solve the problem.A free suggestion would be to check for any 3rd party firewall installed and POSTING other protection softwares running on the PC.
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This desktop computer is wireless and linked to my PC which is connected via FIOS to the web

connected via FIOS

He has Verizon FIOS.

This desktop computer is wireless and linked to my PC which is connected via FIOS to the web

This system never had a connection problem prior to my reinstalling Windows XP two weeks ago.

During hard drive wipe power went off and battery went DEAD. Now I can not even power up the laptop, it is a acer aspire 5253. does anyone know how to get it up and RUNNING ? With out going to a computer shop. Remove the battery...wait 2 minutes and plug it in to mains with the battery out...

What were you wiping with ? ?[emailprotected] Kill Disk - Hard Drive Erasernothing happens after I plugged it into the mains with battery outJust to be sure that we understand. You took off the battery of your laptop. Then you plugged the charger and tried to power it up and nothing happened.

If thats the case and since you just wiped the hard drive I REALLY dont think your motherboard or any other device got affected. It could be the charger itself that your using that is just dead or defective. Try to USE another one. If you don't have one you might BUY another one (go see a friend that has one could be a solution)

Since I'm a IE hater to my bone and blood. I WANTED to share other solutions that works. The problem to this thread from the OP that he mentionned was when upgrading to IE8 it was slower. A solution to this is to use another type of browser. Theres Opera, CHROME and Firefox.

I like Firefox for 1 SIMPLE reason EXCEPT that it's fast. It has a load of extention. So my solution to this would be install Firefox. Install a Internet explorer extention viewer (it allows you to switch engine to an IE ) that allows you to view pages in IE and becomes fully compatible. You could also install some IE theme in firefox so that it looks like IE itself.

You could say why use Firefox when it could look like IE. Firefox contains extentions and a lots of them to increase security and other stuff that will be useful to every day user.

ps: this ain't hijacking a thread in case you wonder cause the OP mentionned is IE8 was getting slow... Firefox could be a solution to this problem.Replying to a thread thats 2 years old could also be a problemArmecia you should start a new TOPIC so it can recieve the proper attention...

I am trying to download a GAME from nexon.net and i get the downloader installed and a message pops up and says "The application or DLL C:\Program Files\Pando Networks\Media Booster\nspr4.dll is not a valid Windows IMAGE. Please check this against your installation diskette." so if someone could tell me how to get rid of this message it would be very helpful.Have you tried UNINSTALLING and reinstalling all over again? My wife had a Pando product related issue a few months back as well and uninstalling and reinstalling corrected this on her system.This error usually means a program is looking for this ddl in your system somewhere else (like if its in the PATH folder like system32 or something). Because of that, it creates an error. You'll have to dig a bit to find out about it.

Another good thing is to make sure you don't run ANYTHING when you try to install that downloader. CTRL + ALT + DEL and go to process and applications and remove anything unwanted. If your not sure then don't do it cause you might mess Windows up but if you feel like messing with it, go ahead. But I warned you.

hello,
In trying to create space on my C drive is it ok to remove security updates from 2007 2008 2009 2010 I have a lot of them.
How do you know what is safe to remove.
Thanks for your help.
Quote from: shamrock9 on July 26, 2011, 01:07:41 AM

is it ok to remove security updates from 2007 2008 2009 2010 I have a lot of them.

How do you know what is safe to remove.

I am using an Acer Apire One Zg5. I am running Windows XP Media Center Edition with Service Package 2. I could not seem to upgrade to Service Package 3. So the other day I tried to run a program and it gave me some error message that I needed .NET FRAMEWORK 4. So I downloaded it and the program that I needed to use worked fine. I later restarted my computer and all it showed was my computers background and a message that said "Setting up PERSONALIZED SETTINGS for: C:\directory\CyberGate\install\winlogin.exe." I can not seem to get around this. While pressing buttons on my KEYBOARD, I accidentally locked my trackpad, and I do not know how to unlock it.
brennan1654,
Apparently sou have have this laptop for some time. Did you ever make backups?

Be advised that all installations of .NET are for XP service pack 3, with few, if any, excretions. Service Pack 3 is required.

As to the problem at hand, try booting in safe mode and log in as the administrator. The password may be blank. If you can, try the system restore feature (rollback) of Windows XP.

As a almost last resort, get the XP install CD that came with the machine and see if it has the repair feature NORMALLY found on XP install disks.

If none of this works, don't give up. There are more options before doing a full install. Check back here.

Just before you exit the stage left. As was noted by soybean in a previous post on your thread i had referred to a "nonexistent" version of Opera. It occurred to me after that even though memory is spiraling downward on me i was absolutely certain i had upgraded something on Opera within the past 2 weeks as a result of a notification from them. It was on the very same day i received a notification from Avira (my associated anti virus program ) that they were issuing a a new upgrade on it. The Avira upgrade is irrelevant to your issue but it was what reminded me that THERE had been a very recent advisory from Opera on some update. Compare your build edition with mine as stated above. Of course it is absolutely your choice to use whatever browser you like the most or seems to serve your needs the best. But i am a great fan of Opera and though it is a bit different than others i believe it is worth learning and has many fine usable features. So i hate to see you give up on it. On another computer i am just trying out "Sea Monkey" (also a Mozilla browser) but too early to fairly venture any comments. truenorth
Thank you truenorth. I think of Opera most every day when IE or FF is slow. I don't understand why they are slow one day and fast the next, not as bad as Opera was for me. . I keep them clean, cache,, etc.Ran CCleaner and swept the C drive empty space 3 times. I am thinking today to try an OLDER Opera than the one just 2 below 11.50. I think I need to do more cleaning for 11.50 to run satisfactorily on my machine. When 11.50 is a little older I want to try it again. I think there are some bugs in it that will be fixed as did Mozilla with FF ver. 4. Does Opera have the password save feature that FF has. It saves the ID's and passwords and when I need them I just type the first letter of ID and it fills in the ID and password. It has a tab layer feature that looks good for me, too.In response to your question"Does Opera have the password save feature" I am including this link as not only does it answer that specific
question but many others as well. Your concern seems to be based in the Opera browser being too slow (but it seems that is also a problem with your other browsers as well). Are other elements of your computer usage also slow? Such as programs you use. There are many things that can cause a computer to be slow. Some within the computer some external such as your ISP connection mode and speed.Internal things can be the number of processes running. Insufficient amount of RAM. Badly fragmented harddrive. A harddrive that is chock a block and needs either more HDD space or an additional or greater capacity HDD. The causes are by no MEANS limited to only the examples i have given. Is this a relatively new phenomenon (the slowness)? Can you relate to an event or circumstance where you "suddenly" noted the appearance of this slowness?

