Posts by DMR

Hello, yodro,

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Also keep in mind that a wait of 12 hours or more is not at all uncommon on any free tech support site, and that "bumping" your thread after only 1 or 2 hours is, quite honestly, considered to be a bit rude.

That said, your Internet access problem is most likely not a question of the compatibility of one modem over the other, but of the correct configuration of the new device. First of all- is your Sparkcom model one that has Ethernet ports in addition to a USB port, and does your computer have an Ethernet port on it? If so, it is often more reliable to connect the modem/router and computer via Ethernet instead of USB. If connected by Ethernet you would need no special drivers to access the Sparkcom's setup utility and configure it with the correct username/password/etc. authentication settings required by your ISP.

As for why the USB driver CD doesn't work, I have no idea. Can you even browse the contents of the CD, or does it seem to be totally unreadable by your system?

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Hi vloky, welcome to DaniWeb :)

We definitely appreciate new members who are willing to jump right in and help out, but please review threads before replying to them. Posting to long-abandoned threads (this particular thread is over 2 years old), or posting to threads marked as "Solved", only distracts from the many currently-active threads that need to be worked on.

Thanks for understanding.

Yes indeed, you do have Nasties. please do the following:

You will need to close/quit all web browser programs and disconnect from the Internet for much of the following, so you should print out these instructions or save them into a text file with Notepad.

* Download the most current updates for your antivirus program.

* Download the following two utilities:
CCleaner - www.ccleaner.com
ewido Anti-malware - http://www.ewido.net/en/download/

Install and configure CCleaner:

1. Close all programs so that you are at your desktop.
2. Double-click on the "My Computer" icon.
3. Select the "Tools" menu and click "Folder Options".
4. After the new window appears select the "View" tab.
5. Place a checkmark in the checkbox labeled "Display the contents of system folders".
6. Under the "Hidden files and folders" section select the radio button labeled "Show hidden files and folders".
7. Remove the checkmark from the checkbox labeled "Hide file extensions for known file types".
8. Remove the checkmark from the checkbox labeled "Hide protected operating system files".
9. Press the "Apply" button and then the "OK" button. Your computer is now configured to show all hidden files.

Install CCleaner. Open it, and choose the 'Options' tab. Inside, hit the 'Custom' tab, and add the following folders (Note: Not all of these files are on every computer. If one of these isn't present, skip it):

C:\Windows\Temp

That log looks a little "light on content". Were you running Windows in Safe Mode when you did the HijackThis scan? If so, please do another HJT scan while Windows is booted normally, and post that log.

By the way: "nvctrl.exe" is related to the Smitfraud/SpyAxe/SpyFalcon/etc. family of malware. More info and removal instructions can be found here:
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal:_SpyAxe_Removal

216 runtime errors are often the result of trojan infections; you have indications of infections in your HJT log as well.

To begin with, please do the following:

You will need to close/quit all web browser programs and disconnect from the Internet for much of the following, so you should print out these instructions or save them into a text file with Notepad.

* Visit at least two of the following sites for an online virus scan:

BitDefender Free Online Virus Scan
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
Make sure you tick AutoClean under Scan Options.

Panda ActiveScan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/active...n_principal.htm
Make sure you tick Disinfect automatically under Scan Options.

Housecall at TrendMicro
http://housecall60.trendmicro.com/e...orp.asp?id=scan
Make sure you tick Auto Clean.

eTrust Antivirus Web Scanner
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx

Also run this online trojan scanner: TrojanScan
* Visit at least two of the following sites for an online virus scan:

BitDefender Free Online Virus Scan
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
Make sure you tick AutoClean under Scan Options.

Panda ActiveScan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/active...n_principal.htm
Make sure you tick Disinfect automatically under Scan Options.

Housecall at TrendMicro
http://housecall60.trendmicro.com/e...orp.asp?id=scan
Make sure you tick Auto Clean.

eTrust Antivirus Web Scanner
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx

Also run this online trojan scanner: TrojanScan

* Download the most current updates for your antivirus program.
* Download the following two utilities:

CCleaner - …

1. Exactly what kind of adware messages/windows are you getting?

2. Download the (free) HijackThis utility:
Once downloaded, follow these instructions to install and run the program:

Create a folder for HJT outside of any Temp/Temporary folders and move the HijackThis.exe file to that folder now. A folder such such as C:\HijackThis or C:\Spyware Tools\HijackThis will do.

