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"E:\cacls abstract_image /P /G everyone:f"
I guess you didn't use quite that command string. Maybe=> cacls "E:\abstract_image" /E /P everyone:f
Did you lock it with=> cacls "E:\abstract_image" /P everyone:n ?
Try running=> cacls "E:\abstract_image" /e /r everyone
That will revoke the permissions of the everyone group. You might need the /c parameter, so => cacls "E:\abstract_image" /e /c /r everyone
Next, run=> cacls "E:\abstract_image" to see who has what permissions.
And edit them to suit your purposes.
Umm... are you an administrator, by any chance...?

I think so... :(. But I am out of my depth here right now. CPU architecture falls WAY outside my interests; you have to draw a line somewhere. I use a proprietary system benchmarking software, but there is likely something to do the job at no cost. Gurgling gives me these of some interest:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Benchmarks/CPUMark.shtml
or go wild here: http://majorgeeks.com/downloads4.html
Any chance of dropping your CPU into another sys?

Cool; thanks for that testing, flagstar. I don't play online, so it's nice to have your feedback.
I have a few files in that trusted status setting. And no conflicts with Comodo.
Apologies, Jingda, i didn't realise that Avast was still having issues with ZA up until so recently as shown in your last posted link on that matter..

Interesting re Avast BS. You might play with it by leaving it on, and going into Expert Settings there and adding a trusted process for your game; leave it checking for low-level rootkits etc.

The reference is probably to address line mapping, so expect trouble with memory sticks, you might hope, but more likely the cpu. If your BIOS allows it, use expanded bios reporting options so that it at least does a quick check of memory addressing. And try memtest86+ .... gurgle for that, the download choices are down the page a ways, and options are for all the usual bootable media. There are CPU tests out there.

Avast has a gaming mode. Are you using that?
It's the job of an AV to examine every new or changed file that is loaded to mem, or downloaded...
As far as Avast and ZA conflicting, the linked post above is TEN years old!! One would hope that two majors would have sorted it out by now.

Is this the same drive that a week ago you reported would not recognise cds?
A lot of suggestions were posted there, but you did not bother replying to the thread.

It seems that your sound device is actually working, at least to the extent that the system can recognise it, and know that the driver is incorrect, or corrupt.
These chaps are good: http://members.driverguide.com/
Just paste into Search your C-Media AC97 Audio Device, or [better..] choose Sound Card and follow through. You might come to this page:
http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=136560
Grab that file [register, please.] and install it.

Hi, gnuma...
"I went to Control Panel>System but I don't find an Advanced Tab. what didn't I do?"... Beats me. Does entering this into the Run box go there directly?:
control sysdm.cpl ,3
But anyway.... the following should work for you:

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

So go back to where you got that file from, delete the second disk config line in the Notepad and go File, Save. And that is it.
The second disk configuration line with rdisk(1) in it refers to a second hard drive which you obviously don't have installed, so ntldr throws up that error message. In fact, rdisk(x) is the position of your disk on the mb adapter. With EIDE controllers and most setups, the primary boot drive is on the first adapter, so is rdisk(0)

Could we have a look at this?
"Start Windows, then go CP > System > Advanced tab, Startup n Recovery Settings button. Click the Edit button. A notepad should pop with your boot.ini file. You can post it here for our guidance on editing it.
[Just occasionally, during installation Setup will leave an entry that controls its automatic restart during installation; it may be that..or a spurious entry with a misconfigured disk parameter, all fixable]"

Ah, you did okay, gnuma. All problems fixed, now?

An off-topic remark infraction? I probably have hundreds of those.
Good ol M$ for having them, and skilly, for pointing out yet another way to edit the boot.ini file. To advance his instruction: Run msconfig, select Boot.ini tab, press Check All Boot Paths button; the genie will throw up paths that are not valid, remove them. With a dab of commonsense applied, because the Recovery Console, if installed, is not seen as a valid opsys. Yeah, good ol M$.
This error:
"Window=msfeedsync.exe
"The instruction at "0x0000004195cS". The memory could not be "read"."
probably originates from corruption in its temp data store.
Paste this into Run:
"%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Feeds"
-delete all files inside, including index.dat