http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/intro/speed/
truenorthThank you for the link. I have 2.5 GB RAM, high speed DSL ISP, in fact Opera stated I did not need TURBO. I also have 22% free disk space. I use IObit Game Booster most of the tome as i USUALLY am on Webkinz and or related sites. I keep it clean. Yesterday I just did a free space sweep on C drive. Most All my drives are old, 2001 even though my machine is 2005. I have a Dell Dimension 4700 with Windows XP SP3. It is set to auto update. My next step is to update the drives but I have many questions about that. I found Softpedia has a good selection of drivers but i don't know if that is the best free driver site. I will need to commit to a day or 2 to tackle the driver updates. I contacted Dell last fall thinking I was getting updated drivers but they actually were the same old drivers that were already on the machine. There are some drivers that need to be removed before start updating from my earlier attempts to update using DriverMax. Two days ago suddenly during a reboot Genesis by Dell appeared on my screen. This put me on the trail once again to find newer drives. I printed out the list of outdated drives which look like most of them, hardware drives. I am also having some graphics issues that have bothered me for a few months now, like the heavy trailing of one window when dragged across another.
The problem with Opera on my machine is that it was not consistent. At times a site would load properly then the nest time it loaded incorrectly. Each time I would try to use one it just was not consistently loading correctly along with other quirky problems. I have Avast and do run Malwarebyte regularly. I regularly run TweakNow PowerPack 2011 SP2 and they are all updated with each use. I have a really good machine that just needs some updating. I reinstalled the OS last fall. Which caused some major problems. It took me a while to get it back to where I wanted it and it still is not performing as it did. You can read about that in some of my earlier posts. Thank you for your help and concern. I can tackle only one thing at a time and I am now not ready to work on it for a little while.A very comprehensive report on your computer and your evolution re it's use. You seem to realize some of the areas that you can devote some time to to possibly improve the performance and intend to get to them when time constraints permit. That is good. From your last post i would comment on 2 parts "22% free disk space"-- that is getting to a pretty low proportion and in itself can be a factor of the computers sluggishness. "tackle only one thing at a time" When you do get around to doing things this is a good way to go. By doing only one thing at a time (be it driver updates or hardware changes) as you can monitor the result of the immediate change of the "one" thing rather than have a problem arise and because many things were done together NOT know what caused the adversity. I don't know what your max ram for your computer is. Either the specs of it or a "Crucial " scan will tell you that. But it is generally believed that where speed is an issue RAM returns the best bang for the buck. DSL should give you the ISP speed you need unless it is erratic. You might want to consider (where possible ) changing your updates from "automatic" to custom (where you determine which and when you install). I find that today there are so many sources of program updates that are CONSTANTLY playing touchy feely with one's computer that instituting some control on that can reduce the intrusions on computer performance (particularly on older computers). Good luck,truenorth

I have some AVI files I'm TRYING to play on my computer. I've TRIED VLC, REAL Player, Windows Media Player, Etc. and none of them seem to work. I get a "general error occured", or something to that effect. What should I do ?where are these files from ? ?
I SUGGEST you install codec on your machine.An example of a codec is the K-Lite Codec PACK with automatically brings support to various types of video file formats.

On start-up, my computer tells me, "Your system has no pagefile.sys or the file is corrupt." Then later, while running, I get additional error messages like, "The file or FOLDER pagefile.sys is corrupt."
By changing the defaults and viewing hidden or system files, I can find my pagefile.sys file. I'm pretty SURE I could delete it, but I'm not sure I want to. Where can I get a pagefile.sys file that is NOT corrupt?
Please do the following:

Open Control Panel and open the SYSTEM applet - click on the Advanced tab - Click on the Performance Settings button - click on the Advanced Tab - where it says Virtual Memory click on CHANGE - Select NO PAGING FILE - click SET - Click OKAY to get out.

Reboot

The system will load slowly - don't worry about it.

Defrag the drive

Then go back to the Virtual Memory setting as per above and set it to SYSTEM MANAGED

Reboot

Let's see if that HELPS.
Thanks for the help. Sorry... that didn't work. I still get the same eror message.
What is new or different since the last TIME everything worked properly (ie, new hw, new sw, virus, error, etc)?

Like i said, all of my shortcuts have dissapeared! All Programs says '(Empty)'. I can still pull up internet and other programs through Search Desktop. Im a do-it-yourself KINDA person, and i try to GET RID of viruses on my own and i might have deleted SOMETHING on accident. I tryed to restore my computer to a later date, but the latest i could go to was may and it didnt do anything. If you can help me then THAnk you!And I assume you just had an INFECTION on your system, yes? If so, download and run unhide.exe

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/grinler/unhide.exe

I accidentally PRESSED some keys and it LOCKED my trackpad. Acer aspire one zg5 windows XP service pack 2.From Microsoft:
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Click start (orb)> select control panel> select HARDWARE and sound> select mouse> your mouse and touchpad software window will open ... touchpad tab were you can turn it back on or reset to default as well as adjustments to your devices. ....

