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New computer build;
MB Asus M3A32-MVP DELUXE/WIFI-AP
Video Radeon HD 3870
CPU AMD Phenom 9600 Quad
MEM Corsair 4GB Dominator
HDD SEAGATE SCSI 300 GB
SCSI Adapter Adaptec 29230
WinXP Pro OEM

I have formatted the disk using the SCSI card program. Using WIN XP Pro SP2 and using the SCSI card drivers from Adaptec when asked using F6, when it says that Windows is being installed it reboots. Once I got clear to the license agreement and the option to partition and format the drive. When I hit RETURN it rebooted and I have not been able to get even that far since. Help!
Have you RAN that card with XP before ? ?
If not you may NEED the latest drivers:

Here Ya Go...You know, in the middle of the night I wondered if my board and XP could handle 4 GB of RAM. It couldn't. I removed two and everything went as expected. Thanks for the response.

I've reformatted the HD and reinstalled XP Pro but I haven't got my CHIPSET software to REINSTALL. I've searched the net but I can't find the Chipset software for "Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family". What can I do? The motherboard is a "Packard Bell" which I don't think are made anymore (it's about 5yrs old and the useless vendor never supplied the original disk(s)).
I've tried loading what looked like the nearest THING on the Intel website and it seemed to load OK, but when I try to connect the modem, the software PROVIDED for that purpose tells me that it can't find the modem so I suspect the chipset software. WOE is me: at wit's end. Any ideas, ANYONE?http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intel915g/

Hiya, i accidently put a folder on my keyboard it PUSHED down on some keys and now my screen has TURNED CLOCKWISE to the right..so now my whole screen has turned to the side.

can anyone help me as i dont know how to get my screen back to normal and i CANT keep writing to the side LOL thanks xtry ctrl + alt + one of the arrow keys.

PS there's no need to write all that HELLPPP MEEE stuff.

I have an old IBM thinkpad 600 that needs to be reformatted, wiped clean and re-installed with Windows. Currently running 2000 that came pre-installed with it. I have XP that I will probably PUT on. PROBLEM - There is NO CD Rom drive! Only Floppy.

Is there any way I can use a flash drive with the XP CD copied to it or do I have to buy the CD Rom drive for the old computer just to install Windows again? This almost costs as much as the computer.

Please give ideas... really LOVE the old fart of a computer, all I use it for is WORD processing and internet, but it needs a good slate CLEANING, having lots of errors (no viruses, but something must be CORRUPT).With a Pentium II and 64 MG of RAM you may be asking that machine to do too much...

My daughters COMPUTER will start up and comes as far as her screen saver. There are no icons or start up menu and there is a message saying BROWSEUI.dll can't be found re install APPLICATION. How do I do this and how can I do anything when there is no menu to use. I need replys to be in very straight forward easy to understand as I am not fantastic with computers when they go WRONG. Thanks everyone for any help.Try these instructions to do SYSTEM Restore: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304449

Or you might try starting in safe mode with networking, and downloading the file from http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?browseui, and then extracting it to System32. You copy it under DOS if needed. It is usually good to have a free Linux live CD on hand, like Puppy Linux, for cases like this. Boot from the CD drive, and you can go online.

You may also have a BACKUP in either Windows\System32\dllcache or c:\windows\servicepackfile\I386Windows version, and exact error message, please.

While reformatting my computer i put in the op SYSTEM disk and booted up my computer. I then clicked F12 to load from CD rom, after this it said there was a disk error Ctrl+Alt+delete to restart. I did that and tried a different disk since i had 2 for xp and same problem.


Please any help is appreciated.Could be your CD drive, or you have TWO SCRATCHED disks...
Why do you press F12? What brand of computer is it?

First, some background information.

I recently BOUGHT a NEW hard-drive and DVD-R drive, both SATA. I hooked them both up, installed Windows on the new hard-drive and managed to install my mother boards drivers.

Both installing Windows XP and the Drivers required CD's, and my DVD-R worked perfectly for those, however, once the drivers were installed I tried to use a DVD and it stopped working.

The first thing I did was perform a system restore, as I had nothing to lose in doing so (it being a new hard-drive and me not having installed anything on it) after the system restore my CD-Drive appeared to be working again, however, I didn't actually need to run anything off it (as the executable for my drivers remained despite the system restore).

That's the background, now let me give you all the relevant information:

Windows detects nothing wrong with it, I've been through all their trouble-shooting and I came to these forums in hopes of getting something that's not taken directly out of a troubleshooting guide.

If I have a CD in my drive Windows does not start up, it stays at 'welcome' for a while then goes into a blank desktop (that is, a background without and GUI)

While I can't see any particularly eye-catching words/phrases/brand-names on the DVD-R drive, in device manager it is called 'HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH20NS10'

If you need any further information ask for it in this topic, although I'm not sure what else I can provide.

Thanks.Did you double check the MBoard layout to see if the HDD is on SATA1 and the DVD on SATA2 ? ?Thank-you for your speedy reply patio, as for your concern the hard-drive is on SATA1 and the DVD on SATA2. Windows detects them as being on 'Location 0: Primary ATA Channel' and 'Location 0: Secondary ATA Channel' respectively.

Would it have even worked in the first place if this wasn't the case? Not rhetorical, I don't have much more than a users knowledge of computers.No it probably wouldn't as the drivers for the DVD need to be on the boot drive which would be the Windows HDD...
If it looked at the DVD first it wouldn't find drivers and move to the 2nd SATA device by default.
Try re-installing the SATA drivers for the DVD drive...Quote from: patio on MARCH 25, 2008, 03:03:15 PM

No it probably wouldn't as the drivers for the DVD need to be on the boot drive which would be the Windows HDD...
If it looked at the DVD first it wouldn't find drivers and move to the 2nd SATA device by default.
Try re-installing the SATA drivers for the DVD drive...

Ok so yesterday my friend was installing some RAM on is XP system and when he started up the machine it goes in to a black screen that says "NO BOOT DEVICE DETECTED, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE OR PRESS F2 TO SETUP MENU"

how can this be fixed? is it normal??What this means is that the computer can't find the hard drive or that the drive has gone bad.

I would try to check the cables to the hard drive. Make SURE they are seated all the way.

Let's start by removing the new ram and see what happens.I suspect incompatible RAM...

But you could try a few consecutive cold boots...the BIOS is easily confused.removing the new ram still causes the same error, but it NEVER HAPPENED before..and how do I cold boot?Complete shutdown...wait 3 minutes a na re-boot...nope none of that, could have something to do with IDE settings? like here http://www.windowsbbs.com/hardware/83889-no-boot-device-detected-insert-system-disk-press-f1-continue-2.htmlhe didnt IDE have anything in IDE either...just "No IDE settings, press any KEY to continue" (or something like that) which just goes back tothe orginal "No Boot Device Detected" screen.

I'm almost positive he accidently touched something he shouldnt have but idk. what if I get a pic of his harddrive or something??If he was messing around in the BIOS ALL bets are off as it could be 50 different things.
Remove all power from the wall socket...
Open the case and remove the CMOS battery on the MBoard....



