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I added a MAXTOR HDD(I had from an old computer) to me desktop PC and now it will not do a warm boot. I can do a cold boot everytime. I tried each HDD independent from the other as a master HDD and it warm booted. But when together it fails.
Master HDD with XP on it and slave with no OS.

My question is this. Is there anything that is checked on warm boot up that is not checked on a cold boot?

I notice that only on warm boot does it show this white box with sections in it stating info about Cache,hard disks,PCI devices.
Below this is DDRAM at DIMM#: 1,
Searching for boot record from IDE-0 ..not found
Searching for boot record from CDROM ..not found
Searching for boot record from FLOPPY ..not found
Searching for boot record from SCSI ..not found

Boot Failure
reboot and select proper boot device
or insert boot media in selected boot device
press any key when ready



IDE I assume.

Are the jumpers set right on each drive?

Does the BIOS properly id each drive?

Try a new cable.

Download and run Maxtor's diagnostic software on the "old" drive.

What OS is on each of these drives ? ?Quote from: patio on August 10, 2008, 07:50:46 AM

What OS is on each of these drives ? ?

I added a Maxtor HDD(I had from an old computer) to me desktop PC and now it will not do a warm boot. I can do a cold boot everytime. I tried each HDD independent from the other as a master HDD and it warm booted. But when together it fails.
Master HDD with XP on it and slave with no OS.

tried it already and it says device might not be pass through?

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 11:38:23 PM, on 8/10/2008
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16674)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgwdsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
C:\Program Files\M-Audio\M-Audio Series II MIDI\MA_CMIDI_Inst.exe
C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\nTune\nTuneService.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgrsx.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgtray.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgemc.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Rhodell\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wbem\wmiapsrv.exe
C:\AeriaGames\LastChaosUSA\bin\nksp.exe
C:\Program Files\POP Peeper\POPPeeper.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

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R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
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R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
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R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
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R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
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O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter - {3CA2F312-6F6E-4B53-A66E-4E65E497C8C0} - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\avgssie.dll
O2 - BHO: Yahoo! IE Services Button - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yiesrvc.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_09\bin\ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar1.dll
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Conversion Toolbar Helper - {AE7CD045-E861-484f-8273-0445EE161910} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Notifier BHO - {AF69DE43-7D58-4638-B6FA-CE66B5AD205D} - C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\2.0.301.7164\swg.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! ¤u¨ã¦C - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn1\yt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Adobe PDF - {47833539-D0C5-4125-9FA8-0819E2EAAC93} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar1.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG8_TRAY] C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Google Update] "C:\Documents and Settings\Rhodell\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" /c
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [NVIDIA nTune] "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\nTune\nTuneCmd.exe" clear
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Yahoo! Search - file:///C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common/ycsrch.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Append to existing PDF - res://C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert link target to Adobe PDF - res://C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert link target to existing PDF - res://C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selected links to Adobe PDF - res://C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECaptureSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selected links to existing PDF - res://C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppendSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selection to Adobe PDF - res://C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selection to existing PDF - res://C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert to Adobe PDF - res://C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O8 - Extra context menu item: Yahoo! &Dictionary - file:///C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common/ycdict.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Yahoo! &Maps - file:///C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common/ycmap.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Yahoo! &SMS - file:///C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common/ycsms.htm
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_09\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_09\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Services - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yiesrvc.dll
O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (Installation Support) - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\Yinsthelper.dll
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/muweb_site.cab?1214266015281
O18 - Protocol: linkscanner - {F274614C-63F8-47D5-A4D1-FBDDE494F8D1} - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\avgpp.dll
O20 - AppInit_DLLs: avgrsstx.dll
O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Adobe Systems - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe Systems Shared\Service\Adobelmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG8 E-mail Scanner (avg8emc) - AVG TECHNOLOGIES CZ, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgemc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG8 WatchDog (avg8wd) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgwdsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Bonjour Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe
O23 - Service: Google Updater Service (gusvc) - Google - C:\Program Files\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\1050\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 - Service: M-Audio Series II MIDI Installer (MA_CMIDI_InstallerService) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\M-Audio\M-Audio Series II MIDI\MA_CMIDI_Inst.exe
O23 - Service: nTune Service (nTuneService) - NVIDIA - C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\nTune\nTuneService.exe
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End of file - 8416 bytes
The log is clean.
You didn't answer my question, if your computer was also slow before installing AVG 8.0.

Then...
Download, and install CCleaner: http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds. Get "Slim" version.
Read CCleaner instruction here: http://www.jahewi.nl/ccleaner/ccleaner.html, and run CCleaner.
I have Ccleaner for years.
I perform cleaning at least once a week.
In a way I kinda answer the question.
PC became slow over a period of time. AVG might have contributed but I didn't see any dramatic change because of AVG.BTW
I forgot to mention:
Pulling up the ADD/REMOVE programs window TAKES about 1-2 entire minutes up until it builds the prg list.
Thought I'd mention that.How does computer boot, and respond in Safe Mode?UGH
I would have to do that to check it out but I am currently running some prg's.Let me know, when you can.
It may bring some hints, since in Normal Mode, I can't see any unnecessary startups, or services running.i'm goin to restart safety mode and i let u knowOK.OK
I restarted in SAFE MODE straight no networking.
Took a while loading again but after booting
it was significantly faster in simple things like right clicking on the desktop, pulling up START menu as well as ALL PROGRAMS menu.
When I re-restarted in normal mode (current) I saw some improvement but still
if this PC is down and I'm out the door and WANT to come back really quick to check for an address in google maps or something I WILL NOT consider gettin this PC on if u understand what I mean.
To resume: FAST (or normal) in safe mode
SLOW (but not as much) back in normal mode.
Any suggestions?
Thanks again.Now I will also like to mention the following.
Although I don't have virtualy anything in startup I do have a HUGE list of prg's in QUICK START plus a small toolbar with my drives (self made) on the task bar.
Is that a possible problem?I'd like you to totally uninstall AVG, and install one of these:
- Avira free antivirus: http://www.free-av.com/en/download/index.html
- Avast! free antivirus: http://filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/
This is as an experiment. If things won't improve, and you like AVG better, you can always go back.I didn't see your last post, but let's try AVG thing, first.
Number of icons on your desktop, and number of Quick Launch items may have INFLUENCE on startup time, but not afterwards.I got the Avira didnt like it
Now i'm running Avast
It's about the same as before (speed wise)

I just reformatted my computer. I have a windows install disc. When installing windows, it gets to the screen where I can choose a partition to install on.

The hard disk is recognized because it shows the correct size and name of everything. However when I go to create a new partition to install. I just get something about disk cannot be accessed.

I am running an old 2800+ athlon thunderbird. I believe I have a Asus A7N8x MOBO (socketA 462). ALSO if it helps, I am not running SATA, it is just straight IDE I believe.

I am lost and any help would be appreciated. I have searched before I ask my question, but I don't really know where to start.

Thanks,

DaveDave...

Can you tell us why you reformatted in the first place? What problems were you experiencing prior to coming to the decision you needed to perform a clean installation?

What version of Windows are you putting on this thing?Yeah I am putting XP on it. It had not been clean installed ever in about 5 years and performance was really sluggish and defragging was no longer helping.Have you tried the win98se floppy boot disk.I am thinking of fdisk and
format.

The below LINK is a file that will create a bootable win98se floppy disk.

http://1gighost.com/ed/ta/boot98se.exeAlso...you may want to take a look at this link: Windows XP Clean InstallCould it be a problem stemming from mobo drivers?
I have done clean installs before.