Almost at random I am locked out of all programs. When I say locked out I mean: I lose internet access (Even though I'm still sending and receiving packets), can't open or close programs (task manager excluded), if I attempt to ctrl-del and end the program through the process the task manager stops responding. Now this doesn't happen all the time, sometimes I'll have the PC on all day and it won't happen once. This issue actually started to happen before my clean install which is why I think it might be hardware related. It didn't start to happen until a few days ago and I reinstalled my OS about a MONTH ago.

Windows xp sp3
Asus m2n-e motherboard (not sli)
4 gigs of ram
Ati HD 5670 1 gig
phenom ii x4 970 be 3.5ghz (Running at 3.2ghz due to a previous issue that I don't want to get in to)
600 watt ps
Currently running Comodo firewall and avast! antivirusHi, good day!

In order for someone to help you diagnose your problem, they are GOING to need as much information about it.

What hard drive do you have? How big is the hard drive? How many free space do you have in your hard drive?
Did you add any new hardware to the system? If so, what?
Did you install any software? If so, what?
What programs do you have running? What programs and/or services start up automatically?

Please try to be as exact as you can be.Harddrive is a Seagate 120 gig I've had it since I built the pc (so 2-3 years not sure). 12.4 gigs of free space.
Newest hardware would be my cpu 970 be. But that was months ago.

No real new software: steam, SKYPE, firefox, foobar2000, nvidia control panel (allows me to change my cpu multiplier if I don't want it running at full all the time), video drivers (Catalyst control center), soundmax headphone drivers, Speedfan, my antivirus & firewall, games from steam, coretemp, setpoint (mouse drivers), and winrar. That's about all I have on this PC.

Startup is just foobar, skype, setpoint, catalyst, avast! & comodo.

What I have running most of the time: anything in the startup section + steam.
I was always under the impression that you should always have more than 10% free space on the drive. You are on the limit. This could be the problem.

Can you do a back up or transfer files to another PC and see if the problem persists.I'll try that thanks.
Just an update it happened 3 times in a row just a few minutes ago. I was just writing out my previous post and it happened. The only programs that would start are the smaller ones like media player classic and foobar still worked and played songs fine. Each time I restarted my PC the problem was there as It was loading all my startup programs. So I left it off for 10 minutes then started it back up and no problems so far.Have you done a disk clean up? Start> accessories>disk clean up. With only 10% free space you probably won't be able to do a defrag.Like I said pretty recent reformat so not sure if defrag or disk cleaner will help much. But I'll do them both and I'm at 23% free space now so we'll see if that does anything.Okay, you now have 23% free space. Kindly observe your PC if issue will still occur. Quote

Currently running Comodo firewall and avast! antivirus

I would think that you are using Comodo Firewall + Antivirus together with Avast.

It seems to happen at startup now instead of at a random time afterwards.

• Restart your computer
• Tap the F8 key. Windows Advanced Boot Options MENU appears.
• Ensure that the Safe mode option is selected, not Repair Your Computer.
• Press Enter. Your computer begins to start in Safe mode.
• When you are finished with TROUBLESHOOTING and observation, close all programs and restart the computer as you normally would.

• Double-click My Computer, and then right-click the hard disk that you want to check.
• Click Properties, and then go to Tools tab.
• Under Error-checking, click Check Now.
• A dialog box that shows the Check disk options is displayed.
• To run Check Disk in read-only mode, click Start.
• To repair errors without scanning the volume for bad sectors, select the Automatically fix file system errors check box, and then click Start.
• To repair errors, locate bad sectors, and recover readable information, select the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box, and then click Start.
• Click Yes to schedule the disk check, and then restart your computer to start the disk check.
• Once the server is in the process of rebooting, do not skip Disk Checking.

Add 3 very's to that..... In fact, if I may be so bold to say so, it really only exists in theory.Thank You.I think the only confirmed BIOS infections were controlled. Just to prove it can be done.

This may be the best response I have ever seen to the mythical BIOS virus. ( please excuse my made up names )

Quote

-Conspiracy theorist says-

jboy, a virus can get into the bios a lot easier than you think. if you do not disable write to bios either by jumper or in the bios, a virus or wrong bios autoupdate can get in & screw the bios royally even with dual bioses. happened to a friend who got auto update for bios that was bad, ended up replacing board

-Non skeptic says-

Y'know, I was just waiting for the inevitable anecdote. It never fails.

There are viruses that can affect the BIOS, either by clearing or corrupting it (W32.Kriz, [emailprotected], W32.Mypics etc) but they don't ACTUALLY 'infect' the BIOS - certainly clearing a BIOS would do little to help if the infected files remain on the drive.

Maybe you can name one of these mythical virus that live in the BIOS, or provide a link?

A bad flash is not the same as a virus

hello everyone,

I am trying to install Windows XP in a computer that has 4 SATA disks. I formatted C: and D: which were previously in RAID-0 forming three partitions. I un-RAID them to restore them to being old fashioned disks, C: for the system and D: for storing ghost images to regenerate the system in case of crashes or virus damage. That was the EASY part.

The first problem came up when I booted the Windows INSTALLATION CD. It gave me that "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer." and "press F3 to quit". Which I figured could be solved by going into the BIOS and turning the SATA mode from RAID to IDE.

The thing is, there are 2 other disks 500 GB each, which are set in RAID-0 to form a 1TB 'disk' named "VIDEO". It contains 700 GB worth of user files, professional foto archives, post-production video cuts, and a load of critical data. I can't touch any of that or even make the slightest move that would put it in DANGER. we can't back it up at this point (not enough DVD's and no other disk drives available).