Crunchie had a brainstorm... he'll be okay again in a while.. :)
He meant the boot.ini file, not the mbr. Start Windows, then go CP > System > advanced tab, Startup n Recovery Settings button. Click the Edit button. A notepad should pop with your boot.ini file. You can post it here for our guidance on editing it.
[Just occasionally, during installation Setup will leave an entry that controls its automatic restart during installation; it may be that..or a spurious entry with a misconfigured disk parameter, all fixable]

Ah. Your lsass.exe file in system32 is corrupt. There are a couple of options for you to choose from:
-use the Recovery Console to copy the lsass.exe file from C:\windows\system32\dllcache\lsass.exe to \system32
-use the Recovery Console to expand the file from the installation cd as follows:
C:\>Expand X:\I386\lsass.ex_ C:\Windows\system32 X would be your cd drive as seen by the RC. The command Map in the RC will show you the cd drive letter [it may not be what you think it is].
-connect the hard drive to your other computer to copy in a fresh lsass.exe; source as before is system32/dllcache/lsass.exe on that drive, or perhaps from the other system. This option is useful if you don't have either a cd or the RC on your machine. The RC is started by running Setup via the cd, then choosing the repair or recover option by pressing R.

What setting was that, Jeannot? I use Comodo.. I know it starts with other boot-time drivers, but it hardly slows things down.

Would it be sufficient to code in explorer.exe opening Network Connections window via its CLSID?
/n as an explorer parameter would open a new instance of it...

Sality. Yep, a reinstallation is the best solution for that pest. Probably still the only solution. Mind that any removable media you used may also be infected [USB flashdrives, etc...]
I'd be loading a different AV service this time around.
Cheers.

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Hi. It's not a good idea at all to attempt to install an AV service on an infected computer... its files may get damaged before it has a chance to protect itself. You need to attempt a couple of online scans first... eSet, Kaspersky etc. If you cannot get online with the sys then a downloadable Kaspersky scanner might help. All free; choose from:
==Kaspersky Online Scan, from http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner -the downloadable virus scanner tool is on this page, also.
==Eset Online Scanner using IE only: http://www.eset.com/online-scanner
==Pandasoftware ActiveScan using IE or Firefox from http://www.pandasecurity.com/activescan/index/
==Bitdefender Online Scan using IE only: http://www.bitdefender.com/scanner/online/free.html
- post the results, please.
Finish up with this scan:
==Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from: http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html
or: http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-setup.exe
=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; the application will guide you through the remaining steps.
ENSURE that EVERYTHING found has a CHECKMARK against it, then click Remove Selected.
If malware has been found [and removed] MBAM will automatically produce a log for you when it completes... do not click the Save Logfile button.
Examine the log: if some files are listed as Delete on Reboot then restart your machine before continuing.
Copy and post that log [it is also …

Gee... I led you astray there. It's been a while since I did a boot log.... so I did one just to check. Here is the proper way... :( :
To do one, run procmon.exe; stop the logging via the magnifier button. In Options, check Enable Boot Logging, and restart your system.
Upon the restart, boot logging will halt the moment you run procmon.exe; then choose to Save the log somewhere [it will be 200MB more or less if you stop it quickly; the logging continues until you run procmon.exe].
Once Saved [and only when saved], the log will be presented in Process Monitor's window.
As far as setting a Duration filter goes, you may need to play a little bit with its time values. Using Duration is only a start - some processes continue without interrupting the startup. For example, winlogon.exe runs continuously once it starts, so will explorer.
Really, what you are looking for is large jumps in Relative Time, but I don't know how to filter for that... scrolling and eye-balling the column will always work.
You might also try disabling your AV and restarting.
Access denied... there will be a few relating mainly to Winmm access requests.

Isn't this new "Google paradigm" sweet? You are now actually able to clock up some sleep, Jude.