Run HijackThis, but do not have HJT fix anything yet; only have it scan your system! Once the scan is complete, the "Scan" button will turn into an option to "Save log...".
Save the log in the folder you created for HijackThis; the saved file will be named "hijackthis.log". Open the log file with Windows Notepad, and cut-n-paste the entire contents of the Notepad file here.

The log contents will tell us a lot about what "nasties" have crept into your system, and once we analyse the log we can tell you what to do from there.

Please begin by doing the following:

Download the (free) HijackThis utility:

Once downloaded, follow these instructions to install and run the program:

Create a folder for HJT outside of any Temp/Temporary folders and move the HijackThis.exe file to that folder now. A folder such such as C:\HijackThis or C:\Spyware Tools\HijackThis will do.

Run HijackThis, but do not have HJT fix anything yet; only have it scan your system! Once the scan is complete, the "Scan" button will turn into an option to "Save log...".
Save the log in the folder you created for HijackThis; the saved file will be named "hijackthis.log". Open the log file with Windows Notepad, and cut-n-paste the entire contents of the Notepad file here.

The log contents will tell us a lot about what "nasties" have crept into your system, and once we analyse the log we can tell you what to do from there.

Nevermind then with that HJT log.

Yeah, it's (thankfully) not a malicious thing. :)

In all honesty, your HJT log has more "malicious" entries in it than it has legitimate entries, and here's one of the biggest reasons:
The following info in your HJT log's header shows that you are running a totally "virgin" version of Windows XP. That is, no Service Packs, Security/Bug Fixes, etc. have been installed.:
Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000)

Running such an outdated, unpatched version of Windows, your system will almost certainly get reinfected in no time. You should use the Windows Update feature to bring your system up to a fully-patched version of Service Pack 1 (note that upgrading to Service Pack 2 on an infected system is not recommended!). Once you've done that, the info in your log's header should read as follows:
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

I rarely recommend this, but given the number of infections you have, I'd seriously consider reformatting if that's a possibility.
However, if you want to clean the system as well as possible without reformattting:

You will need to close/quit all web browser programs and disconnect from the Internet for much of the following, so you should print out these instructions or save them into a text file with Notepad.

* Visit at least two of the following sites for an online virus scan:

BitDefender Free Online Virus Scan
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
Make …

On the laptop, open an MS-DOS box, run each the following commands, and post the exact results returned by each command:
net view
net view name_of_the_desktop_computer
net use * \\name_of_the_desktop_computer\name_of_a_shared_folder_on_desktop_computer
(Note the asterisk in the last command; it is part of the command)

There probably aren't ATI files in that driver package; X10 isn't an ATI technology. ATI is just one of the video card companies that use the x10 remote control technology with some of their multimedia products.

Single 512MB memory modules didn't exist when mobos of that vintage were released. :eek:

I would stick (no pun intended) with what the manual specifies. Win 2K will actually run pretty well on the machine if you populate it with two 256MB modules.

The message is perfectly normal- it is indicating that the files in question have metadata stored in Alternate Data Streams (ADS). The NTFS filesystem supports ADS, but they will be lost/stripped when transferred to media formatted with another filesystem (the files themselves will remain intact, however).

That is strange; either the Win key is stuck, or it isn't.
In order to better isolate the problem, try another (known-to-be-working ) keyboard and see what effect that has.

Limited/no connectivity errors can also mean that, if using DHCP, you aren't getting a (proper) IP configuration from a DHCP server.

Netgear routers are generally less "boostable" than other brands (like Linksys, for example), but we can give you a better answer if you can give us the exact model/version/revision #s of the router.

In control panel/hardware it says I don't have a driver for ethernet controller, so is there a driver you can download.

Yes, and that sounds like the source of your trouble. However, in order to know which exact driver software you need, we will need to know the exact make/model of your network card.
To find that information:

* Right-click on the My Computer icon on your desktop and choose Properties from the resulting context menu.
* In the Properties window, click on the Hardware tab.
* In the Hardware tab, click on the Device Manager button.
* Under the Network Adapters heading, find the network device marked with a Red "X" or a Yellow exclamation point.
* Double-click on that device entry and post the information listed in the General tab of the device's Properties window.