Leave it out for 10 minutes and reverse the steps.
This will re-set the BIOS back to it's default settings.the battery is the one with + on it right? I'll tell himPart # CR2032...

Hello folks,

It STARTED a couple of days ago when I started my IE7,
the History folders for 7Weeks ago, 6Weeks ago,...
Yesterday were there but there was nothing in the folders .
Now it seems that every TIME I close the IE, and then
open it again, the Today folder also is also cleared .

What is going on?

Thank you for your help...

ziloo

Look in Tools, Internet Options, and look at the General tab. If the box for "DELETE browsing history on EXIT" is checked, CLEAR it.

..... that has been disabled in the start-up menu to reduce start-up time.

If I disable programs from loading during start-up how or where do I find them when I need to use them? or once disabled is that 'it' Go to the folder in which the program installed and find the .exe file. You can then right-drag, drop, and create shortcut on the desktop or in the Start menu. Or you can just double-click on the .exe file if you prefer.What are you using to dis-able startup apps ? ?Quote from: patio on December 20, 2009, 10:10:44 AM

What are you using to dis-able startup apps ? ?

... "How do I disable little used applications in the start menu to reduce start-up time, then find them again to use when required"...

I'm fairly certain he or she means "startup folder"

Which ones, for example?

hi here is the entire scenario for the past few months occasionally my computer has had this problem where ill be on the internet and a bunch of windows will just pop up repeatedly i figured it was a virus (since my file numbers were always increasing) but i could never find anything so i would just restart my computer

but the last time this happened, i turned on my computer it would show dell media direct as loading and then a blue screen would open i would say "a problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to this computer" it would show the stop error 0x00000073 CONFIG_LIST_FAILED 0x73 and tell me to start in safe mode to remove the problem ( a note at the bottom it would say physical memory dump complete or something like that).

i looked at all sites for help and all of them said start in safe mode...heres my problem, when i try to start in safe mode the blue error screen shows up but with the stop code 0x00000007b now startup method would get me to my home screen.

ive checked all the bios settings and theyre fine and i cant figure this out... any help?You need to post WHOLE, and EXACT error MESSAGE.

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevnt damage to your computer.

CONFIG_LIST_FAILED

If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears agin follow these steps:

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any Windows updates you might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode.

Technical Information:

*** STOP: 0x00000073 (0x00000001, 0xC000017D, 0x00000005, 0xF6CC6BB8)

Beginning dump of physcial memory
Physical memory dump complete.
Contact your system administrator or technical support for further assistance.

When I try to start in safe mode, this pops up:

The same first 2 paragraphs of the larger message (above) and then these steps to follow:

Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed HARD drives or hard drive controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated.
Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.

Technical information:

*** STOP 0x0000007B (0xF798C524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)CONFIG_LIST_FAILED error usually indicates low RAM, or low disk space.
Can you boot to Windows at all, or you're stuck with errors?

Please, post some computer info:
- processor type, amount of RAM (hold Windows key, hit Pause/Break key)
- hard drive size/free space (open "My Computer", right click on hard drive letter, click "Properties")
Processor type : intel CORE 2 duo
I have 2048 mb installed of memory and 2038 avalible

That's all I can get sorry I can getfrom the boot menu setup. Should I change the boot sequence and reinstall vista? Quote

STOP 0x0000007B

Can you boot to Windows at all, or you're stuck with errors?

I tend to think that this is some sort of tricky virus. I've had this happen to T W O computers in a week's time... one of them being a hardly used Compaq desktop barely a year old, the second one being an ancient Toshiba Satellite laptop.

Since I'm not a computer whiz, I could be wrong, but has anybody explored that possibility?

January 06, 2009

You need to post WHOLE, and EXACT error message.

I have a laptop that got unplugged and dies last night . XP with AMd processor. tried to turn it on and it went to the "windows did not load sucessfully screen, tried all modes and it seems that it flashes the BSoD after the loading or during the loading of MUP.SYS driver and restarts and loops back to the windows did not load sucessfully screen.

Please help!Boot to safemode and in Control Panel/System disable "auto-restart on errors..."
Re-boot and post the entire BSOD message including the gibberish...won't boot in Safe modeHow are you attempting safemode ? ?
F8 needs to be tapped repeatedly upon powerup and before you see the Win splash screen.I am selecting it on the windows did not load successfully screen. I will try to use the F8 method. TYtried F8, did nothing but go directly to the windows did not load sucessfully screen. I got the BSod:

A problem has been detected & Windows has been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer.

UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow the following steps:
check to make sure any new hardware or software is propertly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any Windows updates you might need.

If problem continues, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory option such as Caching or shadowing.

If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer Press F8 to select Advanced Start up Options, and then select Safe Mode.

Technical Information:
*** STOP: 0x000000ED (0x8A597368, 0x0000006,0x00000000,0x00000000)


thank youhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/297185I have a GATEWAY and when I start it up with the Operatings system disc in, it goes to the Gateway recovery system and the only option is to Format and re-install windows XP. anyway i can avoid re-formating my HDD?1. System Changes.
a. Have you made any hardware or software changes recently?
b. Have you modified the BIOS SETTINGS recently?
c. Has your system clock been losing time or displaying WRONG date-time-group?

2. Boot hard drive. Does it physically use IDE or SATA interface?

3. Operating System. What operating system and service pack level is Gateway system CURRENTLY at; e.g. Windows XP Home Edition SP3?

4. chkdsk. On general principle, I would boot to Windows XP Recovery Console and EXECUTE the "chkdsk /p /r" command; in the hopes it would repair any file corruption. Don't interrupt it, let it run to completion. Then enter "exit" command to permit system to restart.

If that doesn't fix it, re-enter Recovery Console and execute the "fixboot" command, then "exit" to permit system to restart.

5. Recovery Console.
a. You may download and create five (or is it six?) floppy disk volume set that will permit you to boot into recovery console.
b. You may download and "write" (not copy) bootable Recovery Console CD-R.
c. You may borrow a Windows XP setup CD. Not sure what version or service pack level it must be.

6. Reference:
Stop 0x000000ED (UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME)

I have problem with my CD Room, Thats why I could not boot from CD Room, I want to know that is there any other way to boot XP with out using CD Room?Do you mean CD ROM? Why do you need to boot from a CD ROM to get into XP?Well, you could always go to another room.

1) Why are you trying to boot from the cd?
2) Is the problem with the cd drive or the cd itself?I have problem with my CD Rom, Let me explain in detail, Let us suppose my operating system has been crushed and I need to install a new Operating System XP, and it requires to boot from CD Rom. And my CD Rom is not working. How can I install XP now?It's been crushed? Wow!

Well, if the hard drive is still intact, you could borrow another XP CD. It has to be the same version. ALSO, you will need to know the product key of the original, "crushed" O.S.Actual problem is I have notebook, i am not talking about the desktop PC. Thats why I can't attach another cd rom with my pc. every thing else is working fine. now what could be the solution?If you can get the Windows XP "i386" directory (which contains the setup files) on your hard drive along with a bootable operating system capable of initiating Windows XP setup, you're good to go. A Windows 98SE startup disk (floppy boot disk - see www.bootdisk.com) contains an operating system capable of doing this (MS-DOS 7.1).

