Posts by gemini4

If you have Service Pack 1 do this: http://www.myfixes.com/internet/winsocksp1/sp1tcpip.htm

If you have Service Pack 2 do this:
http://www.myfixes.com/internet/winsocksp2/sp2tcpip.htm

I can tell you that even if they are associated with it they are harmless. That key is not one that would allow the application to launch. However I don't have those registry entries so they are not windows default.

They probably are from one of the evaluation applications that you installed on your machine. You can delete them but back them up first.

Go to Tools/Folder Options on top of your Explorer window and put a dot in Use Windows Classic Folders. Also go under View and then take the checkmark out of Remember each folder's view settings. Apply the settings.

Your c drive's properties look fine.

Sounds like there's a problem with your sound card drivers. Take a look in your device manager to see what you're missing. You can access the device manager from Start/Run/devmgmt.msc

You don't need a DOS boot disk. What you need is the Windows XP installation CD.

Follow this fix:

http://www.myfixes.com/articles/system

First of all IE is a bad choice for browsing. I would suggest Firefox.

Here's a possible solution to your problem though:

Go to Tools, Internet Options and click Advanced on the Top. Look for reuse windows for launching shortcuts and uncheck it. Apply the settings.

Yes but your IDE cables appear to be disconnected so I don't think you will be able to reinstall anyway.

Disconnect your machine from the power, open the case and make sure the cables are connected correctly.

If the cables are connected successfuly your BIOS settings might be corrupt so hit F2 when you get that message and then press Alt+F, Esc and then choose to save the settings.

How old is your Dell?

You said you have DSL. DSL modems can work 2 ways: router and bridge mode. In bridge mode the computer will have to establish a PPPOE connection. It is possible that your DSL modem doesn't function in router mode anymore and some of the computers have a pppoe connection created and this is how they can get on the Internet.

What we need to know first in order to assess the situation, is the ip address of a computer that can connect and then we need the ip address of a computer that doesn't connect.

Louker: When you see the desktop wallpaper, press "Ctrl-Alt-Escape" to launch task manager. Then, click file>new task(run). In the run dialog box, type "explorer" and press enter.

It's Ctrl+Shift+Esc.

If that doesn't work Ctrl+Alt+Del.

Use SymNRT to uninstall it: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/sharedtech.nsf/docid/2006031710323113

You might need to update your video card settings. Also try creating a new user profile.

The fact that you installed Windows on the HDD using your PC is certainly the problem. During OS install certain configuration settings are made specific to the machine Windows is installed on.

You need to format the hard drive and install windows while the HDD is connected to your Laptop

Open a command prompt: click Start, choose Run, execute cmd .

Type: chkdsk <drive_letter>: /f

Where <drive_letter> is the drive letter assigned to your external HDD.

Try a sfc scan. The ntdll.dll file might be corrupt. Go to start, choose run, and type in sfc /scannow . Make sure to have your Windows XP cd with you.

In a lot of situations when you are locked out of the operating system you need to use the Recovery Console which is a command prompt.

I've already posted a link to one of your messages ( http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread46923.html ) which shows you how to do a System Restore from Recovery Console by manually copying the registry hives.

Here is how you can boot in Recovery Console:
1. Insert the Windows XP cd into the top cd drive
2. Turn the computer off
3. Setup the computer to boot from cd: either by pressing F2, F9 or Delete to go in BIOS or by pressing F12 on some OEM computers to launch the Boot Device Menu
4. As soon as you get the message Press any key to boot from the cd hit enter.
5. Wait ~3 minutes for the Windows Setup to initialize
6. At the Welcome to Setup screen press R to repair windows using recovery console.
7. Wait a couple of minutes while setup examines the hard drive.
8. You will be prompted to choose a Windows installation. Press 1 on the top of the keyboard and then
9. You will be prompted to enter the Administrator password. Press Enter if no password was set.

Here are the most common commands in the Recovery Console:

chkdsk : performs a disk check, used with the /p flag is faster used with /r is more …

Try this http://www.myfixes.com/articles/system

Go to Control Panel, System Properties. Click Advanced at the top. Under Performance click the Settings button. Under Visual Effects put a dot in Adjust for best appearance. Apply the settings.

Try to erase all your policy settings. On a home machine there should not be any. This batch file will help you do that: http://www.myfixes.com/batch/0b5ed63d7897a07af3d769d550a8b003/clearPolicy.bat

Sorry for the delay. I was a little busy this week. Try this: http://www.myfixes.com/articles/wininet

Create a new user profile. Let's see if the same things happens for the other user.

I see you have the Google Toolbar uninstall it temporarily. Sometimes it causes problems with internet explorer.

Actually what I want to advise you is to install Firefox. Forget about Internet Explorer really! It's full of bugs and sercurity wholes.

Well your Toshiba should have been shipped with a "Recovery DVD". Put that disk in your DVD drive and boot from it. If you don't have any disks contact Toshiba tech support for more information.

What laptop your have?

The fact that the lights are off and you can't get into BIOS proves that there is something wrong with the connection.