Hi, Jeannot. Buffer overflow results are normal; the query will be remade but with allowance for a longer data reply; there may be 100 or 200 of them. Another common result is Name not found - the software is written for many eventualities.
But Access denied? - I have not seen that in a Boot log. What processes were involved? [use filter: result exlcudes denied then exclude]

Hello, jeannot, well, we can rule out malware [you scanned] and non-M$ services, and probably drivers. Hmm... did you check the Event viewer [via Admin tools]?
And did you run Memtest86+ [from http://www.memtest.org/ ? Halfway down that page you have a good choice of builds for floppy, cd or USB.
The only other thing I can suggest to nail this down is to get and run Process Monitor from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/sysinternals/bb896645 -put it somewhere for fast access, perhaps into a new folder on your desktop.
You need to boot log with it, so start it via procmon.exe and halt the logging immediately via the little magnifier glass; go Options > Enable Boot Logging.
Restart your sys; when you are able start Process Monitor, answer No to saving the log and immediately stop the logging.
Add the Duration column. You are looking for anything with a duration longer than oh... to start with... maybe 0.02 seconds. Easiest is to set a filter for that; use Duration Less than 0.02 then Exclude. Add and Apply that.
That filter should leave you with a few disk accesses, reads or writes. Too much info? Your sys is slow...Increase the filter time to 0.1 sec... there should be nothing. But something is dragging its feet, and this might bring it out. To modify a filter find it in the list, dclick it to put it in the edit line, vary it, Add and Apply.
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It's a tough job, Lily, doing that advertising. Imagine having to trawl back to 2009 for threads. I bet you've found more recent ones, though.

It sounds as if your mail server is not a good one; I guess it is not your ISP?
You should not be receiving timeouts if it is your ISP, if a third party mail server then who knows...? It may be busy, your connection slow, it may just not be very compatible with Outlook. Some webmailservers block mail clients unless you pay. Are you using a proxy client to interface Outlook with the mail server? You'll know what I mean if you are...
Anyway, if clearing your mail from the server helps for a while, then do it again but also delete the pop3uidl.dbx file from your mail store [Outlook will rebuild it when next you start it].
Your mail store is found by going to Tools > Options > Maintenance in Outlook.
I reckon it's a dodgy mail server...
While you are doing that, first in your mail store delete pop3 and smtp log folders if they exist, then open Outlook and in the Maintenance page check the Mail logging for Troubleshooting box. When you fail to receive an email check the last entry block in pop3.log - it will give you an idea of the problem. Below is the listing in my pop3 log for the successful reception by me of one short email [there are 112 emails awaiting deletion on my server, they will be deleted when I delete them from OE].

Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 (xpsp_sp3_gdr.100129-1321)
POP3 Log started …

Your Norton contract expiring should not be the cause of that [AV cos aren't that mean...], but I could guess that you got hit by some malware.
When you get your sys started to that screen, press Ctrl-Shift-Esc. In TM under processes is explorer.exe present? If not, use File, New Task to run it [enter explorer.exe].
If it is already there then at FIle, New Task instead enter your browser executable [eg. iexplore.exe, firefox.exe, opera.exe]; then ...
==Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
from: http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html
or: http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-setup.exe
=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; the application will guide you through the remaining steps.
ENSURE that EVERYTHING found has a CHECKMARK against it, then click Remove Selected.
If malware has been found [and removed] MBAM will automatically produce a log for you when it completes... do not click the Save Logfile button.
Examine the log: if some files are listed as Delete on Reboot then restart your machine before continuing.
Copy and post that log [it is also saved under Logs tab in MBAM].

==Download OTL from http://oldtimer.geekstogo.com/OTL.exe to your Desktop.

* Double click on the icon to run it. Make sure all other windows are closed and to let it run uninterrupted.
* Under the …

Jeannot, "the computer start fast but when the pc comes to the logon screen it stays for 2 minutes or more at : windows wordt gestart ( windows starting)." implies that your sys is having trouble either with services or drivers and hardware. It is at that point that ntoskrnl is loading services [drivers] from the list passed to it by ntldr [the default controlset], and seeing whether the hardware functions. So when you next start your sys check in device manager for any devices with a yellow "?" next to them. That will indicate either a bad driver of hardware item.
To find a sticky service is tougher. If you have tried your Restore Points and they do not help, then try the following:
Just to be safe, first start your sys in Safe Mode. Works? Right, run msconfig [from Safe Mode will do], and under Sevices tab check the Hide Microsoft Services box, then uncheck all that remain [except any for your keyboard], including your AV and firewall. Restart. Recheck the boxes if no change.
Under General tab select Diagnostic Services and restart [you will lose ALL restore points if you do this...]. No change? Set it back to Normal start.
Say how you get on...