So the first two drives are non-RAID, and the other two are RAID-0. if I go into the BIOS and change the SATA mode from RAID to IDE, just so I can install Windows XP in the C: drive, will that damage in any way the set-up of the disks in RAID?
Should I unplug the two RAID disks, change the SATA mode and install XP; then change the SATA mode to RAID again and put the 500 GB drives back in to play things safe? is this even possible?

hope you have any suggestions. I really appreciate your help, thanks a lot.Does disk management recognize the other drives?

Click START then Run and type in: diskmgmt.msc and press enter.Quote from: JJ 3000 on April 11, 2009, 12:51:35 AM

Does disk management recognize the other drives?

Click Start then Run and type in: diskmgmt.msc and press enter.

I am trying to install Windows XP

when i booted up my computer this mourning it ran about 20 sec. then shut down, it done it three times before i got it going. below is what i got from the event VIEWER if someone could look at it and let me know whats going on i SURE would appreciate it


Event Type:Error
Event Source:Service Control Manager
Event Category:None
Event ID:7026
Date:4/11/2009
Time:8:45:51 AM
User:N/A
Computer:HARLEYS
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
atitray

For more information, see Help and SUPPORT Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

thanks much
harleyatitray is from the ATI video drivers or their viceo Control Panel app...
If you have an ATI vid card TRY re-installing the drivers...

Can anybody help with all of this please – or direct me to some handy links?

The hard disk of my HP PC failed and it was too expensive for the supplier to repair it under warranty so they offered me a new HP PC (model 9570a) with better specs than the old one had. I don’t know what these details of the Vista PC mean but here they are:

Processor : Intel (R) Core (TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20Ghz
Memory (RAM) : 2.00 GB
System type : 32-bit Operating System

The trouble is that it comes bundled with with Vista (Home Premium with Service Pack 1) and Microsoft Works and my old one was bundled with XP and other GOODIES such as Word and Excel.

From my XP PC I have:

-Back up of all my files including program files in MyBook
-A recovery disk with the factory settings

What I would LIKE to do is to be able to use both XP and Vista on my new PC and with XP to have a fresh reinstall from the recovery disk since my XP was GETTING buggy anyway.

I’d like to keep using XP for documents but move my video files over to Vista as my old Media Centre didn’t work anymore and the Vista version looks as if it has more bells and whistles anyway.

Naturally I don’t want to pay for another copy of XP.

If that is not going to work then at least I would have to move all my video, music, Word and Excel files from MyBook over to be used in Microsoft Works. And how would I be able to duplicate all my Firefox settings?

Thanks – I’m not very geekish so I won’t be able to understand too much TECHNICAL stuff.

Wife was down loading a game and decided not to half way in she had to turn it off to stop now it just keeps rebooting. I have tried safe mode to pick an early date and it did not work I found out how to get to Windows advanced options menu and have tried safe mode and LAST known which did not work. I disabled auto restart to get to the blue error window and this is what it reads.
Disable or uninstall any anti-virus, disk defrag or BACKUP utilities. Check your hard drive configuration, and check for any updated drivers. Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.
Technical information:
*** STOP:0x00000024 (0x00190203,0x81a8c378,0xc0000102,0x00000000)

I do not KNOW how to do any of this if I can not get it to boot up?

Any ideas before I use the recovery disk and she has a complete loss of what has not been BACKED up?The Recovery disk will wipe out ALL your data...do this only as a last resort.
If the machine refuses to boot you could hook up the drive as a SLAVE in another machine and run chkdsk /r from the other machines install of Windows...
How old is this hard drive ? ?2003
There's a chance it may be the drive...here's some info on hoohing it into another machine to back up your data...then we can go from there.
Slave Drive Tutorial.

SOME ONE PLZ HELP ME

OK I GOT TO TURN ON MY COMPUTER EVERY THING IS GOING SMOOTH, THE NATURAL PROCCES IS GOIN ON, then the windows xp sign COMES up...then a black blank screen comes up,then the POINTER comes up, the a box pops up and it say...,

lsass.exe-Application Error
The application failed to initiliaze properly(0xc0000005)Does this --> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=816213 <-- help?Is it Isass.exe, or lsass.exe?
The first one is a bad file, the second is a legit file.ITs lsassOK, so you're stuck at that error, or the boot goes on?
Same thing in Safe Mode?
Do you have Windows CD?no it dosent boot its just is a blank a screen with the pointer(i can move the pointer around).....it does te same thing in safe mode toHave you tried Last Known Good Configuration?Quote from: Broni on May 04, 2009, 05:19:12 PM

Do you have Windows CD?

(this is all using another computer right)

Im wondering if anyone can tell me step by step how to make a CD like if it were to come from a store. Im not sure how to explain it but I want to put a program on a CD and have it start up when I put the CD in. Gosh I hope I explained that right but if anyone can help I WOULD so appreciate it..Hi Anniieee,

You need to create an autorun.inf file and place it in the base directory of the cd you are creating.

Here is a LINK to a useful tool to create autorun.inf files and it works on Windows 95 upwards:

http://autorun.moonvalley.com/

Hope this helps,

Mat

http://www.custom-it.co.ukdont make things more hard then they are. What you need to do is get a copy of nero 6 or 7 then go threw as if your doing a regular cd. Click the advanced tab, the college looking people and you should see a icon that SAY like bootable disc then just do it like a normal disk.Quote from: squall_01 on April 10, 2009, 07:10:02 AM

Click the advanced tab, the college looking people and you should see a icon that say like bootable disc then just do it like a normal disk.

Annieee, what kind of CD are you trying to make? Music CD, Data CD, Boot CD? A music CD should autorun as soon as you put it in the CD drive.