This is for a friend who wanted it reformatted and he also wanted xp.

The software is not a retail version of XP, but appears to be some kind of OEM version???Quote from: hawkeyehero on August 12, 2008, 04:46:40 PM

I just reformatted my computer. I have a windows install disc. When installing windows, it gets to the screen where I can choose a partition to install on.

The hard disk is recognized because it shows the correct size and name of everything. However when I go to create a new partition to install. I just get something about disk cannot be accessed.

I've been using WIN98 very successfully and have not added or removed any programs recently. Now when I TRY to boot up I receive the DOS msg: "Data error reading drive C. Abort, Retry, Fail". At the DOS PROMPT I can examine the C directory and see its contents. So the drive is working. I can go into the Windows directory and see all of its files and directories but I can't open anything from the list. How can I identify the problem? (I'm using a backup COMPUTER to send this.) WELCOME to the forum...

Please try these links:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=2&url=....
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww....

Any luck?

Hey guys,
I am currently stuck in hibernation. I have windows xp, my tower lights up, beeps, fans come on but that is it. My mouse, keyboard and monitor are dead. I have tried disconnecting power and still the same response. I have never had this problem in the past but this is the first TIME I have PUT my computer in to the hibernate mode. Thank you all in advance for any advice you may have!!
-RyanWelcome....

Is the screen just completely blank? Does any page come up when you switch it on? Error messages?No nothing at allHave you installed anything lately, before the problem, downloaded anything?No that is the weird thing I have done nothing new. Just for the first time I put in Hibernate, I was only going to be gone for a MINUTE and decided to use hibernate instead of shuting it down. Me and my great ideas..........lolWell it should have been alright....!

To be honest, I don't have a clue about what to do.... But I'll keep looking for an answer...

But I don't know what to look for, that is my problem!I know, i FEEL like an idiot, I have been searching for an hour. I do appreciate all your help though hopefully we can figure it out incase this happens to someone else.I found some things you can try....

This is from another forum, someone with nearly the same problem:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=230331

Another.... Try restarting your PC, and hold F8 while it's loading.... Anything?

Any luck?LOL gues what my wife fixed my probleom and made me feel STUPID at the same time, as she was under the desk taking the tower apart and resecuring the graphics card and guess what everything now works...lol I will be hearing about this one for a while but thank you for all of your advice. No problem...

Glad you got it fixed....

But I don't feel any better after helping you because it was all pointless! LOL!

???When I try to convert my hard drives (two sata drives in a raid 0 configuration) to ntfs I get the following message.
Convert cannot run because the volume is in USE by another process.
Convert may run if this volume is dismounted first.
ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID.
Would you like to force a dismount on this volume .

My operating system, XP PRO, is on this volume.
Would you advise me to continue with this conversion or not?
What are the dangers etc.. if any.
What does the term dismount mean?
What are open handles?
Many thanks
John
Quote from: montfort on July 28, 2008, 03:27:13 PM

Would you advise me to continue with this conversion or not?

What are the dangers etc.. if any.

What does the term dismount mean?

What are open handles?

Exactly what the topic says.

I'm trying to install XP on this old machine I have lying around. Swapped some hawrdware and whatnot, new PSU and a DVD drive. Put in the Windows CD, push any button to BOOT from CD. This is what HAPPENS:

It starts loading, the usual business, just abit after it says that stuff about RAID while loading the installation all the letters disappear except the ones saying Windows XP Installation at the top and it stops doin anything.

What causes this?Could be a bad disc? only guessing on this one.Might try another hard drive if you have?Just tried with a SP1 disc, gives the same results.Did you go to boot options when loading?

When you PC is starting LOOK at the screen when the RAID logo comes on, and see if it tells you press a certain button to enter advanced boot options. Press it, and select boot from CD (presuming you have the XP CD inserted)...

Any luck? Boot options? No no I mean

I already managed to boot the XP cd, sorry if I'm not explaining myself good enoughe hehe.



It's just after this PART all the letters disappear.

Lol MS paint.Quote from: DKsupern00b on August 12, 2008, 08:09:44 AM

I'm trying to install XP on this old machine I have lying around.

I managed to install XP on this thing before.

@kpac

he is getting stuct in the middle of the installation and you r telling him to change the boot order

Boot options? No no I mean

I already managed to boot the XP cd, sorry if I'm not explaining myself good enoughe hehe.

i also had the same problem with my old p3 system..........
have you tried installing anyother OS like win 2000

i want get a SOFTWARE that can auto collect movies clip from web site.
the web site could be adullt web site.
thanks a lot.What do you mean by Collect Movie Clip?

What Browser?

What Operating System?Sounds like he wants a program to automatically download all video files from a porn site.jack0811, if you watch "adullt movies clips" from "web site", you could go blind. Have you thought about that?

An "adullt movie" fan


Quote from: Dias de verano on August 11, 2008, 12:39:38 PM

jack0811, if you watch "adullt movies clips" fro "web site", you could go blind. Have you thought about that?

An "adullt movie" fan

That picture is me!

Hi to all How to change font size USING formating TOOLBAR??? and how to close document ,how to close task pane Welcome to the CH forums.

Plss read this..

Unfortunately, we're not psychics and we don't know what program you're talking about.We need to GET Sylvia back from HOLIDAY.....

I heard she's retiring!

Quote from: patio on August 10, 2008, 10:08:11 AM

Drive letter re-assignment perhaps from some malware ? ?

@teagues - Where do you stand now? Have you backed up your data - off the computer? Have you done anything?

When I turn on my computer, a black window comes on saying Scanning Option ROMs and it TAKES a long time now for my computer to load. The black screen stays on for around two minutes. First with the scan options displayed and then a blank window. I have windows xp home edition. It LOOKS LIKE you may need to update BIOS.Thank you for your reply. What is BIOS and how do I update it? I don't know much about how computers operate. Quote

What is BIOS and how do I update it?

hello!

my computer desktop has turned black. i dont know how or why. i just logged in and it was all black. the arrow STILL shows but everything is gone. no taskbar, no shortcuts, no nothing.

anyone know anything about my problem? HELP!!!


What information should I add when submitting a question?I just had that happen to my PC last night...I run XP.

I hit reset and then I got an error on next boot up. I used norton back on PC and after I set it back to time of last good boot all was fine.

What were you doing when this HAPPENED. Was this a COLD boot or a reset(warm boot)?Quote from: angelapanda on August 10, 2008, 06:45:15 PM

hello!

my computer desktop has turned black. i dont know how or why. i just logged in and it was all black. the arrow still shows but everything is gone. no taskbar, no shortcuts, no nothing.

anyone know anything about my problem? help!!!

i have a dell dimension desktop, 6 years old using windows xp, it has 512 mg of memory and a 60 gigabyte hard drive everything was fine till last night i got a blue screen and turned it off when i tried to restart it it kept TELLING me that there was no boot partition i then renistalled windows completely and it still says no boot partition the only way it runs is if i put the installation disk in and then turn it on if i turn it off i get the same message sorry for the long post but i wanted to explain my problem as much as posibbleDo you have an original Windows CD?WELL bro do dese two things and see if it works or not.....

1. With the XP CD in the drive, go to Start > Run and type "sfc /scannow" w/o quotes. This will check ALL of the required Windows files and see if they are intact and replace any that are corrupt or missing.

2. Try opening up your PC case and unplug the CD drive so that you have only the hard drive hooked up to your motherboard. If this works there could be a problem with the CD drive or something else hardware related. QUOTE from: drmsucks on August 11, 2008, 10:08:21 AM

Do you have an original Windows CD?