Yeah. OP is not giving much detail - we don't know if it is slow coming to logon screen, or after. Big difference regards third party apps.. most won't load until userinit.exe runs.
As far as boot scans by AVs, Avast can be set to do one, but it is obvious, with an info screen; it runs before winlogon.exe.

At logon there won't be a whole lot of background pgms running, certainly no third party apps, and the internet connection quality will hardly be a bugbear then. Most malware won't have started at that time [cannot be ruled out, though]. Sure, 4 GB of mem is more than XP can recognise, but one bad bit is one too many. Bluescreens with W7, slow login with XP...

I don't bother with oc, just read about it; that does seem like a large oc, though, from the standard 2.7GHz? Try backing that off [that's the first rule on a badly performing oc job, isn't it?]. Does it game ok? Check your memory with Memtest86+ [the bluescreens suggest a possible problem].
But sometimes installations just seem to go bad, little bits of sysfile corruption that slow things down. If just a few weeks into it, I'd consider a reinstallation. I know it's a pest, a time waster, but sometimes it works. A last resort, though.

I'm starting to wonder if your mb's sensor chip is upset. You might do a more thorough check with this software, CPUID's HardwareMonitor. Run it, drag the edges of its window so that it shows all data at once, screenshoot it and post the pic. We'll be able to see crucial voltages as well as all mb and CPU temps.
http://www.cpuid.com/
I have 1.16, 1.17 is out. May I suggest you get the no-installation zip? You just put it into a handy folder, unzip it to there, and run the .exe when you need it. It makes it lighter for your sys...

I have the latest version of CCleaner [as on the link caper posted, .1457]; it cleans at least as well as earlier versions, is free, is still configurable. Mine I configure to clean Java caches etc., and other temp files that I have moved.

My turn. First, to test the keyboard and driver...
If you are not the only user will the up/down arrow keys move the cursor at logon from one user to the next?
Try to enter BIOS Setup - can you, and does the system respond to the keyboard here?
If no to both then you have a hardware keyboard/motherboard problem [or BIOS is corrupt, which is unlikely as it can boot to Windows [you get as far as logon, so Windows is loaded]].
If yes, then have you tried entering Safe mode with the Administrator password [or via your logon as an administrator]? If the keyboard does respond here then it is likely a malware issue : MBAM.

Just guessing.... fans run for a reason.... is it possible that your CPU's heatsink is not well seated? Booting/loading an OS is moderately CPU intensive; your breaking the procedure by letting it cool after running BIOS and before loading Windows could be explained by this; shutting down also gets the CPU doing housekeeping. Get a core temp monitor, a decent one is, well, CoreTemp.. :) http://www.alcpu.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=137
This is strange, though: "Also every time i turn it off the fans go mental after power down until the switch on the PSU is turned off." The mb fans are controlled by a mb hardware monitor chip, accordingly the mb fans should stop at power down?; the PSU fan answers only to a temp monitor inside the PSU.

System tray [or notifications area] is used mainly for ... yep.. notifications. So new mail events pop an icon there, your AV icon shows you it is doing stuff, a temperature monitor software may report there, some icons there allow configurations. Do as Caper suggests, drop it into the QuickLaunch area. I think that to get an icon into the system tray requires coding?

I'm sorry, i must correct a post here. A change to such a HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive key entry will only affect that particular user profile, whether an Admin or not. HKLM keys may be subordinated/replaced by HKCU keys/values if the latter exist. HKCU keys/values are loaded from the particular hive of that user [subject to policies in HKCU, and they in turn over-ridden by HKLM policies] and contain his settings and profile.

The Actionic router communicates wirelessly just fine with the printer downstairs, and the Tosh lappy when it is upstairs, but not downstairs. Tosh is the problem. Cabling, plumbing will have no effect whatsoever on the signal strength. Carry the lappy about and see where the signal dies. Just back a bit is the new location for the office.. :)

Life throws up lots of interesting situations.

Your firewall, AV or cleaning softwares likely have tools inside their Options tab to do just that job for you.

The Orange Rat moniker? Ah... not a long story. I was a fan of South Park [still apreciate it], and an episode had just aired where Cartman was telling his mates that he had dreamt a gerbil had crawled up his leg and was eating his xxse; anyway, I needed to complain to a company whose services I used, and to do that I needed to create a login to their chatroom. On the spur of the moment I chose Gerbil [it seemed fitting...], and have stuck with it across other rooms.

