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 | Not all applications that have an entry in the context menu window will be present in that key in the above article [url]http://www.ehow.com/how_5867604_rest...-settings.html[/url] To find some you must do a search in that hive, HKCR, using "contextmenuhandlers" as the search string. And then you must identify each that it finds.... … |
 | It would have been helpful if you had posted your actual batch file, but anyway.... beware of spaces between parameters, and between parameters and their fields. They MUST be there. Wrong format, and it just will not run. I have the distinct feeling that the people who wrote these command … |
| | New computer... new installation... something not right... it may be simple, it may be one of a number of problems that you are only just finding. Frankly, if a new installation does not feel right, reinstall. Why confront more problems further down the track? Hand it back to the shop. … |
| | I think you have a case of Installer bloat there. My Installer folder is just 125MB. There is a M$ tool to show up orphaned Installer files [those not registered] for you to delete; perhaps you could give it a try? [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301[/url] Run : msizap.exe G "And if messing with … |
| | Using the recovery disks supplied with preloaded systems will take your sys back to brand-new state, causing you to lose all data. Your idea of loading XP onto another hard drive and copying data off the old one is best. Your sys is unble to read its registry from the … |
 | You can see mup.sys, therefore it was loaded [by ntldr, which obtained control set info from HKLM\system]; mup.sys is a boot file. But when an attempt was made next to start those drivers, something hung. You do not know what. You could try altering your boot.ini file to include the … |
| | Re: Windows XP Ok, type this in at the prompt: explorer.exe /select, [url]http://www.pandasecurity.com/activescan/index/[/url] That may... may open an explorer window for you and go to that site for a scan. I mean, in a working system it will. You will need Safe Mode with Networking, I guess... Register for a scan that actually … |
| | [url]http://www.av-test.org/[/url] ? And comparison of 3 free avs: [url]http://antivirus.about.com/od/antivirussoftwarereviews/a/freeav.htm[/url] Have your AV scanner running when you search for antivirus solutions. Strangely enough, malicious folk seem to think that people doing such searches may be unproteceted.... some sites found thus are risky to even enter. |
| | Hello, Bob "I've repeatedly tried to change my logon screen saver timeout time ".... Ah, but you cannot do it by the USERS hive because it will be overridden by entries in the CURRENT_USER hive. You are the current user [because you are logged on], so change the relevant key … |
| | May I suggest that you create a new profile for yourself... ie. a new user [admin, of course][you will have to devise a new name for yourself]; log on to it and check that it works as it should, then delete the old profile. It's a pity it happened that … |
| | It does look like you removed CreateToolbar via Add/Rmv pgms.... your problem would be cos of the Run key which sets the uninstaller to work on restart, but if it did it left the key in registry. Remove it: Start hijackthis, select Scan Only, place checkmarks against all the entries … |
| | Format .. /s : this is an MSDOS command to format and copy system files to the drive. With XP, why would you wish to do that? XP will not use them; it will write its own. Further, when you install XP, Setup formats your selected drive - you get … |
| | About the only difference between a restart and a start after a shutdown is that the power supply does not get cycled. MB, mem, cpu... all retain power. Software-wise, everything stops and starts anew. Where exactly in the startup cycle is the extra time being taken? Try running procmon.exe [from … |
| | If this was the case "then had to wait for maybe an hour while watching some percentage go up and up..." then i assume he was watching the chkdsk screen. If you can enter safe mode with prompt, then run: chkdsk /f If you can not enter safe mode then … |
| | I don't know AMD architecture much, but the common point here is the northbridge... AMD have integrated both south and north functions [6100 and 430 chipsets] into the one chip. The 6100 is graphics and PCI-E, the 430 handles media interfaces, PCI. Transfers with cd/dvd drives are not very bandwidth … |
| | Re: GUID Disk? My understanding is that XP does not recognise the GUID disk format.. ie cannot read the GPT.. W7 & and vista can. So i do not see that disk mgmnt can do it. But diskpart can. |
| | On your XP cd there is a folder named Support. Use dskprobe.exe that is contained within. Else use another XP installation to modify the disk mbr with Testdisk. fixmbr will not do the job - it only rewrites the first 440 bytes of MBR code; it does not alter the … |
| | Try to enter Safe Mode; if it will not then use your XP installation cd to run the Recovery Console. In safe mode, run chkdsk /f Or, in Recovery Console run chkdsk /p |
| | I think the cpu would not overheat excessivelyif there was at least some contact with the heatsink... you should at least see the BIOS run before any overheating occurs, but loading windows is a little cpu intensive. Your monitor.. when you power it up but not the pc, does it …  |
| | If your kb/mouse worked in BIOS etc, stopped when Windows loaded, then it was a driver problem. And the best way to fix that on an inoperative sys is to run windows Repair. That is what it is for. Shame it forces you to dl all the updates again. And … |
 | Hi, billy. Next time you install Windows don't let it [Setup] see your old installation... ie. disconnect your E: hard drive first. And then it should be happy to install onto C: its boot and system files. |
| | Get some text up, or something to copy, select a piece and do ctrl C. Then go Start > RUN, type in clpbrd, ENTER. A new window will open, the clipboard window. What you selected and copied should be in there.... is it? Come back and say....  |
| | Just guessing here.... some ISPs block or severely throttle ports in certain ranges which are known to be used for file sharing [I do not know why... it is where they earn the greater portion of their incomes..]. If your pgm has the option try changing the ports it uses; … |
| | Hello, snow, if you can enter Safe Mode you can use Restore to revert to a date earlier than the M$ updating. Let's assume that you cannot, and that it is an update giving you grief. Do you have a Recovery Console installed, or on cd [eg an XP installation … |