Quote from: drmsucks on August 11, 2008, 10:08:21 AM

Do you have an original Windows CD?

what does this has to do with his problem

Quote from: drmsucks on August 11, 2008, 10:08:21 AM

Do you have an original Windows CD?

what does this has to do with his problem

I have Microsoft XP. Today, I made a backup of Word on a floppy (I know these are antiques) and a backup of Word on a CD. I went into the A Drive and deleted two files that were password protected (EVEN though it did not ask me for the password). Then, I was stupid enough to empty the Recycle Bin. When I went into the Backup CD, those two files were gone and they were also missing from the LIST of Word Documents on the hard drive. I sure did not know if I deleted them from the floppy, they WOULD also be deleted from the other drives. These were two important files and I need them. HELP!!! Anyone out there who can help me recover them?You may want to try this software program: UndeleteMyFiles

Hi everyone. I have a 500 GB HDD, Seagate BARRACUDA, and I have 4 partions on it. 2x125 GB, 1x175 GB and 1 of the rest of the space. I have USED Paragon DISK Manager to shrink one partition down from 125 to 120 GB, and this program reported it would take like 8 h to complete. I hoped it will be much quicker, so I left it run. After like 1 h, it still reported 7 h left, and I decided to stop the process.

Now that partition is screwed, it still exists, and Windows can't access it, because it says corrupted, unreadable, something like that. I tried to rebuilt the partition table for that partition using Partition Table Doctor, which was able to recover it. But (!!!), that's not all. Now the partition is visible under Windows, but it appears to be EMPTY!!!

I have scanned the "recovered" partition with File Scanvenger, which is able to recover my files, but it messes up the filenames, and the folder structure that existed, is now gone. So I won't use it. What could I do, I know my files are in there, how could I get them back?? Please HELP!!Try FreeUndelete: http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/

Best of luck.omg 500 GB! that's a huge harddrive.

let the program run overnight.Quote from: drmsucks on August 11, 2008, 12:58:35 PM

Try FreeUndelete: http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/

Best of luck.

omg 500 GB! that's a huge harddrive.

let the program run overnight.

Good NEWS. It's worked.

I was even able to change the HD access MODE in BIOS back to "auto" afterwards.

I am currently on my PC with all my files and programs. I figure I'll use the old HD as backup until it dies.

There are still some small bugs to work out (*censored* is SCSI/RAID and why does it keep wanting to install? Disabled in device manager UNLESS you guys think I need it.) but all problems seem miniscule compared to the other catastrophic failures and the amount of EFFORT I've spent over the past week.

My MOTHER gave me an hp pavilion 533w (Windows XP) for my daughter to use. She couldn't remember the password to reset the parental control settings for the internet.I reset the supervisor passwords, but it still wouldn't allow me to disable the controls.The guy at geek squad recommended I do a COMPLETE system recovery, which made the computer " out of the box" .Unfortunately, my Windows Explorer is badly outdated and I need to update it.My wireless adapter won't even work(needs a hot patch).I do not have Internet access to this computer , so I want to upload the files I need to fix it onto my Sony MICROVAULT 1GB flash drive.The prompt I get says that I need at least a Service Pack1, whatever that is, to open the hot patch I downloaded to my desktop.I tried to download Internet explorer 6 SETUP, but I was AFRAID to save it to my laptop, which has Vista software.I sent it to my flash drive , but when I opened it, I got a message saying it was not a valid win 32 application.Please help. I forgot to say Welcome to the Forum. Do a system recovery, turn on automatic updates and download and install Service Pack 3 and you're good to go. Do a system recovery on the hp pavillion? I am doing that now. Do I need to download Service pack 3 onto my flash drive? I have no internet on the hp

I RUN xp pro and have dos programs that I run. I received an ERROR MESSAGE STATING I needed to expand some files from my xp installation disk. That was DONE. Now when I try to run the dos program, I receive an error message stating that NTVDM- reinstall Comm.dvr. How do I do this and where?

awhile ago i installed a program that modify the xp booting picture but then i changed my mind and didnt change it but since then i get a MSG right after i start my windows with 2 options to run either xp or the new boot picture..ans also since then, i got folder system32 opening up whenever xp starts too..i need to change that back PLZ

i thought its important to post how my boot.ini file looks like so here it is..

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="OS for testing new boot screen" /fastdetect /KERNEL=NewBoot.exeWas this a gui .....this is the page where i downloaded the Boot Editor http://userxp.belchfire.net/indexbe.htmFrom the page you linked to :

Quote

How to install

� Extract the zip file to a folder. That's all...

� (Requires msvbvm60.dll. If you don't have it, you can find it everywhere in the net or here)

� (Also requires comctl32.ocx. If you don't have it, you can find it everywhere in the net or here)



How to uninstall

� Go to Help - Uninstall

� Delete programs' folder

Hi everyone :

I have window XP , my PC has two USB ports , I use one for connecting my removable driver , and the other to CONNECT my Nokia mobile phone cable , i used to be able to start a communication between the PC and the mobile phone as soon as I PLUG in the USB cable ,a message : " a new hardware is found " and the installation starts automatically then I'm able to start the communication .

But.. sometime I GET a message saying that my computer can not recognize the device .. when that happen i do this :
1 . i unplug the USB cable and plug it again , if this doesn't work :
2 . i restart my computer. ..doesn't work..
3 . i go to the device manager and uninstall the device to be reinstalled again automatically . usually one of them work, but this time none of them work !

by the way in my device manager i have an exclamation mark on the ( PCI ) simple communications controller , if that helps .
I'm tired of these USB issues , WHENEVER i want to transfer something from my PC to my mobile i have a HARD time . can you help me please .do you have a PC suit for your moble phone?Remove and re-install the Nokia phone driver.of course I have Nokia PC suit installed , it isn't the first time , I transferred many things before , it was working .Quote

of course I have Nokia PC suit

it isn't the first time

by the way in my device manager i have an exclamation mark on the ( PCI ) simple communications controller , if that helps .

by the way in my device manager i have an exclamation mark on the ( PCI ) simple communications controller , if that helps .

Recently my pc pop up this PROBLEM when i finishing format, i HAV search a lot of solution like http://www.help2go.com/Tutorials/Windows/C:%5Cwindows%5Csystem32%5Cconfig%5Csystem_missing_or_corrupt.html & http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545
this 2 way i try aredy cant STILL the same,did any 1 can tell me what is going on?Not SURE, but I found this:
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/3546

I bought a computer and the Windows XP has "log ONTO Windows XP" with admin rights. I would like to reinstall a clean version of Windows XP, but the system won't let me. Any suggestion?Quote from: 123QAzxc on AUGUST 28, 2008, 07:53:29 PM

I would like to reinstall a clean version of Windows XP, but the system won't let me.

The system is sticking out a finger from CD drive, and says: "Don't you dare to put any CD here". That's how....

I am operating MS MONEY 2007 Home & Business. I import transactions from my bank. When I try balancing the account w/ my paper statement, Money automatitcally "checks off" the transactions that it "thinks" will appear on my statement. I WOULD like to TURN this feature off, but I don't know how and I can't find the answer in the help section or online.

How do i (or can I?) track all activity on my computer...using Windows XP. (including EMAIL sent from my computer)
WANTING to track kids activities...Keyloggers - MIGHT i also ask you; who you want to track.

http://www.actualkeylogger.com/actualspy.exe


Edit: Source http://www.actualkeylogger.com/download-free-key-logger.htmlLet me know if that one does not work.

Just to let you know before someone ELSE here moans at you, you should not start more than one post with the same topic.