Here's a boot disc with a recovery console on it; the console runs from the cd so you don't need an xp cd or any files from your C drive. I know it works. All you need is an image burner like Nero 6, CD Writer...
Tips... unzip the file to get the iso and then BURN THE IMAGE. Do not use Data CD or any other mode cos all you will get is a copy of the iso [which you have already...and your new CD will not be bootable]; if you look at the files on your new cd and see .iso mentioned anywhere, start over. You merely select Burn an Image, browse to and select the .iso and press Burn. That is all it takes. Burn it to a CD-RW if you wish; there is no need to close/finalise the CD whether it is a RW or R. Multisession works fine. If you use a CD-RW then hold the burn speed lowish, say 4x.

http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/rc.iso
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/tools/bootdiscs/xp_rec_con.zip

Run chkdsk to perform a simple check of the drive. If there are any errors reported you must then do chkdsk /p to attempt to recover them, and follow with chkdsk to see if it is fixed. If not, try /p again, and so on [chkdsk with no parameter will not fix a thing]. You can just run chkdsk /p immediately if you wish.

Dredge HP site for a software update. Not much else can be done if a default is fixed.

Okay. I don't know if msvcr71.dll is a library that must be registered.... but if this cmd fails then I guess it does not: Once you have copied msvcr71.dll into system32 then enter in a Run or cmd window...
regsvr32 msvcr71.dll
That might solve your problem with other copies not succeeding.

msvcr71.dll is a pretty common file, included with a lot of third party softwares. Should be a copy in Pgm Files\Java, for a start. Also Ms .NET.
If you do not wish to trust dll-files.com , then dl Java and copy it over, often to the folder of the software that requires it, but system32 would do.

Safi, the default is the boot.ini of Setup, the one it makes for itself when it is organising its restart. That the default option fails with cd inserted means some of its files already copied are corrupt; don't run Setup from an existing Windows installation...
anyway, to fix your boot.ini so that you start XP Pro normally just change it to this:

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=5
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Easiest way is CP > System > Advanced tab > Startup n Recovery Settings button, Edit.
The timeout of 5 secs is immaterial if there is only one option - you won't see the menu screen.
Oh, and delete that folder, C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT if it exists... it's the temp files for installation.

Hello, Van. Is the file regedit.exe in your Windows folder? If so, does dclicking it open regedit? And is the file reg.exe in system32?

Yep, laptop designers cunningly place the heatsinks and air vents right where your lap is likely to block them. They are the same people that filled the Hindenburg with Hydrogen.
Laptops are a favourite with Eskimos.

"But i selected the same partition as i know the drive name of my 1st HDD as 1 st priority HDD of 500GB, so installed on same drive on D:[ before this drive letter as C:], continued the installation, nothing formatted the drive, just overwrited."
Or, to rephrase...
...selected the SP2 partition.... so installed SP3 on same drive [drive C:], continued the installation, did not format the drive, just overwrote.
And therein lies your problem. Setup will NOT overwrite files, except boot.ini and the boot files.
It saw your old Windows SP2 installation, saw that it was built to be on drive C:, and then built the new SP3 installation for drive D: so as not to confuse itself. SP2 is not SP3. Setup takes no notice of existing drive letters - it will always reallot them to suit what it finds, or what you set in Winnt.sif. You later can change them all, except the one which Windows occupies [that drive letter is so embedded in the new registry as to be unchangeable].
What to do? Format that 1st partition on your 500GB drive, then install SP3 onto it. Setup will call it C: this time around, and allot drive letters according to a system - boot disk first, then next disk in the Sata mb number heirachy. They will be as you had them before.
If there are files on D; [old C:] that you wish to retain, copy them to another …

Why try to circumvent Setup's rules? Do you like pain and frustration?
You ask why should you give ProgramFilesDir a directory name... well, you do simply because it wants one. And place the commands in their correct sections; when Setup wants something for a stage, it is going to look in the corresponding section.
Here is the guide : http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/19/
Believe it.

Baby D., msinfo32.exe is part of XP's Help & Support. Try that [via Start button if you show it there], go to Pick a Task, and then to inline Tools link, finally Advanced Sys Info.
Failing that, post the entries you have under Device Mgr, Sound and Video Controllers