Ok, i got home from the STORE tonight, with a new game in hand, and i go to my computer and i SEE that my computer needs reset after a virus scan, with Norton 360, and then i reset it. When it starts again, it goes to the desktop then it logs out, i log back in, and it logs me out when it touches the desktop screen, then i hit login, and it just repeats over and over and over, its extremely annoying and i would like help fixing it.

IM not really sure on the model and stuff since it is a old casing with new insides. I have Windows XP with the latest SP.

Please help,
DinithraCan you get into safemode?I TRIED that after i tried to get on the first time, none of the other modes work.Have you tried Last Known Good Configuration?

Have you tried getting into another user account?

You said that your computer needed restarting after a virus scan. I used to have Norton, and never had to restart after a scan. Is this something that happens often?I did LKGC but it didnt work either, and Norton asks me to restart after it finds a a big virus already on the computer or is in a file, so that it can fully remove it.

OK a LITTLE background to this problem so brace yourself. I got a computer for free from a friend who reported it as not booting. I checked and found it was the power supply, so i ordered a new one a few days ago. But on the way home i ran into some problems, i live 1/4 miles back in the woods only accessible by a dirt road witch is currently a mud road. i was also bringing groceries in so i loaded up a sled with the computer well by the time i HIT home some mud had seeped into the sled and ran into the ports on the back such as modem, intergrated video port, and the mouse/keyboard ports. i took the entire thing apart cleaning each component by hand individualy and, as much as i didn't want to, i had to flush out the ports with distilled water. i let it dry under a box fan for around 30 hours. today i received the power supply and after checking the motherboard and finding it was all dry i put it all back togeather, now the problems start. I plugged everything in and pressed the power button, Nothing... i unplug the P1 connector from the motherboard and when i plugged it back in the power light came on but nothing ELSE then when i press the power button everything boots up but no video....any thoughts now that my hands hurt lol?Did you wash the ports on the motherboard with distilled water? If so, did you remove the CMOS battery before doing so?

Have you made SURE everything is in the right place and everything is CONNECTED properly?

Might help to know what model number the computer is.

Hi all,

I've copied an NTFS filesystem from partition 6 on my 120GB HDD to a new 160GB HDD using the linux mdadm UTILITY. I then resized the extended partition and recreated the NTFS partition with exactly the same start and end blocks as before. However, now I can't READ it.

I've tried chkdsk, I've tried a BartPE recovery disk, and I've tried Pandora Recovery. Unfortunately, all these utilities say that the filesystem is corrupt or unreadable.

Code: [Select]C:\Documents and Settings\Ken>chkdsk /r g:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Unable to determine volume version and state. CHKDSK aborted.
When I read the filesystem from Linux its still got all the correct NTFS headers, so please can someone help me with suggestions as to how I can recover the data on it (as I can see its still there)?

PS: Linux won't mount it, as it says
Apr 11 16:20:56 stef Captive[23441]: sandbox: FATAL: captive_shared_cache_map_page_set_lsn: assertion `captive_shared_cache_map_object->LogHandle_set' failed
Can I chkdsk the filesystem using its mirror copy of the MFT, like on linux you could fsck with an alternate superblock?

I see from http://ixbtlabs.com/articles/ntfs/ that there is supposed to be a mirror MFT in the middle of the partition, but I'm not sure how to decode where it is?

If it helps here is the first 256bytes of the filesystem
stef:~ # dd if=/dev/hdd6 bs=1k count=1 | od -cx
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
1024 bytes (1.0 kB) copied, 3.3e-05 seconds, 31.0 MB/s
0000000 353 R 220 N T F S \0 002 \b \0 \0
52eb 4e90 4654 2053 2020 0020 0802 0000
0000020 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 370 \0 \0 ? \0 377 \0 ? \0 \0 \0
0000 0000 f800 0000 003f 00ff 003f 0000
0000040 \0 \0 \0 \0 200 \0 200 \0 243 202 226 003 \0 \0 \0 \0
0000 0000 0080 0080 82a3 0396 0000 0000
0000060 \0 \0 \f \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 * h 9 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0
0000 000c 0000 0000 682a 0039 0000 0000
0000100 366 \0 \0 \0 001 \0 \0 \0 337 356 237 334 : 240 334 372
00f6 0000 0001 0000 eedf dc9f a03a fadc
0000120 \0 \0 \0 \0 372 3 300 216 320 274 \0 | 373 270 300 \a
0000 0000 33fa 8ec0 bcd0 7c00 b8fb 07c0
0000140 216 330 350 026 \0 270 \0 \r 216 300 3 333 306 006 016 \0
d88e 16e8 b800 0d00 c08e db33 06c6 000e
0000160 020 350 S \0 h \0 \r h j 002 313 212 026 $ \0 264
e810 0053 0068 680d 026a 8acb 2416 b400
0000200 \b 315 023 s 005 271 377 377 212 361 f 017 266 306 @ f
cd08 7313 b905 ffff f18a 0f66 c6b6 6640
0000220 017 266 321 200 342 ? 367 342 206 315 300 355 006 A f 017
b60f 80d1 3fe2 e2f7 cd86 edc0 4106 0f66
0000240 267 311 f 367 341 f 243 \0 303 264 A 273 252 U 212
c9b7 f766 66e1 20a3 c300 41b4 aabb 8a55
0000260 026 $ \0 315 023 r 017 201 373 U 252 u \t 366 301 001
2416 cd00 7213 810f 55fb 75aa f609 01c1
0000300 t 004 376 006 024 \0 303 f ` 036 006 f 241 020 \0 f
0474 06fe 0014 66c3 1e60 6606 10a1 6600
0000320 003 006 034 \0 f ; 006 \0 017 202 : \0 036 f j
0603 001c 3b66 2006 0f00 3a82 1e00 6a66
0000340 \0 f P 006 S f h 020 \0 001 \0 200 > 024 \0 \0
6600 0650 6653 1068 0100 8000 143e 0000
0000360 017 205 \f \0 350 263 377 200 > 024 \0 \0 017 204 a \0
850f 000c b3e8 80ff 143e 0000 840f 0061
0000400 264 B 212 026 $ \0 026 037 213 364 315 023 f X [ \a
42b4 168a 0024 1f16 f48b 13cd 5866 075b
0000420 f X f X 037 353 - f 3 322 f 017 267 016 030 \0
5866 5866 eb1f 662d d233 0f66 0eb7 0018
0000440 f 367 361 376 302 212 312 f 213 320 f 301 352 020 367 6
f766 fef1 8ac2 66ca d08b c166 10ea 36f7
0000460 032 \0 206 326 212 026 $ \0 212 350 300 344 006 \n 314 270
001a d686 168a 0024 e88a e4c0 0a06 b8cc
Looks like it might be toast, but I can't see why simply deleting the partition and then recreating another partition in exactly the same location would affect the data?