| | Hi, duckers, a few things to be rid of, but i cannot see the normal signs of update.exe.... Start hijackthis, select Scan Only, place checkmarks against all the entries listed below that still exist, and then press Fix Checked. R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - - (no file) O2 - …  |
| | Yes, you can revert the drive type to AHCI or RAID after installing windows, but it is not all that straightforward. You must select the right driver [a .sys file] from those on the cd and copy it into your system along with the correct .ini file, change registry entries … |
| | Umm... does using a psx emulator to increase fps involve overclocking? That is, did your emulator overclock your cpu? It may have taken it above its stable range. Check your BIOS entries. And downclock until the thing is happy. But really, an 8200 with its 64MB of memory is not … |
| | The simplest way to fix this is, if you do indeed hook up your drive as you say, to go in and edit your boot.ini file so as to remove the /safeboot parameter from the line where it occurs [it may be /safeboot:minimal]... just delete it from the end of …  |
| | It does sound like you have a trojan in there feeding you malware. Ok, let's do this [in this order...]to see what shows up: ==download hijackthis: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5554.html[/url] -copy it to a new FOLDER placed either alongside your program files or on your desktop and then... rename hijackthis .exe to imabunny.exe … |
 | Um... in the currentcontrolset, session manager, KnownDLLs subkey, change the DLLDirectory value to %systemroot% Or go to this key, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options. Under it add a new key, explorer.exe, and in that create a new string with name Debugger, value C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe Then add another new key, regedit.exe with … |
| | [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281980[/url] I'm not sure that I could put it any better. |
| | "No possibility to Run System Restore either, not even in Save Mode." Ah, but have you had SR enabled? Cos if you have restore points available we can fish those out and plug them into your registry. Try to get SR running by navigating to C\windows\inf, and dclicking sr.inf; choose …  |
| | rumbleman, you have some malware in there... please repost your hijackthis log in viruses and spyware forum.... in a new thread.  |
| | Hello baffula, please delete your copy of hijackthis and get this one, install it in its place: ==download hijackthis: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5554.html[/url] ..... and then rename hijackthis .exe to imabunny.exe because you have what appears to be a vundo infection. Before you post a fresh log please fix these entries with hijackthis: … |
| | This post is to help a chap who pc'd me; I put it here in full to aid others. Nouveaunoise "hello there my name is conor i am from ireland and i have a problem with my comp. basically im an idiot and did something i knew i shouldnt have … |
| | If you have a windows install cd, set your BIOS to boot first from cd and then do a Repair. |
| | Are you fully up-to-date with your sys? AFD.SYS was the subject of KB951748 in Aug 2008. It is part of the TCPIP stack, a winsock driver involved in networking. Current version is 5.1.2600.3394 (xpsp_sp2_qfe.080620-1259). |
| | ..else your CD is less-bootable than you think it is...? Is it genuine or a copy of a genuine? It may be missing a couple of important loader files. |
| | weirdos? And you expect help after this? |
| | Sometimes you just get file corruptions sneaking in.... I actually have no idea what the root cause of your problem is, but if it was on my machine i would as a first and simple step check my dll's were all fine. So grab your XP install cd and run … |
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 | Well, if no formatting has been done this is possibly the most straightforward app to run. Dload it [rest2514.exe] to a floppy using ANOTHER machine, unzip it to the same floppy, and then run restoration.exe from the floppy. Advantage of that is there is no installation, so no writing to … |
| | You still have a hefty vundo infection there, JR. ==Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html[/url] or: [url]http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-setup.exe[/url] =Dclick that file, mbam-setup.exe, to install the application, -ensure that it is set to update and start, else start it via the icon, and UPDATE it. Select "Perform QUICK Scan", then click Scan; …  |
| | grvs, there is a key in registry which will auto-reset your homepage if you change it. An example of pestilence, for sure, when it is set by some company whose product you have bought. In this case though, it appears that a malware has set it, and that will require … |
| | Hello, cliff... most of us will suffer senior moments if we are lucky enough. Could I have a look at your boot.ini file, please? It is C:\boot.ini [you must set to show protected op sys files]. Else this will retrieve it for you - go Start, and paste into the … |
| | That code, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4220&SUBSYS_27018086&REV_05\4&16793A72&0&20F0 would be for an Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG? So get the driver for that from Intel's site, and browse to it to install it. Just take the latest version. Google this: Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG driver |
| | If you are using netstat then you know that netstat -b shows the executables that are using open ports - they open them and close them as required. You don't say why you want to open or close a port manually... what would you do with it...? Anyway, I don't … |
 | ...this is what is happening.... you are seeing the solid colour of ur wallpaper background in a box sized to suit the icon labels. This box shows thru ur current wallpaper, ie the dog's breakfast that u have currently.. :) [ dunno what the prob is, i can see it...]. … |
| | Fix this one with hijackthis: O9 - Extra button: Internet Radio by Endicosoft.com - {1F958B09-3312-7f0e-9723-4C1324C57B20} - C:\Program Files\Internet Radio\Radio.exe (file missing) Autostarts - you don't have many but Norton/Symantec. Leave the NVidia stuff if you are a gamer. You do not need to autostart Adobe Reader ....fix this one: O4 … |
| | Hello, pete, I tend to agree with Kraai. In OE go Tools, Accounts, lclick the old account if it is there and Remove it. Then get email details from your new ISP [I'm thinking POP3 and SMTP URLS, whether authentication is necessary...], CLick Add button and use those details to … |
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