I'm pretty sure I get this problem because I can't ping any of the other computers from any computer.

Good observation; if you can't even ping between machines, you're obviously going to have problems with higher-level sharing functions.

Can all of the computers access the Internet without issue (proving that your basic TCP/IP settings are correct)?

When troubleshooting any network-related issue, the first thing you need to do is to completely disable any firewall software (including XP's built-in ICF/ICS features). Simply choosing the "Disable" option in the firewall program's settings/preferences rarely turns the firewall off entirely; you will need to deselect the preference setting that tells the firewall to automatically start when Windows boots, and then restart the computers. After reboot, verify that the firewall is indeed disabled.
Keep your firewalls dropped until you get things working.

Once you've addressed the firewall issue, see if you can now ping between all machines. If not, post the exact error(s) returned by the pings.

You can try to share a dialup connection, but it won't be wireless.

Sure it can. The scheme would be:

Internet<--Desktop's dial-up modem(<-bridged via ICS->)Desktop's Ethernet card<--WAN Port of Router||Router's wireless connection<--Laptops' wireless connection

Actually, connecting the desktop's ethernet card to one of the LAN ports (instead of the WAN/Internet port) on the router is probably a less complicated configuration. Since that connection scheme would only be using the switch portion of the router, you shouldn't have to do anything in terms of configuring the router.

Whether or not data on any given partition can be viewed by an OS depends upon 2 things:

1. With which filesystem the partition was formatted.
2. Whether or not the OS in question supports that filesystem.

* Windows-native filesystems are FAT and NTFS; Windows itself does not recognize Linux filesystems at all, although third-party utilities can provide that functionality.

* The most common Linux-native filesystems are EXT2, EXT3, and ReiserFS. Linux supports a much wider variety of filesytems than that, including Windows filesystems; Linux has full (native) read/write support for FAT, and read suppport for NTFS. NTFS write support can be enabled, but it is not recommended as the feature is technically still only "experimental".

The fact that you can "see" your SuSE partition from Windows most likely means that you formatted the SuSE partition with the FAT32 filesystem (it ispossible to install Linux on a FAT32 partition).

Hi Jen- welcome to Daniweb. :)

It's good to see another Bay Area resident join our party :mrgreen:

Hi Jane- wlecome to DaniWeb :)

Your problem appears to be a stuck "Win" key- the key with the Windows logo on it. The actions you described are those actuated by pressing the Win key in conjunction with the letters you listed.

There most certainly is a Zeta. (Or at least there had better be, as I'm standing in the middle of it right now.)

Squornshellous Zeta; come and visit some time.
It's a bit dreary most of the time, but you'll get a great night's sleep...

Whoa- careful there, Wolfie... I had a huge gulp of iced tea in my mouth just when I refreshed this thread and saw your response.
Mucho out-the-nose drink spewage moment almost happened there.... my laptop would have been severely bummin'.

:p this is me...the antichrist

LOL. Looks more like the Anti-Clown; some nightmarish "Chucky Meets Mr. Happy Donut" sort of thang.
Truly frightening....
:mrgreen:

That's his real first name. It was only mentioned in a handful of episodes.

Wild; I never knew that. Must not have caught the right episodes.
The weirdest thing is that you actually retained that obscure little factoid-
Methinks that your mind must be an *ahem* interesting neighborhood to wander around in...

;)

Angus? Never met the dude; care to elaborate, Oh Cute One? ;)

MacGyver has nothing on you, dude.

/ROFL! :cheesy:

DMR- ya a big fan of hiking?

Yeah- always have been, ever since I was a kid. I hiked all over the Adirondak, Catskill, and Green Mountains when I lived in New York, and where I live now is just covered with all sorts of trails, so I can shoot out and get lost any time I want. :)

At the end of a loooong hike through Yosemite a couple years ago:

there are absolutely no digitized photos of me in existance, anywhere. :(

I thought there were a few... or did the judge accept that bribe? :mrgreen:

I can't establish a telnet session on port 25 of the mail.optonline.net server from my computer, although I can telnet to port 110 of that server without a problem. Just a thought, but have you checked with Optimum Online to verify that things are working on their end?
* Is this a send and receive error, or just a send error?