This is what GetDataBack NTFS says


Please can anyone suggest any other data recovery tools for NTFS?

Hi,
All the "Favorites"that I collected for the last 4-5 YRS just disappeared about 3 days ago.They were all there the day before,but were all gone when I wanted to LOOK them up again,as I do every day.This still on my MSN Explorer,which I had on my machine when I bought it.I have separate and different(much less used)"Favorites"on my INTERNET Explorer.Those were not effected.But it still is a loss,some of them I can never RECOVER(don't remember all of them).SYSTEM restores(did 5 different days)did nothing to get them back.
What happened?Any ideas out there?
Thanks very much.

I tried to run a program which I thought was norton, ran a norton dist too. Now my computer runs, turns on then go to a black screen, an old ex, it says -primaster hard disk:SA>R>T> TtATUS BAD, BACKUP AND REPLACE. I have hit the f8 key and ran in safe mode but goes back to black screen. PLEASE help
If you are GETTING SMART ERRORS your hard drive is getting ready to fail...
Use it as little as possible and start backing up your data NOW...

Freeze up during defragmentation of C:\ drive and at odd times. First system froze when defrag. tried to move a file called filesystem_blobs.MYD that I think was a large cache file built by Photoshop CS3 Bridge. Then a tech. from Windows Live OneCare told me to rename that file to
filesystem_blobs.old and retry to defrag. The defrag then hung and froze on the .old file. Then they said delete both files so I did so. After that when I tried to defragment the C:\ hard drive it froze when it was trying to move a file A121606.old So I searched for file named A121606.old with a plan to delete it also but search said no such file found. I then tried a search for *.old and search said no files were found with the ending .old What now? I think the file may be too large and over the 4Gb limit for the defragmentation to handle. I don't know why the search can't FIND it, could it be that if it is over 4Gb in size Windows XP won't recognize it and so the search function can't find it? I hope there is an expert out there who has an answer. I can't get help from anyone so far. Thanks.The 4 gigabyte problem refers only to many operating systems before Windows XP. The newer operating systems use a filestsysyem called NTFS, with a maximum file size of 16 Terabytes. This is about 8 times the size of the largest consumer hard drives available on the market, so I don't believe that is a problem!

The randomly named files with "A" in front of them and the extension "*.old" are usually backed up files from System Restore. You cannot find them, because they are in the directory "C:\System Volume Information." Attempting to open this folder will give you "Access Denied," you can try it. It does this for a good reason, some critical files are in there that you don't want to be messing with.

First, you will want to try disk cleanup. Click START>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Cleanup
Then click on the tab "More Options." Next, click the "Clean Up..." BUTTON next to "System Restore."
This should delete all of the older restore points, excluding the most recent one. At this point, you can also run the other cleanup functions in the "Disk Cleanup" Tab as well, if you want to.

However, if the giant file is in FACT in the newest restore point as well, you can always just shut off system restore and turn it back on which will remove all restore points. To do that, you go into Start>Control Panel>System and click on the tab "System Restore." Check the box "Turn off System Restore on all drives" and click "Apply." It will do some work, so wait a few seconds, then uncheck it and click "Apply."

If that does not fix your problem, you should go into Start>Run and type "chkdsk /r" (without the quotation marks) then press "OK" and reboot your system.

A two-toned blue screen with white text will come up asking if you want to skip the check. Don't skip the check. If all goes well, it will fix the errors and then load windows. If your problem is STILL not fixed, then you may have a virus. However, this is unlikely as the "large file in system restore causes lockups" is not an uncommon problem. You would think Microsoft would limit the file size.

Couple days AGO my cousin was messing with my bios settings. And somehow MESSED it up. Everytime you restarted the computer you would get this diskette drive 0 seek failure. so we just left it as is. Until our web browsers started crashing every 5 minutes. I thought it was just mozilla so i tried opera but i couldnt install it due to it being corrupt.

So i rebooted/reformatted my computer During the copy phaise some files couldnt be copied correctly so i had to skip the files. After windows was installed i tried to install my old programs like aim and mozilla. etc etc but i couldnt because an error message would pop up saying "file is corrupt". So i once again reformatted my computer this time after the "to install a fresh copy of windows xp press enter thing" it would give me a NFTS.sys crash. i tried to reboot again and it worked but still the copy phaise some files i had to skip. Now sometimes on reboot it would give me that NFTS.sys error. and still some programs wont install correctly. does anyone KNOW whats wrong with my computer?!?!?!

I am using windows xp on a dell demin 8400Hah, how funny, I have the exact same computer. Okay, when you formatted the drive, what exactly did you do? Did you try to format from windows, or did you put in the windows CD and format it from there?

By the way, the Dell Dimension 8400 has a restrictive BIOS that doesn't allow you to change very many critical settings, and the ones that you can change that would CAUSE a negative impact would just cause the computer to not boot at all. I tried them all to see what would happen, haha.LOl i tried to reboot from the cd. Idk what to do now man i cant play cs anymore =[Well, what seems to have happened is you didn't reinstall windows correctly. If you already formatted once, I think you might want to try again.