Basically you'd be setting up a dual boot system preferably with multiple partitions. You would install the operating system of the boot floppy (MS-DOS 7.1) to a primary partition ("system" partition) which must be formatted either FAT16 or FAT32. The "i386" directory would either be copied to this partition or another FAT16/32 partition. The Windows XP operating system should be installed to its own partition formatted either FAT32 or NTFS which may be done later during its installation. The Windows XP setup may be initiated from MS-DOS by executing the ":\i386\winnt" command.

There are details you may trip over if you don't research this first. But it is doable. You must ensure the "active" primary partition boot record (not the Master Boot Record) looks for the MS-DOS 7.1 boot files. Not sure if you need IDE hard drive interface with MS-DOS 7.1. How would it handle a SATA drive? (Maybe if BIOS was set to IDE compatibility mode?)

How you transfer the files to "target" hard drive is up to you.

The practical solution is "fix" the CD-ROM drive.Sounds like it's one of the newer netbooks that shipped with Linux possibly and he's attempting to install XP on it...
These units have no optical drive.1. Restore/Recovery Partition. Is there a "hidden" restore/recovery partition on the hard drive?

2. USB Boot.
a. Does your system BIOS support boot from any USB devices (CD-ROM, floppy, thumb/flash, or external hard drive)?
b. Is so, perhaps you may boot a SUITABLE operating system from USB to setup your hard drive?

3. No CD-ROM Drive. What a wonderful opportunity to learn how system startup really works?

4. Vendor Support. What solution does the "vendor" suggest? Surely they want to maintain a satisfied customer base.

Will they "ship" you another preinstalled hard drive (for a price)?

5. Define "Crushed". You sure the existing operating system can't be fixed by judicious replacement of boot records and/or files?

Edit: Added "CD-ROM" to list of potential USB boot devices. 19Dec2009 --dahlarbearQuote from: patio on December 19, 2009, 06:58:59 AM

Sounds like it's one of the newer netbooks that shipped with Linux possibly and he's attempting to install XP on it...
These units have no optical drive.

Having already installed operating system could be useful in re-installing the OS?

I work in a computer lab at a community health center. I just started WORKING there and I realized no one in the building had any of the admin passwords to the computers. I brought in a Windows password reset disc and reset all of the admin passwords. This is when I got the bright idea to install the Adobe creative sweet at work off of my external HD. I only tried this on my computer, and the installation failed. Half of the CS was installed and half wasn't. This seemed to have caused some problems for me.

When I attempted to startup the computer, my desktop would load, but some of the icons wouldn't fully load (they were STUCK as the default exe icon). I could move my mouse, but when I put the cursor over the Start menu button, all I got was an hour glass. I couldn't click on any of icons at all.

I rebooted into safe mode and it worked perfectly. I tried to remove the CS in add/remove programs, but it failed. I think this is because it wasn't fully installed. I deleted all of the folders I could find (other then flash player and adobe reader), then downloaded the CS4 cleanup script, but this failed to clean up my system as well. When I went back into add/remove programs and tried to uninstall the CS, it said it had already been removed, and it disappeared off the list. Something tells me it isn't fully removed.

I tried a selective startup where I turned off all of the startup programs. This seemed to have worked. So I started going back THROUGHT the list allowing some of the start up items. I thought that it was the CS4 startup programs that were causing my troubles (which for the most part they were), but now even with ALL startup values disabled, it still freezes.

I can use the internet, but if I click on the start menu it takes a while to load. When it finally loads, whether I click off of it or on a program, it disappears and my computer freezes. I can still use my mouse.

Specs:
Intel C2D E7200 @ 2.53GHz
0.98 GB of RAM (1 GB)
Windows XP SP3

Important points:
- My mouse still moves around, just can't click
- Safe mode runs smoothly
- Selective startup still freezes eventually
- System Restore was never enabled on any of the computers in the lab
- I'm 90% sure there is no malware/virus. It worked fine before I tried to install the CS series.So you've only tried this on you own home computer so far, right? You didn't do this to any of the work computers, right?

Have you unplugged the external drive yet?

Have you been to device manager? If safe mode works it could be a driver issue.

Have you been to event viewer yet?

In msconfig check for services that may be tied to the program.

Revo uninstaller is a good free UTILITY that will help uninstall programs and it also removes their traces.

What virus protection are you running? Do you scan your external drive?Quote from: JJ 3000 on December 01, 2009, 09:07:56 PM

So you've only tried this on you own home computer so far, right? You didn't do this to any of the work computers, right?

Have you unplugged the external drive yet?

Have you been to device manager? If safe mode works it could be a driver issue.

Have you been to event viewer yet?

In msconfig check for services that may be tied to the program.

Revo uninstaller is a good free utility that will help uninstall programs and it also removes their traces.

What virus protection are you running? Do you scan your external drive?

There are no errors in event viewer

Vino's Event Viewer v01c run on Windows XP in English
Report run at 08/12/2009 9:18:32 AM

Note: All dates below are in the format dd/mm/yyyy

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'Application' Log - error Type
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Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 27/11/2009 11:25:47 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 11711 Source: MsiInstaller
Product: Adobe Setup -- Error 1711.An error occurred while writing installation information to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation.

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'System' Log - error Type
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Log: 'System' Date/Time: 08/12/2009 8:55:58 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 7026 Source: Service Control Manager
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: eeCtrl Fips intelppm SAVRT SAVRTPEL SYMTDI

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 08/12/2009 8:54:36 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 10005 Source: DCOM
DCOM got error "%1084" attempting to start the service EventSystem with arguments "" in order to run the server: {1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 07/12/2009 3:02:48 PM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 10005 Source: DCOM
DCOM got error "%1084" attempting to start the service EventSystem with arguments "" in order to run the server: {1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 07/12/2009 12:46:59 PM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 10005 Source: DCOM
DCOM got error "%1084" attempting to start the service StiSvc with arguments "" in order to run the server: {A1F4E726-8CF1-11D1-BF92-0060081ED811}

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 07/12/2009 10:47:54 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 7026 Source: Service Control Manager
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: eeCtrl Fips intelppm SAVRT SAVRTPEL SYMTDI

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 07/12/2009 10:46:33 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 10005 Source: DCOM
DCOM got error "%1084" attempting to start the service EventSystem with arguments "" in order to run the server: {1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 07/12/2009 10:39:16 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 10005 Source: DCOM
DCOM got error "%1084" attempting to start the service EventSystem with arguments "" in order to run the server: {1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 07/12/2009 9:53:48 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 7026 Source: Service Control Manager
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: eeCtrl Fips intelppm SAVRT SAVRTPEL SYMTDI

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 07/12/2009 9:52:48 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 10005 Source: DCOM
DCOM got error "%1084" attempting to start the service EventSystem with arguments "" in order to run the server: {1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 04/12/2009 1:56:41 PM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 10005 Source: DCOM
DCOM got error "%1084" attempting to start the service EventSystem with arguments "" in order to run the server: {1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 04/12/2009 9:51:17 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 7026 Source: Service Control Manager
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: eeCtrl Fips intelppm SAVRT SAVRTPEL SYMTDI