What kind of keyboard and mouse are they (USB/PS2, Wireless/Wired)?

I'm not exactly sure about this but taking ownership of the files should work.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

I think that you can't get into the recovery console uless you install the drivers for your SCSI controller. You have to hit F6 at the beggining of the windows setup, then insert a floppy that contains the drivers.

FYI, when I first powered up the PC the software did
not go through a set-up process. It went straight into windows.

What do you mean by that? You said in your post that you just loaded Windows.

Go in Control Panel, Folder Options, click on View on the top and put a dot in "Show hidden files and folders" and take the checkmark out of "Hide protected OS files" and "Hide extension for known file types". Apply the settings and click apply to all folders.

Click on Start, choose Run and execute: %userprofile% . Look for a file called ntuser. Verify if the extension is .dat or .man .

Try the following:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regsvr32 jscript.dll, and then click OK.
3. Click OK.
4. Click Start, and then click Run.
5. In the Open box, type regsvr32 vbscript.dll, and then click OK.
6. Click OK.

Well how come it worked once and then didn't work anymore? Post a hijackthis log.

PXE is for Server 3003 and RIS (Remote Installation Services). On your Desktop you would need a DHCP server that supports bootp requests and a tftpd server. That functionality is not built in into Windows XP

I think there's some kind of virus or spyware causing all this troubles with group policies. I fixed several cases like that in the last week with this:
http://www.myfixes.com/quickfixes/fixes/25

Let me know if it worked. If it did it wouldn't hurt to also post a hijackthis log on the spyware section to see if you're clean.

Don't open ports in your firewall. It's not very secure. Remote desktop web connection is created for internal networks. It's better not to use it.

I recommend you LOG ME IN: www.logmein.com .

This is a tough problem because there's nothing we can put our finger on. Do a clean boot: http://www.myfixes.com/slides/msconfig-32 . Reboot and see if the problem reoccurs. If it doesn't we know there's one of the programs installed on your computer. If it does we know that it's the OS that has the problem.

Problems like this might also happen due to file system errors. Try to perform a check disk (chkdsk /f).

Disable 3rd party browser extensions and then try again.

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If registry editing has been disabled perform a System Restore to the date folder options was still there.

Could you give us a screenshot of the message?

Also how long has been this going on?

Try this: http://www.myfixes.com/quickfixes/fixes/24

From your last hijackthis log we didn't see any hacking tools. The dialer it's supposed to try to use your dial-up modem everytime you turn the computer on. Has that happened?

There are two possibilities: 1. they are on your computer but they are not active, just stored on the hard drive in some location.
2. the panda software is wrong.

Does it say which are the infected files?

Well 5 antispyware programs are not a good ideea. You need just one good one plus your antivirus and firewall.

Now regarding the problem. If you have a hardware failure or driver failure you usually get a blue screen. This looks like something to do with your security software. Just temporarily disable or uninstall it when the problem occurs to see if that's it.

To rule out any possible drivers issues take a look in your event log and let's see if you see any system errors there.

Create a new profile and see if that happens in there as well. Usually that sounds like a mandatory profile to me.

Run the batch file and it will do it for you or click start, choose Run and execute regedit. Then navigate to that key.

Try this: http://www.myfixes.com/quickfixes/fixes/30

Uninstall Nero.

Go in device manager. Right click on your cd drives and uninstall them. Reboot.

Go into my computer. Right click on your CD burner. Go under the Recording tab. Take the checkmark out of enable recording on the drive. Apply the settings.

Put the checkmark back. Change the speed to 16x or 4x. Apply the settings.

Click Start, choose Run and execute services.msc. Look for the IMAPI CD Burning Service. Insure that this service is set to Automatic.

Reboot.

Try to burn with windows now. If you are successful reinstall Nero.

Honestly even if you bought NT it's not worth to use it as long as you have 2000. However each os should be on it's own partition. NT goes first on the partition that contains the MBR lets say c: and 2000 should be installed in top of NT on the second partition (d: ).

That's it.

Don't do it through the system properties.

Navigate with Windows Explorer to c:\documents and settings\administrator and copy from there; the Desktop the My Documents folder and the Favorites.

This might be caused by a group policy. Try the following fix: http://www.myfixes.com/quickfixes/fixes/24

I just realized today that there was a mistake in the fix. Instead of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

the path was

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\

However now is corrected and I just tested the fix and works perfectly :)

Well if you have SP1 and no firewall you might have some viruses there. It wouldn't hurt to post a HT log on the spyware forum.

Ths is just a workaround but how about disabling the Help and Support service?
Click Start, choose Run, execute services.msc, double click on Help and Support and set it to disabled.

By the way what service pack do you have installed 1 or 2?

If the problem started when you were updating real player you might wanna get rid of that in Hijackthis: O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot and reboot. If the problem still stands...

Go into safe mode and see if Windows Explorer is ok there: http://www.myfixes.com/slides/msconfig-31

One more thing that I've noticed is that you are using the worst antivirus program ever created: Norton. I've seen Norton create problems like that.