Many webcams come with a build-in microphone and a pretty bad driver to operate it. It shouldn't knock out your normal playback and just get the MME "recording line" for the mic (which is bad enough...

Hello my dear colleague from the egg slicer faction: :cheesy:

This is a hard one - one of those cases where Google spits out similar questions and (if at all) useless answers only, and even the...

DE051 refers to a Dell Dimension 1100 or B110. Latest drivers and BIOS files for that are here:...

Ok, I'll have to do a little research on that Dell now. :cheesy:


The "Generic Host Process" -DLL is employed by several services on your computer and hence running in several instances....

Select "Safe Mode with networking drivers" and spent some time surfing the net in Safe Mode...:cheesy: But before that, please tell me if your Task Manager screenshot was made while the hesitations...

Unfortunately, XP doesn't allow the users to change these settings anymore. I spent the whole evening to find a way, no result. I didn't know that it's so hard to cope with such tiny resource...

Sorry for the delay, had some meltdown here, too...:cheesy:

If you look closely, you'll see that one of the USB controllers is sharing an IRQ with the video card. This is not necessarily the...

I thought you would post the log here...:)

Ok, it seems to be the legitimate aolsoftware.exe. The rest of the log looks clean, too. Good.

Now check this: Go start menu - right-click on 'my...

But don't get scared - depending on its location the process could be legitimate, especially if AOL is your provider...:)

Hmmm... it would mean nothing less than you are not the only person with full control over your computer. It tries to infect other computers and can make yours a part of a bot-net that could be used...

I'm afraid your problem cannot be solved that easy...

1. Mouse hesitations can have a bunch of reasons, including hardware conflicts or interfering programs. Your second screenshot shows quite a...

Hmm...I thought I sent this a few hours ago, but it didn't work...:eek: :mrgreen:


Unfortunately not. To create a bootable diskette with memtest86, follow the instructions on "To make a bootable...

Ok, before you spent 200 bucks you can try some harmless things:

Since Windows bails out during installation already, I first suspect your memory module(s) to be bad or running at wrong timings....

There is an issue with 64 bit AMD processors, DEP and SP2 indeed. Read here: http://security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2134
You can disable the DEP to check if that's the...

FC Jamison is right. That your RAM chips ran fine on Win98 doesn't mean they must work with XP, too. Once I had a module that made file compression impossible (CRC error), only when the files to...

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Thanks for your explanation how to install XP w/o ACPI... but I just asked because I wanted to get sure you did it right. :mrgreen: But I hope you don't need to...

Sad to hear this. It's no good idea to flash a new BIOS file on a machine that's prone to crash due to hardware trouble, but now you know that, too...:sad: Buying a new CPU shouldn't be necessary at...

You did the right think by swapping hardware. The problem persists after a reboot and this is typical for an overheating problem. On the other hand, it sometimes freezes way too fast to be related to...

How did you prohibit XP to install an ACPI system?
AFAIK (and that's not soooo much ;)) there are 2 things to do: 1. Select "Standard PC HAL" during install and 2. select something like "PnP BIOS...

Please download and run these tools:
Blacklight
https://europe.f-secure.com/blacklight/try.shtml
RootkitRevealer
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/RootkitRevealer.html
Post the logs of both...

Method 1:
While the program is still installed, uncheck/deactivate the virtual drives, then uninstall the program. (That means reinstall it, deactivate drives and uninstall again)

Method 2:...

Did you install a software like Alcohol120% or DemonTools or do you use a recent Nero/other CD burning program version? They all can install "virtual" drives where you can mount CD/DVD image files....

Your log looks very clean to me. :) The files you mentioned are normal and all 2000/2003/XP users have them. As far I know, these are the places where the different registry hives for each user are...

If nothing can delete it and considering the messages of the programs you tried, I have a feeling that the file is probably plain and simple damaged. Try to repair it (run CHKDSK /F or /R) and then...

Maybe you try this one:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=170086
This article is about the System32 folder popping up on startup, but the principle is the same: Damaged or incomplete registry...

If your computer doesn't find a working boot record on the harddisk or elsewhere, it asks you to insert a diskette with a bootable system. This means your operating system can't be found for one of...

You should check now if your HDD is an IDE (40-pin connector) or S-ATA type (lesser pins, looks like this photo: http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/04/07/going_the_sas_storage_way/page3.html). If...

I guess that he didn't guess. That was deep knowledge and/or experience! :cheesy:

Have you tried this?
http://www.help2go.com/Tutorials/Windows/C:%5Cwindows%5Csystem32%5Cconfig%5Csystem_missing_or_corrupt.html

I didn't know, hence I would not have risked the trouble and downloaded SP2 from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=049c9dbe-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&DisplayLang=en

Hi Dustoff,

No, you don't have a bootsector virus. The warning you received came from the BIOS. They all have an option like "Boot sector virus warning" build in. (The exact name of that option...

Wait a minute... download Knoppix 5.0 and have fun with it but...
XP Home must have a recovery console, too. Anybody here who knows more? I just read this article:...

You should download this file (RAR archive, 700something Megabytes)
KNOPPIX_V4.0.2CD-2005-09-23-EN.iso *
I'm afraid that you will be more confused with Linux than by a command console. But apart...

It's good to be that careful... :) Sorry, I just have the Pro CD and there I'll be asked to install (F3)(?) or run the recovery console (not "repair" ) by pressing 'R'. Not to confuse with 'R' for...

No, if you don't press the button to install XP instead of 'R', nothing will be installed. Windows runs completely from CD up to this point and so does the command console. But I don't have XP Home...

Yes, vsdatant.sys is left behind by ZA and some users had the same problem, says Google. One way to get rid of it would be to attach the hard disk to another computer as second disk and delete it...

Have you tried booting in Safe Mode and deleting/renaming "vsdatant.sys"? This won't solve the problem itself but you should be able to get rid of the blue screen this way.

You're welcome :)
You might find this whole thread interesting:
http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=197947

And according to the Google hits, 3,25GB is a very common amount in this...

Yes. Read here: http://www.brianmadden.com/content/content.asp?ID=69 or google "memory limit XP". I felt surprised, too. :)

Good. I guess that they're ok but this way you can get sure about them. Good feeling then, since memory is one of the most crucial things in any computer.

This is the last step of course - if...