The guys on here are very proficient and will find the post regardless of how many TIMES you have posted it.

hi;
my hp pavilion dv1000 cooling fan isn't working, it runs at the beginning and after 3,4 seconds stops.
the notebook gets too hot and stops working can anybody helpSounds LIKE you should not run the machine until you get the fan replaced. If you are not on a service PLAN than you will NEED to take it to a computer shop to have it looked at....

Try removeing it CLEANING out the dust and reconnect it. My FATHER had to deal with an issue like that the other week so it mite be dust boggled.

My mate brought his PC round my house yesterday. It 'was' running windows 98 but he tried to reinstall Win98 and he said it froze half way through the installation and now cant get ANYTHING to work.
It has a recovery disk with system files and a Win 98 disk. When running the installation disc it says that there is a disk compressor on the hard drive and therefore cannot run set-up, but because i cannot run windows, even in safe mode, i cannot uninstall it.

Im stuck. Can anyone relieve my stress?

Oh yeah, the PC was built by TIMEIF there is nothing on the hard drive he wants to save, I RECOMMEND doing a clean install, using fdisk to repartition and reformat the hard drive and then using the recovery software to reinstall the OS. A clean install is usually the best route, since TRYING to reinstall an OS over an existing one usually causes issues.Do i use fdisk from Start/Run or in MS-DOS, im a little unsureDOS...

Do you need the particulars?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255867Yes, please. I like it says under my picture, im a newbieCheck the link in my previous post.Thanks for the info, it worked a treat. Apparently (after reading your link and related links) the problem was that the installation CD wasn't downloading the drivers correctly. So every time the loading froze and a error message appeared it was just a case of opening the CD tray and turning the CD a quarter of a turn, closing it and pressing OK. The installation carried on everytime, i had to install a couple of drivers manually at the end but it all went well.
You learn something new everyday

Thanks againYou're welcome...I'm glad it all worked out for ya.

w where do i go from here i have pressed enter but now the prompt comes up to ask me to type something what do i type ? is any one out there? PLEASE help
the prompt says C:\Windows>

i have a problem i am trying to fix with Error message of the msconfigsystemnowbforeal ...Perhaps if you let us in on exactly what the issue is we may be of more assistance.
And a bit of info on your system might be advantageous as well.

dl65 ok sorry bout that this is what i see when the laptop ( Compaq Presario 912RSH Amd ATHLON XP) comes on please help me thank you if anyones is there.
the erro message says WIndows could not start because the following file is mising or corrupt:
\WINDOWS\system32\config\SYSTEMnowbforeal ....... What happens if you try and boot up in safe mode ?

When did this error first apear ?


dl65 IT DOES TE SAME THING THE ERROR MESSAGE COMES UP AND SAYS
WIndows could not start because the following file is mising or corrupt:
\WINDOWS\system32\config\SYS

PLEASE ASSIST THJXnowbforeal ...... You failed to mention when this started and if there were any other issues going on. The more info you can provide the easier it is for all.
Were you trying to do something and it went wrong or perhaps a update or a software install or trying to tweak something ?

dl65 Have you tried going to safemode ?--->SafeMode

In safemode choose'Last KNOWN Good Configuration.
THank you eery one who helped me i APPRECIATE it i got it done VIA Reinstalling WIndows Xp but now i cannot seem to se Microsoft office please let me know if that should have been loaded as well when i did the reinstalling thank you.









There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and and lifting ppl up:D do some exercise You reinstalled Windows XP??? Did you do a repair install or did you reformat your drive?
To get microsoft office, you have to have the CD for it.oh yeah carbon i figured so. my bad, lol I should have known but i do not have the cd itself is there other alternative to this. thank you
An alternative to Microsoft Office?
I have two accounts, this one doesnt have MS Office so I use Open Office.
http://www.openoffice.org/
By the way, its free.

Windows 98se - genuine version.

I have installed 98se and SET up a dialup connection which works without problem when started with IE. Now I want to have a connection shortcut on the DESKTOP but don't know where to find the internet connection in ORDER to CREATE a shortcut.

Help appreciated thanks.Quote from: Hedonist on June 13, 2007, 05:09:07 PM

Windows 98se - genuine version.

I have installed 98se and set up a dialup connection which works without problem when started with IE. Now I want to have a connection shortcut on the desktop but don't know where to find the internet connection in order to create a shortcut.

Help appreciated thanks.

Thank you WW, excellent service on CH as usual

First off i have a 2.8ghz D CORE and 1GB ram COMPUTER with Windows XP Home. Today i had a lot of programs running and unfortunately i had a power surge that somehow screwed up my computer: I restarted it and FOUND out the speed was ridiculously slow. I couldn't even open firefox or open a chat on aim; however, i was able to open winamp and play songs? I eventually restarted it enough times that i got a check disk blue screen and it said it was repairing my index tables, whatever that is, but it didn't help!

I'm not even able to open system restore in safe mode! The program just doesn't respond. Everything just takes forever and when i look at my task manager my system CPU % isn't at 99 . It seems as if my computer doesn't want to work. I tried opening safe mode with CMD prompt but my keyboard didnt work? Something is terribly wrong!

Right now I'm doing a hardware utility test. Hopefully i can get some answers from that.

I would love for ya'll to help me on this. 10 dollars VIA paypal to the first person that helps me resolve this issue. If you are in the USA please call or text my number at 832-257-2055.We are a volunteer Forum so Paypal is not neccessary...

Does diskcheck run to completion ? ? No matter how long it takes i would leave it run OVERNIGHT if need be.

The drive has probably dropped back into PIO mode which is the slowest data transfer mode there is. This HAPPENS when there are consecutive read/write errors which can happen when power is interrupted for any reason.

Best bet is to let diskcheck run...worst case scenario the drive won't co-operate and you would need to hook it up as a slave in a known working machine to retrieve your data and then re-format and re-install the OS...Yeah disc check completes but when everything starts up it seems as if the computer is still working.... I can play music via winamp but its almost impossible to open anything else up like my computer. Does anyone know whats wrong?If you have the shiny Windows CD, pop it in and do a restore.

Alan <>< Try swapping parts. Get a known good power supply and put it in there, then try some good memory, then a video card, then cpu. If you don't have any spares, then don't do it. There's no use buying parts to swap just to find out it can't be fixed.

How would I find out what programs start when I turn on my computer? Alot of the time I wait forever w/that *censored* hourglass sitting there & then my computer freezes & won't LET me do anything, have to shut it off manually. SOMETHING is running a long time. thanksGo to Start --> Run --> type msconfig and press enter.
You can see what starts with your PC there, and a lot of it will be safe to untick.
Just don't untick anything vital to system operation, or your AV or firewall etc.
If in doubt, leave it ticked.
When finished, click apply, then OK, and reboot to see the difference.
A box will come up on reboot - tick the box and press OK.