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 04/12/2009 9:49:55 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 10005 Source: DCOM
DCOM got error "%1084" attempting to start the service EventSystem with arguments "" in order to run the server: {1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 03/12/2009 2:58:27 PM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 10005 Source: DCOM
DCOM got error "%1084" attempting to start the service EventSystem with arguments "" in order to run the server: {1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 03/12/2009 11:31:29 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 7026 Source: Service Control Manager
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: eeCtrl Fips intelppm SAVRT SAVRTPEL SPBBCDrv SYMTDI

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 03/12/2009 11:30:07 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 10005 Source: DCOM
DCOM got error "%1084" attempting to start the service EventSystem with arguments "" in order to run the server: {1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 03/12/2009 11:29:09 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 10005 Source: DCOM
DCOM got error "%1084" attempting to start the service EventSystem with arguments "" in order to run the server: {1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 03/12/2009 11:19:50 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 7026 Source: Service Control Manager
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: eeCtrl Fips intelppm SAVRT SAVRTPEL SPBBCDrv SYMTDI

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 03/12/2009 11:18:32 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 10005 Source: DCOM
DCOM got error "%1084" attempting to start the service EventSystem with arguments "" in order to run the server: {1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 03/12/2009 11:15:44 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 7026 Source: Service Control Manager
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: AFD eeCtrl Fips intelppm IPSec MRxSmb NetBIOS NetBT RasAcd Rdbss SAVRT SAVRTPEL SPBBCDrv SYMTDI Tcpip WS2IFSL

Log: 'System' Date/Time: 03/12/2009 11:15:44 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 7001 Source: Service Control Manager
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.

I work in a computer lab at a community health center. I just started working there and I realized no one in the building had any of the admin passwords to the computers. I brought in a Windows password reset disc and reset all of the admin passwords.

This contradicts what you're telling us...

Windows XP Home
Internet Explorer 8 SP3
Outlook Express 6
Microsoft Windows Live OneCare
=======================

Sometimes I have problems in receiving Emails. Contact(s) had to Email me several times the same message until I receive it.

I have contacted my ISP and they have check and update the settings.

I BELIEVE I do not have any virus as I am using Microsoft Windows Live OneCare.

Therefore, I WANT to KNOW how to repair/reinstall Outlook Express 6.

Please advise.

Thank you.
You can try a different email client (download and run Mozilla Thunderbird), but I sincerely DOUBT the problem is on your end.Thank you for your reply.

Have a good day.You're welcome.

i've set the RESOLUTION so that everything is too big for my screen, i cant change it back because i can no longer click APPLY... please help me
i have also tried backing up to a date before i made my mistake and it didnt work
i have an emachines with xp, very basicDid you happen to change the Font size in appearance ? ?Been there, DONE that... Is the "Apply" button in a window that you can't seem to move or make smaller? Or is it just out of reach, hidden under the "taskbar"?

Try to reposition window using:
o CASCADE
o Tile Windows Horizontally
o Tile Windows Vertically

To access those functions:
o Right click on "Taskbar"; context menu APPEARS
o Select appropriate one from context menuthe apply button accelerator is Alt+A.

Hi,

When I am cleaning up my PHOTO I often try to SELECT several at once using the "control+left click" keys so I can delete or move them. As I do so the computer suddenly makes copies of all the selected files. So then it is a big hassle to remove them all. If I try to use the same procedure on the copies (Control+Left Click) I only get multiple copies of copies... Aaaarrrggghh.

Is there a way to stop this from HAPPENING or another way to select and delete photos?

Many thanks

SampIf the photos are in sequence use the shift key instead of ctrl. Other than that, not sure why it's happening.The unwanted copying is probably the result of accidental drag/dropping. I have had this HAPPEN myself. The reason this happens is because you moved your mouse more than 4 pixels while clicking down on a file, so Windows assumes you’ve dragged the files and want to copy them, and is happy to litter your folder with duplicates. An easy way to fix it is to download & install the Microsoft TweakUI Powertoy, and use it to change the drag sensitivity to some figure greater than 4. Or you can do the same thing by manually adjusting these two registry settings upwards from the default value of 4

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\DragWidth
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\DragHeight



Tweak UI doesn't work in Vista, so in that OS you would have to use the manual method I think.
Hi,
I have noticed the same thing:
When DELETING Pictures in XP, the system somehow moves the picture(s) inquestion into a "new" folder, and to the Recycle Bin.
Trying to delete the "new" folder or the "new" pictures, again it will move the stuff to a "new" folder and the Recycle Bin.
You can find out by Deleting these Pictures and then search for Pictures created, say today, and they will be all over the place.
I don't know what I did to finally remove them, but I got rid of them.
You may want to look into dumping "Photo Gallery" or whatever. This controlling, pesky, bossing function forever appears when downloading pictures from a camera.

hope this helps
Salutations,

Just wanted to thank all who replied to my question.

The advice was very helpful and I have adjusted my "mouse drag time" and so far haven't
had any more trouble. Also didn't know the "shift+click" would select a series of photos.

Many thanks again
Samp

I am trying to uninstall old anti-virus program so I can install a new one I have downloaded but when I went into the CONTROL Panel & CLICKED on "Add or Remove Programs" it did not come up with the list of programs. I closed it & tried again but now I can't even get into the "Add or Remove Programs" window from the Control Panel, I click on it but nothing happens. Can I still install the new anti-virus program without uninstalling the other one first?No.
Your post indicates thee is SOMETHING very wrong with your PC.
It could EITHER be hardware or software.
Can you boot Windows in Safe Mode?

Thanks for your reply. The PROBLEM appears to have disappeared as I can now access the list on my control panel. Thanks again.Gremlins...Quote from: patio on December 20, 2009, 06:43:09 AM

Gremlins...

I have a Lenovo laptop with Windows XP on it.

When I got on my user tonight, my documents weren't there. I had to go through c drive and go the long way to my documents. But it's only with my user. I'm a computer administrator and I don't get it. It happened once with my brother, but it was fine once we restarted the machine.

I've been writing a book with WordPerfect X3. I had finished with it sometime LAST week while I was out on the road and I emailed it to myself once I got to a hotel with internet access. Now when I opened up the document tonight, it was there but it was missing like half of the book. It wasn't like someone deleted half of it. It was missing critical details that spent the past month putting in there. I checked my email as well and the version I emailed myself was only half way, along with the version I sent my sister though I emailed her the book today. HOWEVER, I opened up the document this morning and it was the full thing. It only did this with that one document. It also wasn't in the right order from "modified documents." It's acting like I haven't saved it in months, but I have and it's only doing it with this one document.

I'm sure that I'm not mistaking the document names. It's like the document went back in time to about a month ago. I don't understand it. It's only with that document. And I don't get how my email attachment is different either.

Someone please tell me what I have to do to get it back to normal. And if someone could tell me why I have to go the long way to get to my user alone, that would also be great.