Quote from: BaRR

Put your OS disk in, and reboot your computer. Up in the right-hand corner, there should be a message of what keys to press to enter the boot options menu, usually F8 or F12. Press the key indicated (the "F" keys are in a row at the top of your keyboard) until you get to the boot options menu. Then, select to boot from "CD/DVD drive" or a similar option. A blue screen with a grey bar at the bottom should come up, showing the various files it is loading. After it finishes this, it will show the options to format your drive, and to install windows. First, use the format option on the partition that windows is installed on, (it should be marked as having the windows installation), then select to install windows when it is done formatting.

try Process Explorer

Make sure you have the "Command Line" column enabled (right click in the column header and select columns... to change.

FILE->Save, and attach the text file.
Okay, I will try that right now...

I restarted the computer after installing avast!, and a screen popped up before the welcome screen, ASKING to repair, ignore, delete, or put a bunch of files in a chest...?
I just said ESC, which was to exit out of whatever that was...

Here is the Process Explorer...

But avast! deleted a file and now the cpu usage is from 3-16% now...

Is there anything else wrong?

[attachment deleted by admin]LOOKS like Avast TOOK care of your problem- I don't see anything else wrong there.Thank you for all your help!
Both of you!

when I open my EMAIL it automatically adds the senders address to my address book. How do I stop this. If I want it added I can add it myself. Pleasse Help me. It is driving me crazy. Thank you WELCOME to the CH forums.

Which e-mail PROG? Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird etc?

First I want to thank you for taking the time to help me. I have AOL as a internet provider. I am using a Toshiba laptop. I have WINDOWS XP. Does that help?Every little bit of info helps but please advise which e-mail program you are using, Outlook, Outlook Express etc...

What is your e-mail client?

The folder My Received Files is showing 262kb of space taken up. When OPENED nothing SHOWED. Set folder options to see hidden files, that showed up a file called zbthumbnail.info. I know this to be part of zoom browser. But this only showed up as APPROX 94kb. was wondering where or what has taken up the balance of the 262kb. Any ideas PLEASE. Norton virus check clean. Would it be safe just to delete folder and let the system reinstall it on START up? Shouldn't have any problems with thatas long as ur PC is running smoothly...it's ok!

Tried to start with 1 RAM stick at a TIME?

I have been unable to ACCESS the option of changing my desktop picture. When I go to the display option in the control panel, the tab for it is missing. Is there some way to get this back again? What might be doing this? I've run all the programs on the virus and malware forum and the machine "seems" clean. The hard drive is partioned for an NT server application which I can't SEEM to get rid of either. Can one of the experts HELP?
Have a look here.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/desktop_tab_missing_from_display.htmI have followed the directions on the link and I now have the tab for the desktop, but when I try to change any of the settings for the picture it "doesn't take" meaning the screen blinks briefly, LIKE it wants to change, but the picture remains locked, it doesn't change. Did you try rebooting.......Yes, the screen went briefly to the new desktop background for about .5 SECOND then was hijacked back to the old picture.Maybe something for you here.......

http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/985653.htmDid it! Thanks for the road trip! earmicYou're most welcome.

here's my problem, I recently had a windows 2000 and switched to xp. I had directx 9 working PERFECTLY but had to re-download it for my xp. when I downloaded it again, it said my DDI version was too LOW (it's version 7) to cooperate with direct3d 9. it's the same computer and gfx card as it was before i switched. also, changing the gfx card is not a option due to the FACT my xp is a laptop. is there a way to change my DDI version?it seems as though the term DDI REFERS to my primary display driver. the driver is for my s3 savage IX GFX card. the driver is called s3gsavmx.dll. so I think thats the version of the driver. please helpDid you install XP drivers for the carf ? ?
Doesn't make SENSE that it would show up in Win2K but not XP...

As you can see, it can't find hp.com (to register me) but it did find Google.

Pinging hp.com [15.192.45.22] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 15.192.45.22:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\DOCUMENTS and Settings\unabled.BLUE> ping google.com

Pinging google.com [209.85.171.100] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 209.85.171.100: bytes=32 time=216ms TTL=236
Reply from 209.85.171.100: bytes=32 time=150ms TTL=236
Reply from 209.85.171.100: bytes=32 time=116ms TTL=236
Reply from 209.85.171.100: bytes=32 time=240ms TTL=236


The PROBLEM is intensified since all other upgrades and registrations are unable to upgrade or register. Also, PlayOn (Playon.com) has been initiating for the last two hours, unable to find a server!

What's going on?Problem perhaps with their server...

I could not ping them either.
Me neither... and www.playon.com does not seem to EXIST although a whois query shows that the domain is still owned...

Could you give details of any other sites that you are experiencing trouble with?

It's impossible to diagnose with the supplied information but if you are having trouble with a lot or even all websites it could suggest it may be a CONTAINED problem with your ISP - Which one are you with? Have you checked their STATUS page or contacted them?some companies refuse ICMP requests to their servers.

PING uses ICMP requests.


for example try pinging microsoft.com.

I just formatted my laptop and installed XP Pro SP1.
Obviously now I am trying to update to service pack 2, but when i start installing, it always STOPS on checking product key.
I cannot UNDERSTAND why, because the copy I am using is original and the product key I ENTERED is GOOD.

Does anyone have any ideas what can I do ?

Thanks You can actually skip SP2 and go RIGHT to installing SP3...
If it still balks at installing contact MS and they will supply a new authorisation key...

When I start up my computer (using WINDOWS XP) I get the following message:

"Error LOADING C:\WINDOWS\system32\rbypcmuc.dll" The specified module could not be found

I can hit ok and the computer is ok, I THINK, although it has been FREEZING sometimes.