This assumes you are using XP, by the way - you didn't say.In addition to Calum's post...here is some useful info:

http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/startup.htmThanks alot for helpboth of you, it gets so confusing! I did the msconf thing but so many microsoft not sure which ones to do. Lately it freezes up on me get program not responding & nothing. Also getting a box that says runner error. Gonna look at the site you gave. By the way its win XP.on reading this post, made me think of the situation we are having here at work. We use all pc Windows XP professional. 3 computer are behaving strangely, They are all the same model one and purchased around the same time. Make IBM Netvista. Initially these machines were on Windows 2K but for about 3 years now we are using windows XP.
This is going to be a long one,I am not sure if i am posting this in the right section of the fourm whether it is a virus problem or a windows problem.
at start one of these computers started hanging up when the person was working on it. Then at that time even using ctr+Alt+Delete did not work to bring up the TASK manager to end the programme. Then we noticed the problem became more when we tried to use outlook or connect to the internet. Then windows would never start up.the Window XP screen with the little blue dots running across up but we don't see the dots moving as when windows is loading. It is just stuck and would remain like that for hours. Now two other computer as i mentioned earlier are having the same problem.
These machines are connected to the Corporate network. and are on line all the time. AV being used is Symantec Corporate edition version 9 with updates being sent via the corporate server also Windows updates come that way.
Occasionally we manage to get one of the machines started up and can do some work, but it stall in between and remains that way. The people who are using that machine are also stupid they are in such a hurry and switch off the machine manually without waiting, I am wondering if they could have corrupted the windows system by doing that. Or could their be a virus problem. I am very sure that one of the computers was well protected with the antispyware programmes like spybotS&D and Adaware, also had windows defender RUNING in the backround. But I feel these were not being updated and run routinely.
the possiblity of downloading any patches is out as these computer will lock up when connected to the NET
Any suggestions or helpfull ideas. By the way my systems adminstrator has looked at them and says that some one has installed some new hardware. But we know very well that nothing has been done as such.

cheers
The Saint.Although the topics may seem similar, they probably have very different solutions.
It's always better to start your own thread for your own problems.
Thanks.

after having a blue screen caused by well-know(I guess) Cdr4-2K.sys and Cdralw2k.sys damaged drivers which were solved by some good (I hope) Microsoft advise, I got the system back again but.....my 2 Music HD's contain now 2 x 180Gb with music that is great but doesnt belong to the title of the song.....It seems that all music has changed places..!!!!! Playing Satchmo's trumpet music I get Vivaldi's music and even Frank Sinatra now sounds like Billy Joel...pure catastrophe..what now? And what happened...

I did remove the mentioned drivers and cleaned the registry and restarted again and all was well, is what I thought, until I wanted to hear some songs I knew belonged to Uncle Satchmo and well...crycrycrycry...what now?

W2K, 2048RAM, AMD Athlon 64, IE60, both WMP and VLC players(same bad crying out loud result in both), the E and F HD's with the screwed up music are WDCaviar 200Gb's 7200 rpm's...

Please help.... :-(((((((((((((((((((((((( strangely enough is the music I still have on C:\ the same I downloaded.....same artists, same music, same songlyrics....

!!!!!!!!!!!!! When putting my cursorarrow at the musicfile I get the correct title but in addition I get: Error, GetPopUpinfo.exe Not Found...!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is this someting that belongs to the musicfile or a Trojan or Virus, never seen this before... Is this a Trojan or something else threatening? get it when putting the ARROW (my cursor) to a musicfile.....no name or title, just that message in the "tag".... It's a component of dBPower amp...if you have this installed try un-installing it in Add/Remove and DLoad a fresh version and reinstall it...and this solves my problem as mentioned in the now closed topic? well, it didnt give me back the music it was supposed to play....it gave back the tag, but the file name doesnt play the right music....please re-instate my other topic...

Your two posts have now been merged. to avoid confusion.Thank you Moderator....still looking for a possibility to save 380Gb with music....lots of albums but most of them do not sound like the lable promissed anymore... it might have something to do with those cdr*.sys files that caused so much bluescreens, but has disappeared now when i just restarted the system, but the music is still "gone in a way"....

Help, anybody!!!??? it's QUEER to hear Pavarotti singing Black Sabbath and Black Sabbath playing Chinese Uhru... really nobody who knows or can suggest why 380Gb music over night gets corrupt?

it's like this:

It looks like santaClaus has TAKEN all the music from the E and F HD and spread it all over these HD's....without looking where the music landed (ought to be in the correct albums and the correct titles and the correct singers) Okay, I know that your ISSUE is taking longer than you wanted it to, but I will just go ahead and tell you this:
Give it another day, if you still dont have any responses, go ahead and create a new topic. Please remember to mention in your topic that another member suggested that you repost the entire issue again to get better troubleshooting.

Please remember, you will get a lot of advice that you have already received, but go ahead and try it all again to make sure nothing is missing.

ok, will try thanks....but it is horrible, the music is splattered all over the 2 harddiscs....sometimes I have to laugh despite the situation when I hear Pavarotti sing Hindumusic......well, he should sing Nessum Dorma, but I hear Ravi Shankar... ....music on C:\ is still ok...

Have tried all kinds of Players, no differences there...copying to another PC doesnt make a difference either.....putting the HD's in another PC...nope, sane problem..

but i have discovered that some albums are undamaged, but it is quite arbitrary....most of them either refuse to load or are just far beyond all imagination what music you can expect....lol.....even Metal is now changed into New Age...

Yesteryday i read a thread, if i right CLICK go to properties, go to settings, and then click advance. then bring the hardware usage all the way down. it would stop LAG. so i TRIED it. and now when ever i right click, it will say, windows explorer has encountered a problem. and when i open display under control panel, and i try going to advance settings to put it back the way it was, it doesnt work. it gives me an error

An EXCEPTION occured while TRYING to run "C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll,control_rundll
"C:\WINDOWS\sytem32\desk.cpl",display"


Solution?Can you give a link of that thread? Go to Start - Run , type REGSVR32 SHELL32.DLL in the box and click OK.
If that doesn't help,go to Start - Run - type sfc/ scannow (note the space) and press enter.
Have your Windows CD handy as you may need it.

I remember the thread you were on about, but it was bad advice.

How do I prevent Windows from automatically detect and install driver for a hardware?
I have a Motorola SM56 modem and I'm running on XP.
When I start Windows, it will install the driver but unfortunately the driver is not working - Windows prompts that there is an error and the device will not work properly.
I downloaded some drivers from the INTERNET and wanted to try them, but every time I uninstall the driver installed by Windows, Windows will install the same driver again when I start the Windows.
Please help.
Thanks.How about uninstalling the driver, then installing the one you downloaded straight away, without rebooting?The SECOND installation will prompt that a driver has been pre-installed then abort. Perhaps some files are not deleted during UNINSTALLATION until reboot.
Try rolling back the driver, then installing your driver of choice.

Alan <>< The system could not find a backed up driver.

I think there must be an option somewhere to enable/disable Windows from auto-detect and install new hardware...Top of the Page for your driver for XP.

Uninstall the old one in add/remove hardware. Double click the DLoad to install the new one and it should finish fine.

Try it first with the modem dis-connected to see if it prompts you to plug it in as it may contain a flash file for the hardware....Alright, after a few trial & error here and there, I FINALLY got the "driver installed successfully" message...but...after reboot, I got the "found new hardware" message again......and it loops again and again....

Is there any way I can manually remove all the driver files installed and go back to a clean one?So, no solution.

I get another modem.

Case closed.

its apparently a PROBLEM with the print processor according to my mate...any CLUES on how to SORT it now??

how to REMOVE norton

there you gook i removed nortan... its still running slow.

ill do anything for help at this point Do you have a Windows CD or Recovery CD from the manufacturer in case you need to format the hard drive and reinstall Windows?

If you right click on My Computer, does the System Properties panel show the correct amount of memory for your computer?Also how much free space is on that HDD ? ?

Run disk cleanup and defrag.

StyleXP is a known resource hog as well...K i ran defrag and clean up. and i booted, its better but not as good as it was before.
and no i dont have the recovery disk.
Because i bought this computer used, and it never came with the disk.

and i have 256mb of ram if thats what ur askingOh note, my cpu is going down. thats a good sign.
still LOTS of lag in my game. but i lowered memory to increase ram.
Computer running very fast. but all i care about is this game, thats the only reason i play on the computer...