I worked so hard completing this novel. Please help me get it back.1. Backup Data. Aside from the "failed" email copies, you haven't mentioned any "valid" off computer backup copies. Suggest you backup any "data" you need to save "off computer" and then try to sort this out.

With such weirdness, you need a "safe" backup before you start MUCKING with system diagnostic and/or recovery. Seriously, first backup WHATEVER you have, correct or not.

And you should avoid "writing" to the hard drive, as those writes may OVERWRITE the data you're trying to recover if the system believes those DISK clusters are available for reuse.

Burn the data to CD/DVD, an external USB (thumb/flash/hard) drive , or "slave" the hard drive to a working computer system (so you can just read from disk and not write to it). The last option though is "risky" if you don't know what you're doing.Hopefully this will help...

XP Professional.

I have installed a number of APPLICATIONS while LOGGED in as administrator.
At the question about "this user only" or "all users", I clicked "all users".
Now I created a new "limited" user.
The desktop for this new user has icons for the applications previously installed.
When I try to delete those icons I get the MESSAGE "Cannot delete . . . . . etc etc".
Even if I change the new user to "administrator" I still cannot delete the icons.

Maybe I MUST change the applications to be single user instead of all, but how to do this without uninstalling and re-installing?
Have you looked in this FOLDER? When logged in as administrator?

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop

Have Toshiba Satellite A45-S121 W/XP. Space bar QUIT WORKING, no RESPONSE. Have cleaned but still INOP. Any ideas? ThanksRepair shop, maybe new keyboard.

I go to certain websites and I am automatically redirected to an unrelated site. What's causing this?What site(s)?

And run a FULL scan with BOTH your anti virus UTILITY AND MalwareBytes No particular site. And I have run ANTIVIRUS and ANTIMALWARE. I've gone to Trendmicro Housecall for a scan and I am directed to another site.Don't you have an anti virus utility installed? When I click on to certain websites, I get a popup for a brief survey. I can close the tab to get rid of it, but it is getting very anno >:(ying! Yes, I have Avira.I'd suggest you to to the malware forum at this site and follow the instructions in the announcement at the top of that forum.If you're saying it happens at various sites then you should run a full scan with your anti virus utility AND with MalwareBytesSince these are indications of the same issue i've merged the 2 Topics...Wow. Deja vuAll over again...as Yogi would say. I assure you, Yogi doesn't even know what Deja vu means. If he said half of what's attributed to him he'd be TWICE as smart as he never was.

I have lost my task manager, desk top icons and start menu/bar I am completely stuck and don't know what to do it won't EVEN let me do a system restore.
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!!!!!! Read this, follow the guide and try to be less loud.And maybe a little smarter - especially with your SUBJECT titles.the LINK you have given me is saying to add / remove programs etc... I have no control on the computer at all I am currently using my sons laptop to try and find a remedy I can litterally use ctrl+alt+del and even then I got no task manager option and that as ITCan you boot to safe mode?not giving the option already thought of that one
I have run out of ideas been workin on this all dayWhat do you mean you're not given the option? Reboot and start TAPPING the F8 key as soon as the system starts up. You'll be taken to a boot option screen. Choose safe mode.

Hello there fellas.

Here's what I wish to do:

I want all .docx files to open with MS Word 2007 as Administrator (runas).

I haven't figured out how to do it yet.
How do I do this? File Options? HKCR? PPE?

Why do I want to do this? Well, I have a bblean shell and it covers all of my Office buttons on top of Office2007 apps.. running as Administrator will bring back the normal Windows shell (explorer.exe) and thus I can see my buttons again.

What I have figured out is: how to run MS Word 2007 as Administrator (that's quite simple, just add runas /user:xyz\abcomputer /savecred)

Treval

Why not just go to word's file properties and check "Run this program as an administrator"?
I don't really see what you mean.
I don't find fields to change it.
You can only change it if it's a shortcut.Not true...you can change the .exe as well...Different program. Same idea.





Every time I start VB6, regardless of HOW I start it- even if I double-click a vbp file or module or what-have-you, it starts under the admin account.
Why do you show a Vista/Win7 screenshot when this is an XP subforum?
Or am I wrong?

I don't have that option and I'm on XP Pro SP3 with bblean shell.


Hmm, quite right, sorry about that.

Best I can come up with, is changin the ACTUAL association to use runas;

I was able to get it working for text files in my VM program; I CHANGED tje registry association to:

runas /env /user:%COMPUTERNAME%\Administrator "\"%SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE\" \"%1\""

so, for Word, you could probably change the KEY:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Open\command 's default value to

runas /env /user:%COMPUTERNAME%\Administrator "\"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE" /n /dde\"

here is a registry script that should do just that:

Code: [Select]Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Open\command]
@="runas /env /user:%COMPUTERNAME%\Administrator \"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office12\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n /dde"

I'm uncertain how runas will interoperate with DDE... you might need to tack:
Code: [Select]\"%1\"
in place of /dde

Hope this helps some. Sorry for the confusion re: Vista/XP.Nice, but the path was not correct.
I know, I'm smart enough to figure it out. ;P
I find "C:\Progam Files" a lame path.
I use "g:\appz" and stuff like that.

Even using the correct path, sadly it didn't work..
The bblean shell took over.

What kind of weird value is this for the 'command' key? ..
vUpAVX!!!!!!!!!MKKSkWORDFiles>tW{~$4Q][emailprotected]`,xaTO5 /n /dde

and my ddexec key has the value:
[REM _DDE_Direct][FileOpen("%1")]

Strange..
You're infected...Quote from: Treval on December 17, 2009, 03:00:59 PM

Nice, but the path was not correct.
I know, I'm smart enough to figure it out. ;P
I find "C:\Progam Files" a lame path.
I use "g:\appz" and stuff like that.

Even using the correct path, sadly it didn't work..
The bblean shell took over.

What kind of weird value is this for the 'command' key? ..
vUpAVX!!!!!!!!!MKKSkWORDFiles>tW{~$4Q][emailprotected]`,xaTO5 /n /dde

and my ddexec key has the value:
[REM _DDE_Direct][FileOpen("%1")]

Strange..

How can I be infected if I've thoroughly scanned with NOD32 and Norton Internet Security and they both say I don't have any infections?

Dear FELLOWS , assuming that you know how to change HDD icons ,I ask why an icon index number greater than 48 in shell32.dll is not working . Is there any limitation ?
For CLARITY I say that I am using windows xp sp2 and the method I am using is the autorun program :
[autorun]
icon=c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll,52 saving as "c:\autorun.inf".
With regards, spdCHF.You did know they stop at 49 and start again at 54?

Could it be to do with that?



Thanks for response ! Yes sir, I used the numbers and tried several such numbers in vain ! If you know any other syntax for the 'autorun' program HELP me .try using a negative value. This WORKED for me.

There have been no hardware changes made to the machine.

when i put my laptop into standby, it refuses to come back from standby.


it always gives me a blue screen.

this is what it says.