I used the netstat -an command to verify whether or not WinXP was listening on 0.0.0.0:25 or 0.0.0.0:110...

Did you do that while (or immediately after) Outlook performed a send/receive operation?

1. In terms of the possible firewall issue:
Simply choosing the "Disable" option in the firewall program's settings/preferences rarely turns the firewall off entirely; you will need to deselect the preference setting that tells the firewall to automatically start when Windows boots, and then restart the computers. After reboot, verify that the firewall is indeed disabled.

2. Is the Outlook error isolated to one computer on the network, or is the conneciton problem common to all/any network clients?

If nothing happens when you try to remove/uninstall the MyWay entry from the A/R P control panel, that probably means that the entry is "orphaned". Sometimes the names of programs that have been sucessfully uninstalled get "stuck" in the control panel's list and need to be removed manually; this might be the case with your MyWay entry. To remove the entry from the control panel, see this Microsoft support article.

Also- have a look in your "Program Files" folder, and if you find a "leftover" MyWay folder, delete that folder entirely. Do the same for any MyWay folders or shortcuts that you might find under the "Programs" list in your Start Menu.

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Hi gogishah,

In accordance with the guidelines in the "Keep it Organized" section of our Posting Rules, you need to start your own thread and post your HJT log there.

Thanks for understanding.

Ahhh- much easier on the eyes; thanks!
Your ewido and HJT logs are clean. :)

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IN Windows under display (i think its effects button or so metging) there is a thing where u tell windows how much eye candy you want.

I thought the same thing, but I can't find that setting anywhere... :?:

I'm not sure why, but the contents of both of your posts came out totally unformatted, making them almost impossible to read.
I manually edited your first post to correct the problem, but I can't continue to do that.
Please repost the contents of your last post in a way that contains proper alignment, line spacing, etc.. You can have a look some of the other threads in this forum to see how the logs should appear once submitted.

1. Don't discount the possibility that one of the new components you purchased is faulty.

2. You just performed major surgery on the computer; open it back up and inspect everything very closely. Look for mis-seated cards, connectors, and components. Check all connectors for bent/broken pins. Make sure none of the motherboard screws are bridging a circuit trace to the chassis (ground).

3. Check your RAM modules (one at a time) with the free memtest86 utility.

problem solved. the startup .exe is in all users and the current user.

XP looks in all users and runs startup, then the current user and runs programs.

Yup.
Glad you got it sorted out.

Can you describe "highlighted" in a bit more detail, please?

Your Windows drive-letter assignments may have gotten shuffled, perhaps in the course of fiddling with the MP3 device and/or the SanDisk software.

* Right-click on your My Computer icon.
* Choose "Manage" in the resulting context menu.
* In the Computer Management window, double-click on the "Storage" heading.
* Under the Storage heading, double-click "Disk Management".

What info appears in the Disk Manager for the CD-ROM drive?

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That particular error can be caused by a few things, including problems with your antivirus program's email scanning feature, incorrect POP/SMTP server settings in Outlook, or corruption of the Outlook program itself.
This Google search contains links to information on issues involving the 0x800CCC0F error code, as well as several possible solutions.

Games can definitely stress a system, especially if the system's specs are at or near the recommended minimum for the game. While the computer may not melt in your lap tomorrow, prolonged cycles of wide temperature variations will reduce the life of almost all electronic components to some degree.

Next I will try to start deleting and uninstalling unused and barely used programs, then rolling back drivers of anything I can think of, I hear it could be any service or any driver causing this. I hate to disable start up programs and services one by one and rebooting every time, It seems like a lot of work, but it might ultimately be my only solution...

Unfortunately, having no more definitive clues, that would be the next procedure to try. It might also help you pinpoint the shutdown problem.

You have a corrupt Registry. See the following Microsoft support article for more information and the repair procedure:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/

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Although it was possible in the DOS and Windows 3.x days, you can't simply move/copy programs from one computer to another anymore; program installation routines are much more complex these days. You will need to install the programs using their original installation media.