Travel to crucial.com and enter your specs...it will tell you EXACTLY what type of RAM that machine takes.

I'd suggest another stick of 512MG would smooth things out somewhat.

What did you do about StyleXP ? ?i unistalled it.

but im confused.

one day it was working fine,

the next day slow as *censored*!

can someone explain? Do you always have that LAPTOP plugged into a wall outlet or do sometimes run on battery? I believe many laptops will throttle down, i.e. run at slower processor speed, when on battery. Don't know if that could be a factor here; just thought I'd mention it.nope dont gotta lap top...

maybe someone can list some things that cause low computer performance?software, games, i only play one game.. but idk its weird, its just not acting right!What's "idk" ? ?idk stands for " i dont know " but its pretty much FIXED.. just need to get more ram..

computer running good..

just games, and videos dont wanna play good.. thanks anywayI knew what it meant....

I just wanted to see you type it out.

I'm past my ability here sure could use some help. My problem is on starup (or rather restart). System is a few YEARS old ASUS MB, P4, 512RAM, ATI Vid, WIN XP SP2. When trying to restart (have always had occasional problem with ATI driver crashing) XP will get to 'Loading personal settings' then the mouse will stop RESPONDING vertically, the screen will go black, then go to the BSOD (or its XP equivilant) I think (onlyabout a third of the characters are rendered) but I can see the 1 to 100 counter checking the drive. Then it restarts in an endless loop.
I can get it to START in safe mode. I have tried to revert to previous working versions. Run an AVG virus scan. Tried to install the latested and greatest ATI driver (to no avail, I think because some install driver does not load in safe mode) (I could not update AVG for the same reason). I tried to reinstall XP SP2 (my slipstreamed version of XP and SP2) it HUNG up on the last restart and when I restarted manually, back to the loop. I tried Trend Micro's house call on line virus scan but just came up with a long list of 'vulnerabilities that could...'Have you tried removing that card and re-seating it ? ?
Check the contacts for crud as well. Clean them with Q-Tips and alcohol.

Might not be the problem but it won't hurt either...

hey there, my COMPUTER is driving me insane. when it was in WORKING condition i didnt start having problems until i downloaded limewire. yeah, big mistake that was. anyway, before the operating system quit loading completely my virus SCANS were tellin me that i had a trojan virus. this thing [censored] my computer!
to make a long story short, my computer starts up initially, but then goes to a black screen with a blinking cursor and it wont let me type ANYTHING. help please! Please be a little more careful with the language. We have a lot of younger members here.

Are you able to boot into reboot into Safe Mode?
What protection software do you have?
Using another computer, download AVG Free along with its latest virus definitions, burn them onto a CD, and put them on your computer. Run a full SCAN in Safe Mode.

Post back with an update and the answers to my first two questions.

Help!!

I have an "Acer Aspire 5100" that i'm TRYING to re-load Windows XP M.C.E.
on and no matter what I do it gets stuck at "Setup Is Starting Windows"
It just sits there......I've let it sit for over an HOUR and STILL nothing!
I'm beginning to lose it........Can someone please help me out!

Thanks!hai


first u check u r RAM.., if its working properly u do one ting check
u r bios SETTINGS ,

Afternoon,
Can someone EXPLAIN and suggest how can I get rid or solve the following; when my Laptop starts (Dell Inspiron 8600) there is an error message appearing, the message states: on the top corner; RUN dll, on the inside of the box; C:\WINDOWS\System32\olrslptm.dll not found. Believe me I have tried numerous places, people, but no luck. If anybody has encounter something like that, please share information on it, or any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. You may have been infected by a rootkit, they choose a random name for the file, so you won't find it by a web search, you MIGHT need to use some virus protection and use a program called Hijack This!

What operating system do you have?
What protection do you have?
How long has this been happening?

Please be advised...only used HijackThis to scan your computer and produce a log for us to look at. Don't TRY to fix anything yourself.Sorry guys, my second computer also went kaput (not sure if spelled correctly ). Anyhow until today I have access to my own computer. I took all of the information that I had and did a clean reinstall of the OS (XP). Also when trying to download HijackThis I had a problem so I took the path I previously mentioned. Anyways, now I will download HijackThis and have it just in case. Thanks for the response. Hope to SEE information here and maybe someday give ideas on fixing problems.

Toshiba M400-146 Tablet
OEM Windoze XP Pro Tablet

What an outstanding piece of equipment!!. I love using the Tablet operating system on this computer.

So far, everything external to this DEVICE has caused problems.
Not the device itself.

We bought it from PCWorld... and believe me you don't want to do that, no matter how much money you appear to be saving.

They charged us twice, and then declined to acknowledge the fact for near a month.

The bank (credit card) was afraid of them, since they are really a front for a major multi-national (DSG International). The Office of Fair Trading were (as you might expect) not much help, and the DATA Protection people... it was a non-authorised customer-not-present web tansaction using data passed between two companies after all... were about as much use as a nu-labour MP. ie. none at all, but they cost a lot.

Now it's the turn of the Tablet Windows. For those of you who are wondering, as I was for quite some time... think ordinary XP Pro with mainly the addition of one single application, "Tablet PC Input Panel".

Mate that program in Windoze with a "live" screen of some type... Tosh use a magnetic field, HP use an electronic grid, and you have the basics.

The Tosh WORKS as any other laptop... bit quicker of course with a T7200 dual core.. but otherwise...
Then pop the pen, lift up the screen and turn it back over to cover the keyboard, and you're into Tablet working.
Think stylus based PDA, with a 12" screen and the added ability to right click.

Can't recommend it highly enough.

Anyway... all was cooking as it should until day b4 yesterday.

I got a Canon IP6220D printer from our local discount store (39.99 new at netto) as our second HP all-in-one in as many years had just died on us. Time for a change... and never had Canon.
Beats the HP system all the way home so far.

After working through the day at times on an article and using printer etc. I had cause, which I had not for a week or more, to visit Device Manager.

It had left me.

Gone!!

The Window pane comes up, the buttons in it are there, but the Device Manager screen is now the error page we usually see in IE browser when it gets a bum address.

I tried Toshiba... who work from a premium rate phone line for "support" in the UK, otherwise forget it... no "Contact Us" email address even.

I tried Microshaft... who (helpfully?) sent us back to Toshiba, as the Windoze is an OEM and they don't want to know.

I tried a little program called XP Repair Pro, on the advice of a friend. No joy. It said that it had fixed literally hundreds of "errors", but this is certainly one it missed.

I tried the fixes and looking for the malware listed in the first few pages of this august company. De Nada.

Still no Device Manager.

As it happens, in the tons of possibly vital?? extraware Toshiba put on their systems, there is a Device Manager-like app.

However it still leaves the original problem... and when I came to think of it, it was not one that had not happened b4 on the old tin box (PC).

In that event I was put to using Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Device Manager... which got me in at least.

We did recover it on Tin Box eventually, but I am unable to remember now how it was done. You know how it is... old age, other things...

Anyone here know how please?

BTW, when the HP was working, it frequently used to jam up and the print queue refused to clear, no matter what.
One of the places I frequent had a post which solved it and since it's such a DILLY, and it takes me back to our days in DOS, I'll leave it here for you... sort of advance payment if you like... in anticipation...

To kill a print job on a PC in Windoze...

Go to the DOS command line... in XP it's in Start/Programs/Acessories
Type: NET STOP SPOOLER
This kills the job, and kills the printer driver function too.
To restart it all...
Type: NET START SPOOLER
And wait a minute or so whilst it resurrects itself.