KERNEL_STACK_INPAGE_ERROR


STOP: 0x00000077 (0xC0000010, 0xc0000010, 0x00000000, 0x06631000)






its also done this one:


STOP: 0x00000077 (0xC0000185, 0xc0000185, 0x00000000, 0x09844000)





please help. i have no idea whats causing this. i didnt install anything new before this happened and ive run memtest and done a virus scan all of which came back good.
Hi

Just found a Microsoft document, not sure whether it is any help

You receive an error message on a Windows XP-based computer:

"Stop 0x00000077" or "KERNEL_STACK_INPAGE_ERROR"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315266ive looked at the site u listed.

im guessing mine would be the:

"0xC0000185, or STATUS_IO_DEVICE_ERROR: incorrect termination, or defective cabling of SCSI-based devices, or two devices are trying to use the same IRQ"


which is good, but bad also, cause it doesnt tell me anything else. what exactly does that code mean? and how would i go about fixing it?




thatnks for the site. Download BlueScreenView
No INSTALLATION required.
Double click on BlueScreenView.exe file to run the program.
When scanning is done, go Edit>Select All.
Go File>Save Selected Items, and save the report as BSOD.txt.
Open BSOD.txt in Notepad, copy all content, and paste it into your next reply.that software doesnt work cause no minidump was created.

i have HOWEVER found the soruce of the problem and fixed it.

the problem?? easy.....


my hard DRIVE had a password on it so no one could get on without me. which worked great till recently.


when i put my computer into standby,the hdd for some unknown reason reset itsself and relocked itself. so when windows tried to read from the hard drive after i resumed, it couldnt cause the drive wanted that password, and windows of course wasnt gonna supply it.


so windows freaked and crashed cause the hard drive wouldnt let it read it. there fore no minidump was ever created cause the drive was locked.




howd i find all this out??

easy..

last night i decided to install windows on my other partition on my hard drive. (yes i have 2 partitions on my drive) then put my computer into standby determined to prove it was windows causing the error.


when i did, it actually resumed, but gave me "hard error" messages non stop. then out of no where it gave me a shutdown notice saying windos was being shut down in 1 min. due to dcom unexpeditedly stopping cause it couldnt read the file. the shutdown request was SENT from the "NT something/ system"

so i knew windows was what sent it, just not why, untill my computer restarted and my computer asked for my hdd password (something it shouldnt have done).



thats when it all fell into place. i took off the password and restrted the computer put it into standby and everything worked fine.




so to those who help with this error, in the future be shore to tell the person to make sure there is no password on the hdd first. i wasted time checking my memeory and hdd when all it would have taken was for someone to tell me to check my password first.



thanks.Thanks for posting back

Bill wrote:
"Thanks Allen for your accurate and common sense posts."

"I have never seen Allen insult the original posters or the other members."

Quote from: patio on December 17, 2009, 04:15:41 PM

"Your sounding like a pious phoney."

Sorry Salmon, I felt I was being toyed with ...
I'll be working on this duplicate/linked folder problem again later tonight.
Scott.

STFU

Is that a computer term? I can't find it in CH's dictionary.

When I turned on my desktop the monitor went black screen after loading winXP and then the mouse and keyboard hang-up. I reboot my desktop then pressed F8 then choose Enable VGA mode but still the same result so I went to safe mode and reinstalling my videocard NVDIA 9400, still the same result. I really don't know what have caused this, I searched through the net and read something about videocard or ram malfunction. I really need some help. I'm using windows xp sp2, Pentium 4(2.6Ghz), CTR monitor, 1gb nvdia 9400 and 2gb RAM. Thanks..Does you motherboard has a built-in video card?
If yes, remove your 1gb nvdia 9400, try the built-in one, then reboot.

Do you have two sticks of RAM?
You said that you have a 2GB RAM, is it one stick only? If two, try to remove the one and reboot your PC. Try also to switch RAMs, then reboot again PC.Quote from: dthscyth on December 14, 2009, 07:45:16 PM

When I turned on my desktop the monitor went black screen after loading winXP and then the mouse and keyboard hang-up.

I reboot my desktop then pressed F8 then choose Enable VGA mode but still the same result so I went to safe mode and reinstalling my videocard NVDIA 9400, still the same result.

Nope............... Sorry patio, but that's just silly. If I have a system on all day but it is inactive PERIODICALLY for a half hour or longer there's no reason NOT to use power saving options. And you know very well that the biggest "shock" to a system comes from powering it on and off. I think you just felt like being a little argumentative - come on - fess up I simply never use them...at all.Be that as it may, I know very well that you do not power your system(s) on and off more than once a day.Quote from: patio on December 16, 2009, 06:00:43 PM

There's absolutely no reason in the WORLD to use ANY of the built in Windows power saving features WHATSOEVER....
If you want your machine on...leave it on.......if you want your machine off...power it down properly.

There...end of prodding.

it's a great way to pickup Redheads

Clean the CD with a soft lint-free cloth and TRY again...Done that. thanks, I Ordered HARD drive and will GO that route.

Well my computer was working perfectly fine last night and now shows to be connected but it will not pull up browsers. I cleared the registry and deleted kapersky anti-virus before and that worked when I was having the same problem before. Tried it again, but to no avail. My lap top connects perfectly so I know the internet is working. It just seems as if this happened to my desktop overnight... Help would be greatly appreciated!



Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Belkin

ethernett adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 I
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-1F-9C-83-FE
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.13
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::20f:1fff:fe9c:83
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, December 16

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 18, 20

tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseud
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::ffff:ffff:fffd%5
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Ps

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-02-0D
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.2.1
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled



1) What do you mean you cleared the registry?
2) NEVER uninstall your AV if you are going online.
3) How do you know you are online? Have you looked in Network Connections?
4) Have you tried other browsers?5) Do you get a respond if you do Start=>Run and type "cmd /k ping google.com /N 10" without quotes Sorry. I'm not sure if I used the right terminology when I say cleared the registry, but what I did was run
The AV that I had is still on there, but is currently not operating. The computer was doing fine without it for a while, but maybe that's a problem?

The only other browser I have is internet explorer it will not get online either. My computer shows "connected at 100mbps," it says there's packets being sent, but none received. Just as it did before, except no browsers will pull up as if it is offline. EDIT: I did that google ping THING and it does nothing, but POP up and say "cannot find file." Try it without tunneling and see what happens...
I believe that's where the issue lies from my vantage point.Err. How the heck do I do it without tunneling? lol

EDIT: Thanks for trying to help me out guys, but I seem to see what the problem was. It was quite odd and the first time I heard of this. What appears to have been happening was a glitch in my modem.

I had my belkin wireless router connected to my modem, of course, and it was sending out wireless signal at a less than par quality, but was sending signal NONETHELESS. However any system that I had HARDWIRED from the router was not working with which I tried to connect my desktop dell and my ps3 directly from both the router and modem. Neither system worked either way. I set my ps3 to receive wireless signal and bam it worked. Odd...

I was going to change out the modem today, but when I got home I checked to see if everything was still acting up. To my surprise after two days of pulling my hair out and looking bald now the internet is up and working perfectly as it did before. I have no idea what was going on with that modem, but any conflict with is resolved. So I guess the computer isn't always the problem!