Thanks for any help.Doesn't show up in Process Library as a valid .dll....
You may be infected.
Visit Our Virus and Spyware section and FOLLOW the instructions at the top of the page for posting your logs and one of our Experts will be along shortly...

Long story...

Whenever I tried to boot windows, it would stop at the welcome screen (the Windows XP logo). I looked up how to fix this problem, and found a few different options.

One option was to fix the problem which was CAUSED by a program like MagicISO or Alcohol. Considering I had both of those programs, I thought that MAYBE that was what was causing the problem. So I logged on in safe mode and deleted both of those programs and the virtual drives that I had created with them, but with no success at solving the problem.

Another option was to edit the boot.ini file by adding "/noguiboot/sos/bootlog" to the end to create a boot log which would then reveal the troublesome driver. It would also not show the XP logo at all, and just show the system files which were loading. Once I did that, I then rebooted my computer. This time it stopped loading at the list of system files, and didn't go past there at all. I decided to wait because I figured that maybe it would load with patience. After about 10 minutes of waiting, the computer restarted and stopped in the same place.

This is where I'm at now....
Someone suggested that I use a windows boot disk to boot from there and save my files, and then format my c: drive where the problem definitely was. I can't find my boot disk, so I downloaded the boot file to a floppy disk in an attempt to boot window from the floppy. I inserted the floppy before trying to turn the computer on. Once it was booted, it seemed that the floppy did nothing, and windows didn't boot from it. The screen stopped at the list of system files again.

Someone PLEASE help me!! I don't know what else to do. If I can just access my files and back them up onto my second hard drive, before formatting my computer, I would be happy. I'm really desperate to fix this problem. Slave Drive Tutorial

This will allow you to install your drive in a working machine and copy/burn your data...
Windows does NOT need to be working on your drive for this procedure.
When that's done you will need to obtain an XP CD for a fresh install.

Where did that bootini advice come from BTW ? ?the REASON that i'm posting here at thr MOMENT is because i cant seem to connect to the irc client...

anywho, i successfully slaved my harddrive to this computer. the problem is, is that whenever i try to access my profile to get to my files, i get an "access denied" message.

i figure that i'm past the worst part of my ordeal and that this shouldnt be toomuch of a challenge to fix once someone tells me how.

thanks in ADVANCE,
krimmyTake Ownership of Files or Folders in XP

Hi I am new to your forum and to most this is going to be a stupid question. This all started when I had problems with my sound card. To make a long story short I tried to reinstall windows using the repair option an a gateway recover disk, the problem is that I have a Dell. Now when it fired up I don't have all the drivers or they are just not compatible with the Dell. I went to the device manager and there a the question marks besides the video and ethernet. Since I have totaly messed up with the install I will just have to make it back to stock a clean install. I have an xp disk but it still comes back the same way. So how can I get it to format and have it back to a clean install.........thanks.......two-dogs Travel to Dell's site and enter the Service Tag # of the machine...it will lista all your drivers.
You can also order an original XP restore CD from them that will include the appropiate drivers.
Using a different OEM install CD rarely works...if at all.Thanks for the help I went to the Dell site but wasn't sure what drivers to down load. So you are saying that you can't use a windows install disk. I USED it before to get a hard drive going but for some reason on this one it doesn't fully format. After the install is done it fires up like it is in safe mode the video is at 4 the lowest bit and you can't change it. I can't HOOK up to the internet because it doesn't detect the ethernet card any advice my friend..........two-dogs I didn't say you couldn't use an XP CD...i said THOUGH you can order 1 from Dell.
Did you enter your service tag # ? ?
If so the drivers listed are all the ones that machine uses.
If the CD you have doesn't fully format it sounds like it's a copy of a XP CD...good luck with that.It's best if you have a CD for the drivers needed for your mobo and a genuine copy of an installer for your os.Thanks guys looks like I will be calling dell..........Just one question can I download the drivers on a disk and copy to my computer or is that not an option.......thanks...two-dogs Yes.
Ok I was able to get my video going with the drivers but I need to know which one I need for the ethernet. I am not able to network yet and can't access the Internet. Any help on this........thanks......two-dogs Ok an update all is good I didn't have to get a disk, I was able to ask Dell on there support site and they TOLD me what driver I needed.... I want to thank all of you for all your advice and help .........I am sure I will be back again, I know enough about computers just to be dangerous............two-dogs

Nicely done...
Good to hear you are fixed up and thanx for letting us know...

We'll be here....

When I try to run the scan disk or defrag a message pops up stating that my hard drive is locked thus not allowing the scan disk/defrag to OPERATE. I thought it possible that my anti virus program MAY have locked up the drive so I uninstalled it but Im still having the PROBLEM. I ended up UNINSTALLING any and all utility programs I downloaded just in case one was causing the problem without positive results. I tried using the DOS PROMPT for windows 98 (unlock c:) since there was no prompt listed for windows ME however that didnt work. Bottom line, can someone tell me how to unlock the hard drive in windows ME?
Thanks

I'm having problems with using the Control key to select multiple objects. As soon as I press the Control key, my mouse pointer disappears and I am unable to CLICK on anything. Therefore, I can only select one object at a time. This is the case regardless of what program I am in. I have tried it in Microsoft Publisher, KODAK Easy Share, and in Windows Explorer trying to select multiple files. I believe the shift key is also doing the same thing, making it impossible to select multiple objects.

Does anyone have any idea how to fix or reset this? I've tried rebooting the computer, but this situation has been ongoing for quite some time, through many restarts. Everything else seems to work fine. Thank you.
Go into Control PANEL>Mouse>Pointer Option

Check the last box.Thanks. I'm not on the problem computer RIGHT now, but I will DEFINITELY try this!