Please help out with the above if you can... I'm not about to get any from Toshiba any time soon.
And if you want to know any more about Tablets... pm me.

QF

Is the subject your problem Decidedly

QF

Very interesting post there.
I agree with you about PC World and related companies, but don't stand for any of their nonsense.
If any company starts trying to charge you twice, do not stand for it.
You are the customer,you have the power, not them.
Remember - they're vying for your service, not the other way around.
Same goes for Toshiba and Microsoft - don't let them push you onto each other. It's Toshiba's duty to provide support for you, I assume you have a warranty of some sort?

Anyway, back to your IMMEDIATE problem.
How about if you go to Start --> Run --> type devmgmt.msc and press enter?
Does that work any better?
I seem to recall having this problem but I can't think how I solved it.
Can you post a screenshot so we can see exactly what you see?Thanks for taking an interest.

The msc run line didn't work, but then since Dev MGR screen fails to appear in either System or Administrative, I think we can presume that something pretty fundamental about it has taken a hike.
I wish, for the purposes of warning to others, I could point to something definitive as the culprit.

When we had the previous occurence on the Tin Box, it became clear that the access from the System avenue was somehow compromised. Access from the Administrative Tools was still possible.

Here that is clearly not the case. The same screen results from either call and also from the MSC call that you suggested we try in the RUN box.

Here's a pic from the Tosh... you can see the little Tablet PC Input Panel in the bottom of the screen... this time in it's conventional keyboard guise. This is the same as working with a stylus based pda.

A pen tap on the top button on the left of that panel however gets you to handwriting input with the pen, and the recognition is pretty good too.

Can't be a Microshaft app, it works too well. ;-))



QFTake a look here.
The issue seems to be exactly the same, and the same advice has even been given first off (no, it wasn't me).
See if either of the downloads suggested works for you.
Edit: I have made the link bold so it is easier to see. They can be a little hard to see on some backgrounds, sorry for not being clearer.Downloads??
I must have missed that reply

The issue is the same as ??

QF

The blue word "here" in Calum's post is a link. Try clicking on it.
Outstanding Gentlemen... and please pardon my Myopia.

The blue highlight in the word "here" appears on my monitor as very dark blue... and then only if I get close.

Typing the line "regsvr32 dmocx.dll" into the run box elicits the typically cryptic reply... in a small grey OK box...

DllRegisterServer in dmocx.dll succeeded

Tapping OK disappears the box...

BUT going to System in Control Panel this time... and the errant Device Manager is back.

Now please... what made it happen, and is there ought I can do to prevent it doing so again?

My compliments and sincere thanks to you sirs, and especially to Tech support Guy and Ramesh's site for the solution, and take an extra bow for being more use to windoze-using humanity than Toshiba and Microshaft combined.

QF


So it's sorted now, Device Manager works fine?
Excellent.
I'm not sure what made this happen or how you could prevent it.
The cryptic answer is that the DLL was unregistered, but I don't know why it would have been - perhaps from some software installed, perhaps a virus? Or maybe just a random glitch.
But at least you have the solution now, so if it should happen again you can fix it.

Hi,i had to reinstall w2k pro after chnging mb and cpu.After that F: partition of disk(WD 1500 ADFD)has been unusable.Files show up(with dos icons,not their own ones),but i can't execute exe:s,videos,etc.I tried run cmd,but result was "invalid path or filename".Please help,i really need to get all this stuff(10 gb) workingWhen you try to run things through cmd, do you use doublequotes on filenames that have SPACES (i.e. "C:\My Documents")?Tried that also,doesn't help.Tried chkdsk/f too,but didn't help.What about trying start -> run -> "Sfc /scannow"

Jonas Quote from: Jonas Wauters on June 16, 2007, 04:21:00 AM

What about trying start -> run -> "Sfc /scannow"

Jonas

I just joined the forum, so hoping someone can HELP, lol. The other day I sent an e-mail to a "friend...dumb as crap" on how to download Power Point Reader so she can view .pps files. Well she apparently tried it and couldn't get thru it and sent me an e-mail back that I knew had to be long or have an attachment as it said 325kb in the size of it. Now whenever that message is highlighted, I just totally FREEZE. I have NOTHING in the preview pane to indicate what is there, so I end up having to cnt, alt, delete to get task manager to end the program. If I totally avoid that message, I can still open and SEND other e-mails. I can't delete it and I want it out of there. I asked her what she sent and she said she copied and pasted something that she saw when she was trying to download and it MIGHT be big. My question is what can I do to get rid of that message. I have run all my virus programs, spyware programs, etc. and it doesn't do anything. The only thing I see when I close it down from the error report is hungapp and ApplName is msimn.exe
Can someone please give me some ideas.
I have Windows XP, service pack 2, Dell Dimension 4600. Not sure what else you need to know. I've searched the FAQ's today SINCE I joined the forum, so I'm hoping someone much more KNOWLEDGEABLE than I'll ever be can help. Sure appreciate it all. Love this site, it does help alot. Have a great day. Try booting into safemode and deleting it from there...
Tap F8 repeatedly as the machine is starting before Windows loads...If patio's suggestion does not work, see The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express. Compacting messages, as directed in the article, may solve the problem.I figured it out and got rid of it. I clicked on EDIT and then did a FIND. In the box I just typed the subject POWER POINT and did a browse. It came up, I then went up to Edit again and DELETED it. Hoooooray, its gone. I appreciate your responses though. Thanks.

How do I change my Internal IP address?Is this your own home network? How many computers?Yes it's my own network. 6 computers.Do you want to change all of them or just one?just oneYou will have to assign a static IP that is outside the range currently being assigned. How do I do that, In the router settings? or from each individual computer?From each individual computer. If you want to change all of them, you can go into the routers setup and change the range ALLOWED for assignment. This would require all the computers to release and renew the IP's or a reboot.Thanks for helping but I worked it out. I was assigning the IP Addresses for each computer in the router settings. When i went to see attached devices it showed up the computers connected but the IP didn't change.

So I assigned all the internal IP's then went to each computer, went into the command prompt, typed ipconfig /release then ipconfig /renew and then the internal IP changed.I can't just change the range. Because I need to assign an internal IP to each computer. I have assigned them to each MAC Address for each computer so that war driver's can't use my internet.

If a war driver cracks my passkey for the router they won't be able to get in because his MAC address will be dis allowed by my router.Allow "Broadcast" SSID to ASSOCIATE? Yes No

If you have this setting in your router, make use of it. It should prevent your SSID from being broadcast. If they don't know you are there, they won't try to connect.

edit: MAC addresses can be CLONED. You should limit the number of IP's that can be assigned to the minimum necessary.I turned off SSID Broadcasting a while AGO and then my laptop couldn't find the network. So I turned it back on.

I have 6 computers, the router's IP is 192.168.1.1 (Default) and then for the 6 computer's their range is from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.7

So I have limited the number of available IP's but most of the time there will only be about 3 computers turned on, So there are still plenty of IP's available for use of
War Drivers. But I don't think I'd get anyone War Driving in my town because the population is about 4000 and there are only about 10 people I know that know a lot about computers like I do.

help me plss..

here i giv details:



Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
mainboard: Micro- STAR International (MSI) P4M266-8233
system type: X86- based PC
RAM: 768 MB
sound/vidoe card: Vinyl AC'97 Codec Combo Driver (WDM)/ NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
antivirus/spyware/adware/malware: trend micro PC- cillin internet SECURITY 2007, ver 15.3 build 1073/spybot - search & destroy 1.4
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)Did you try to run "CHKDSK /F" or yet better "Sfc /scannow"
start -> run -> Type those things and see
By the way SFC might ask for you OS's CD but the change is low.