OK, to answer the question as to what happens when the external drive is turned on, I plugged in the power and USB cables, and it worked properly! I had done this several times yesterday, with no result.

The light on the front of the drive was on, (yesterday) but as noted, the computer would not recognize the drive.

So now I did my backup, not knowing if the problem will reoccur NEXT time.

The computer still will not recognize me as administrator, and I still can't change to normal START up, but it worked anyway, and is still working properly. I still plan to disconnedt it untill next time.

Thanks for all your help, I promice to not change the msconfig FILES again, I will eliminate processes in task MANAGER.

What software would show details [in English, not digits !] about the TRAFFIC through a connection to the internet that I have not specifically 'requested' ? e.g. soon after booting - that COULD be just security software updating (if so, which ?) or something else that is happening.Packet sniffing software, maybe? For example there is a command LINE app called Ngrep that can DISPLAY and/or log data in and out of a network connection. You have to install a Windows service called Winpcap first.

There is a command called NETSTAT built in which shows what connections exist.

Perhaps if you gave more details about what your problem or suspicion is, a more useful answer might be possible.

Is there a freeware scanning application that will ALLOW me to scan and append to .tif ? I was USING a Kofax application called Vcdem32, but can't seem to FIND a proper download for it. Anyway, it would be nice to have some direction before I start downloading.



*Close this topic.*2 places i'd try are majorgeeks and snapfiles...

My PC has several problems really, It kept bluescreening after startup and shutting down. So I pressed F11 during startup and did the system restore with backup. It reinstalled windows and has all my old files in a backup folder in the C drive. The problem is, it doesnt recognise the graphics card (Geforce 8800 GTX) thats still connected to my pc (and trying to run SETUP on the disc wont WORK, it just keeps crashing before it opens), and the backup/restore program wont let me restore the backup of the C drive it made (it just doesnt show up in the restore menu, browsing to it doesnt help either, I cant select a folder to be restored). It wont even connect to the internet. So at the moment, I have a blank shell of a PC that I cant ACCESS my old files on, cant play any GAMES on, cant access the internet on. Would love some help please.If Windows was re-installed you need to re-install all your Drivers starting with the MBoard Chipset Drivers 1st...How :S Im really not a computer genius, I just play games on them.Did the video card come with a CD?

Or you could try the web site......

HTTP://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

I want to know everything about .ini file....
Try Here

Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ini
I think this is an extension used for the icons.Quote from: dvdreplication on December 09, 2009, 06:25:36 AM

I think this is an extension used for the icons.

I think this is an extension used for the icons.

It's very cold here in California today, I needed a good smile.

I was wondering if there is SOFTWARE that can show me what process(s) might be running or causing a program to stop functioning.
I am using Cakewalk Sonar 8.3 (audio/midi recording & playback software) on my Dell Inspiron M6400 LAPTOP. During playback of midi files using VST and DXI synths, playback may stop at any given moment. It doesn't happen to often. Maybe once every few hours. We use this during performances so if this happens during a performance, I must restart sonar. Fortuneately I do not need to reboot the computer but it still is a problem. This laptop is used only for my music and is not connected to the INTERNET. WIFI is disabled and all unnecessary functions have been disabled. I would like to find a way to see what processes or services are running when Sonar locks up. It would be very helpful is there is some software that could be running in the background that would identify running processes or services. In this way, I may be able to isolate what may be interfering with Sonar.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Jan
Dell Inspiron M6400 3.06 mhz 1gb 1067mhz ram Roland UA101 usb EXTERNAL DAW.
Process Explorer...FREE.

Hello Again,

One more issue to be addressed. A friend of mine messed with my network connections in a failed attempt to get my two PCs to share files.

Now when I boot up I get this message: Windows System Error - Duplicate Name on Network.

My friend isn't COMING back to fix it - in fact I doubt if he even can.

What does this mean and what can I do to fix this error?

Thanks.Try this:

Click Start then right click on My Computer. Choose Properties at the bottom of the drop down menu. This will bring up the system properties window. Click on the Computer Name TAB near the top. Near the bottom you should see a line that says: "To rename this computer or join a DOMAIN, click Change". Click the change button beside of this. Now choose a different name for your computer and click OK. All I see at the top are tabs for General and Shortcut.

You're doing something wrong. Are you sure you're opening the system properties window? Did you right click on my computer and select properties? An alternate method for opening this window is hold down the windows key and press the pause/break button. It looks like this:




You see the computer name tab near the top?

Quote from: bullwinkle on December 14, 2009, 09:32:11 AM

All I see at the top are tabs for General and Shortcut.

When I try to hit the back button,
it stays right on the page I am on.
When I look at the down arrow next to the back/forward buttons,
I see "clip" INSTEAD of the last page I was on.
How do I get rid of this?

Thanks.More info...Sounds like he has his History set to 0

What browser are you running?

Did this just start or has it always been this way? What happens in other browsers (ie, FIREFOX, Opera, Safari)?Windows XP
Internet Explorer
doesn't happen all the time, just a few times

I hit the back button and it does nothing.
When I look at the "recent pages"
(the arrow to the right of the back/forward buttons)
I see the word/letters "clip".
If I click on that nothing happens.
If I click on ONE of the other recent pages listed,
I do navigate to that page.
Just wondering why that "clip" page gets there
and how I can get rid of it.

Spoiler - No my history isn't set to 0

Allan - I don't use any other browsers
(I know I should have Foxfire, my kids tell me)
Just started this AM.

Thanks.No reason not to try another browser - won't impact IE. And if this just started this morning I'd clear the cache and reboot.Ok I'll try that.

Thanks again.

Edit - Tried rebooting and it's still doing it.

Think I'll try running a virus SCAN.Ran scan, rebooted,
still happening.
Did you delete the cache (EMPTY the Temporary Internet Files Folder)?

Do a search on Ebay for "pci ps/2 card", they are $15-20, they might also be in your local large computer store.Thanks Kando --- Do you think it will make any difference.

I am BEGINING to think that the processor is bad.The card should allow you to boot up with a ps/2 KEYBOARD and then you can run more diagnostics including checking out the processor. Thanks again.
Hi Kando,

While looking for a ps2 card i ran across someone who said that in order to do this you WOULD have to go into the bios and make some changes.

I can't get to the bios.

I wouldn't think you need to do anything in bios. Try it - the worst that happens is that it doesn't work.No changes are neccessary initially...and it's way cheaper than assuming it's the CPU.UPDATE ...

Kando Thanks for the suggestion on installing a ps/2 port. I ordered the card and installed it, but it still hangs in the same spot.

I am seriously thinking it is the processor. There is a HUGH Heat sink on this sucker with plumbing and all. I started it up and let it run a while and the heat sink barley gets warm. I can put my fingers on the processor and it is also just warm. With a heat sink like that i would think it puts out some serious heat.

Thanks to everyone for their SUGGESTIONS and guiding me in my search for the problem.

Shadow

Due to virus (regsvr.exe) my registry was disabled. Whenever i want to open it , it shows the MESSAGE "Registry editor was disabled by your ADMINISTRATOR". I'm the only administrator for my pc. I removed the virus completely but i don't know how to enable the registry.