Jonas
I had this problem its a definite virus.

Navigate to regedit.exe or regedt32.exe 's location, copy and paste it to another location and rename to regedit2.exe

It should then run - you need to run a good virus scan in safe mode and also may need to run additional batch files etc.Even if it is a virus the problem would be solved if you use my way but the question is for howlong.
Try What deltaslaya suggested and see how it turn out.
Try to scan and remove the virus first then run SFC.
then everything should be solved.
What protection do you have at this moment?

Jonas i've try to rename the regedit.exe to regedit2.exe but an error occur, it sez:

REGISTRY editing had been disabled by your administrator

what make me confuse is, i am the administrator!

anybody please help me...........You have to enable it through Gpedit.msc.
Can you access it. If you can, I (or someone else) will tell you how to do it.i just found that this problem is coz by a virus " [emailprotected] "

the solution i found is:

Open your start menu click Run and paste in the folowing command: REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f Submited By HaXxOr.

thank to HaXxor.

however after i RESTART back my PC, the problem is still there, cannot open regedit,msconfig n gpedit.mscQuote from: anonymous on June 16, 2007, 08:28:21 PM

i just found that this problem is coz by a virus " [emailprotected] "

the solution i found is:

Open your start menu click Run and paste in the folowing command: REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f Submited By HaXxOr.

thank to HaXxor.

however after i restart back my PC, the problem is still there, cannot open regedit,msconfig n gpedit.msc

Have recently had to install a genuine Windows XP Home.

Then SUCCESSFULLY re-installed (or so it says) the software etc., for my digital camera. However, when I TRY to access the program from the desktop, all I get is a box saying Windows needs to configure 'PhotoGallery' - then asks for a CD Rom of that name - which I haven't got - never had - don't know anything about. Then I get Error 1706???

The only way to close the box is to use Task Manager.

Any suggestions or help WOULD be appreciated.Try visiting the camera manuf. website to SEE if the installer is part of that software package...mm2011 ...... Is your Camera a Kodak easy share by any chance ?

dl65 Sorry for delay in replying to you.

No, it's an HP Photosmart M407 Digital. Everything worked fine until I re-installed it after having a new genuine windows package. Have used it successfully for 18 months or so previous to that.

Having this difficult problem where the date/time in my computer is backdated to the date/time last logged off. It STARTED with the problem whereby have to change the setting in the bios (due to weak battery?) Now, after chnaging BATTERIES and clear cmos. the problem of the wrong date/time happens. Anyone can help? Thanks.calvina ..... Are you not able to set the correct time and date in the bios and then save changes and exit ?

BTW, what time and date are being displayed ?

dl65


I could either change from the bios or in Win XP. The time date shown will be base on the last time I log out from windows (and switching off the power supply).Is the battery in correctly? Was it new?Just change another new battery. Still having the same problem. Are you saying the time in your BIOS settings do not change...even after you change it then exit...saving your settings?

If the time in your BIOS is being displayed correctly, but not in Windows...and you've just replaced the CMOS battery...try going into your time settings and synchronizing the time with an Internet server. Disable your firewall before you do this. Firewalls have a tendency to prevent the synchronization process.

If you're certain the CMOS battery is new and seated properly and the time is not being displayed correctly in either BIOS or Windows XP, then I might suggest a BIOS UPDATE. However, please note...flashing the BIOS should only be done as a last resort.

What is the make and model of your computer?I could change the time in BIOS and time is correct also in Win XP. The time stop once I log off. When I log in for example the next day, the time shown will be the time which was yesterday that I last log off.

No, time in BIOS & windows are the same

Already did a BIOS update few months ago.

DIY -Shuttle AN40 old motherboard with AMD2.5 XP G, 1GB ram. This problem only starts recently and do not have this problem for the past 5 years. I would like to focus on how we are using the phrases "log in" and "log out". Do you mean the standard NT/XP/2K login/logout, or are you talking about switching the PC on and off?


what I mean was switching the PC off = log off, switching the pc on - log on.have you cleared CMOS?
Quote from: contrex on June 09, 2007, 12:07:07 PM

have you cleared CMOS?

after a clean format c:\ and a clean install without Internet but with Sygate and AVG INSTALLED from .rar FILES...W2K (official one, paid for...build 2095 + SP1...lol...)and before you see the other items on the pic....they became reality after making a pic of this incredible stupid registry...lol...I had the impression most of the registry numbers here on RegCure would be in the zero's?? And yes even before I patched W2K with SP4 and the other 175 patches...lol...
I would not put to much store into this type of utility software, as unless you know what you are looking at you can panic and read the info as faults, without knowing the hardware ands oftware etc installed in your pc its very difficult to judge but do not JUMP to conclusions. nothing in the report looks bad.
a windows Registry is a complete note/list/order of the computer its communication system, software, hardware, everything and it is extremely difficult to give an easy guide to such a complicated data store,
don't panic, is the computer working, is the network and internet working, is there ay problem with the computer?Ignore it, it's probably another scam program with lots of false positives.
So in other words, yes it's normal, no don't worry about it.If you want a legitimate free registry cleaner, try CCleaner.Win2K is up to SP4...has been for awhile. I'd suggest grabbing those updates.

I'm also curious why Sygate and AVG were .rar files as they are free ....you may not be as protected as you think.Patio, think you misunderstand

the sygate and avg software came from another disc (most of my other warez are in .rar form...)and my original disc had only SP1 so I updated it as you can read....just wondered about the lots of figures have a nice weekendQuote

with Sygate and AVG installed from .rar files...

Dear to all ;


I forget the Administrator Password , i boot up in safe MODE ALSO but there also it is asking password how to break the passowrd .. i have lot of datas in that ..

please help me i think....

try booting up in safe mode, should be able to log on as admin, and edit other profiles...

i could be wrong but worth a shot..I loged as a admin also but still it is asking the password
im stumped then, SORRY my knowledge is limited tbh.

if it was easy, using passwords would be worthless. This is not a cracking site.
How does one forget an admin password...short of amnesia ? ?Info here http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htmwhile booting pres the F8 button so u get them safe mode OPTIONS ...
when u do that choose for Safe mode with command prompt
then when it starts ,, type in: "net user" without the quotes,, so u see which users u have on ur pc ..
then u pick a user,, in ur case its the Administrator then u type in the next: "net user 'username' *" .. NOTE* dont forget the star ..
then u type in the new administrator password ,,
let me know if it works .Hope this is your computer. with the "net user administrator", are you sure you need an asterix, try without it and tell me what happens

hey guys ..
i wonder if its possible to convert a FAT32 to NTFS WITHOUT losing any data within the COMMAND prompt ..
i have a winxp pro + service pack

Help appreciated.Well, the convert tool has converted plenty of filesystems for me without damaging data.

There's no need to emphasise WITHOUT like that. We're not stupid.

How to use the convert tool from the command line

(Assumes drive letter is C, change as NEEDED)

VOL C:

NOTE the name of the DISK in the first line, and the Volume Serial Number (for example, 3F4E-2D1B) in the second. Then type:

CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS

It will ask for that name in confirmation. Then it will ask two further questions. Reply Y each time to set up conversion to happen at the next boot, then restart the MACHINE. (If you are converting a partition other than the operating system’s partition, you may find that it runs without rebooting.) After returning to Win XP, the hard disk will work for two or three minutes, tidying up. Leave things alone during this time.