Where can i enable it Sounds like lingering effects of the virus. You probably haven't completely eliminated it.no, i eliminated the registry entry by using other registry editing tools and deleted startup entry, the original virus file resides in c:\windows\system32 and i deleted that too securely. No other effects were DONE. Now my system is working at higher speed but the only problem is disabled registry.

I tried in services and in group policy list but couldn't found.....
HELP me.http://hubpages.com/hub/EnableRegeditThank you, may be in HURRY i couldn't identify the policy list...... any way thanks again.You're welcome.

I have been bombarded with error messages while booting as of late. A majority of the time the computer won't even boot or about 30 minutes after booting it locks up. Usually it gets stuck right before the XP loading screen.

Some of the error messages that I have received include:

NTLDR is MISSING.

Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

A disk read error occurred.

That has been going on for the last two weeks. In a attempt to fix it I opened up the side of the case and checked all of the connections. Shortly after I attempted booting again. This time I got more than one error message on the same screen:

The firmware has detected that a CMOs ChecksumError occurred.

The second message (that I forgot to jot down) said something about the firmware detecting that the date/time was wrong.

Anyway the computer continued to load and when I got to the desktop the date was reset to Jan 1st, 2004. I reset it and then noticed that Windows Security Alerts thought that my anti-virus program was out-of-date. I ran UPDATES on AVG and rebooted, but the message continues to pop up.

So, I am currently on the problem computer. Is there anything I can run, download, etc. while I'm on here (before it decides to lock up again)?

Computer Specs
Windows XP Pro SP3
Gateway E4300
3070MB RAM
Hard Drives: C: - NTFS, E: - NTFS(this is an external hard drive)
Video CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Antivirus/Spyware/Malware Programs: AVG 9.0 Free, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, SUPERAntiSpyware
Windows XP CD: No, my computer did not come with one.1st thing to do is replace your CMOS battery...bout the size of a dime on the MBoard...you will have to re=set all the time settings...
2nd thing you should do is find out who makes your HDD and DLoad and run the FREE diagnostics from the manuf. site...run the long test and let it run to completion...this will take awhile...

Post back with your results.CMOs battery...
Well I found something that resembles a watch battery on my keyboard. However it's closer to the size of a quarter rather than a dime. Is that the same thing or something different?
Also are these CMOs batteries available for purchase in normal electronics stores?

I ran a diagnostic on both of my drives.

The E: drive, a Maxtor Onetouch 4, came up clean.

However the C: Drive, a Western Digital Corporation WD800BD-22JMCO (SATA), can't complete it's diagnostic because of the following error:

The part #on that battery is a #CR 2032...available anywhere...

I'd replace it first ...then re-run the drive fitness test.His drive is bad. Not neccessarily...the BIOS generates SMART info therefore a faulty battery will sometimes show a drive as failing...While Geek-9pm may have got my gender wrong he might be right about the drive. I put in a new CMOs battery and retested the drive. I'm still getting the same error.Run the test from a created bootable CD...there are instructions on the site...
Running the Windows ver. is not always accurate,Well I didn't have any blank CDs so I used a floppy. I received the same error mentioned before from the quick test and the full test gave me a new error.

Error: 0226

Which according to the WD website means...
"Failure to relocate a sector during drive repair. The drive has to be replaced."

So I'm guessing that my hard drive is dying slowly?Yep.

Stop using it immediately and once you have a REPLACEMENT there's hope your important data can be saved...
Post back if you need details...Well, there's not anything important that I absolutely need to save (except for the OS/essentials). I put almost everything I can on my external drive except what needs to be on the internal one.

What should I look for as far as a new hard drive goes? and will I be able to move my OS from the problem drive into a new one or will I have to go out and buy a new OS? (I don't have the XP disks and keys needed to reload it.)If the XP OS was from Gateway, then you can ask them for a replacement CD.
An OEM CD only works properly on the original computer. It will cost a fraction of the retail price. Your product key is somewhere on your Gateway case.

My win32 services file is corrupt. How do I use system recovery to fix problem?

I know how to get to area, but don't know which command fixes problem No such file. Are you talking about this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894391 ?Don't know the full file name but it's the area that controls your programs like opening them. I keep getting the message that win 32 needs to shut down. Then I view the details and the message is that this file is corrupt. Would I like to send to MSN? Next time it shows up, I'll COPY the full file name.Yes, Allan, that is the problem.Quote from: lardic on DECEMBER 11, 2009, 07:43:21 AM

I keep getting the message that win 32 needs to shut down. Then I view the details and the message is that this file is corrupt. Would I like to send to MSN? Next time it shows up, I'll copy the full file name.

want commd PROMT in xp sp2Um... are you having a problem getting the command prompt or asking how to do it?1. Or offering a "command" prompt to US. Hey kid... "want commd promt in xp sp2"?

2. To get a Command Prompt window (within WINDOWS XP):
a. Start
b. Run
c. TYPE "cmd" WITHOUT quotes, select OK

I have tried them. Probably the best one is .zip but I'm looking for something free that's FASTER.Well, good luck on your search. You have been GIVEN a few ideas, and, hopefully, some notion of how to do your own searching. Now the task is in your hands.
Quote from: WillNeedsHelpFast on December 14, 2009, 03:46:00 PM

I have tried them. Probably the best one is .zip but I'm looking for something free that's faster.

Given the frequency of people asking similar questions in many places as well as the frequency of (normally) raging male hormones on the net that share the computer they're using (typically with those that wouldn't approve of their material), it's not exactly an off-the-wall assumption...

7-zip accomplishes half of that. Free, but not necessarily faster, unless you use minimum compression...

...and, on a side note, I made the pr0n assumption as well. I just stayed quiet about it.

Given the frequency of people asking similar questions in many places as well as the frequency of (normally) raging male hormones on the net that share the computer they're using (typically with those that wouldn't approve of their material), it's not exactly an off-the-wall assumption...

When i turn on the laptop it does its usual load, then hits the chose which mode you want due to a error while updating or WHATEVER, then i will chose a mode, and it flashes blue with something on it for a second then begins to load( With the flag..?) and then repeats

Sorry about my TERMS but I'm terrible at computers and i am feeling rather pro towards taking a hammer on to the laptop

How can i fix this problem?
its not my laptop-its my moms which is why i need it fixed, i don't mind about the stuff being deleted i just need to get the laptop working again

i haven't had any virus pop ups or warnings, but the laptop was turned off by the power button for a while as it took so long to shut down

please help, preferably in simple terms as computer talk confuses me (sorry that i sound quite stupid, I'm just a technology phobe)

Thanks xxxQuote from: FairyDust on December 11, 2009, 04:45:39 PM

When i turn on the laptop it does its usual load, then hits the chose which mode you want due to a error while updating or whatever, then i will chose a mode, and it flashes blue with something on it for a second then begins to load( With the flag..?) and then repeats

i haven't had any virus pop ups or warnings, but the laptop was turned off by the power button for a while as it took so long to shut down