Posts by caperjack

i read one similar that suggested going to run,cmd and doing a system file checker to make sure that ntdll.dll was not corrupted. in the comand prompt type in , sfc /scannow, note there is a space between the c and the /

also try this get hijackthis and scan and post a log here ,don't fix anything untill i have a look at the log ,we will be looking for a startup item that may be causing it .

if it were mine i would make sure there was nothing in the startup folder in start all programs ,and i would use http://www.ccleaner.com/ to clean any registry errors ,and run spyware and virus scan

Also... if the answer is try taking the memory card out... I have the instructions. What I dont know is could there be more than one memory card in there? If so, how will I know which one to remove?

yes there could be 2 ,but you have to take the ram cover off to see,if 2, easies way to find out what one might be causing the problem is simply remove one ,turn computer back on ,if it works you took out the right one ,if it doesn't work put it back and take out the other one . remember to unplug and remove battery when removing ram!

not sure this will help but if you windows automatic updates set try disabling it and see what happens.

Your Welcome

hello
my problem is that when i turn on my computer it turns off by itself.
To go into detail
When i turn on my computer the loading page comes up then before the welcome screen. That is when the computer turns off. Just before the welcome page comes up. The only time i can actually go on to my account is when it is in safe mode. Can someone help me?

hello ,when in safe mode right click on mycomputergo to properties/advanced,start up and recovery settings ,in system failure section uncheck automatically restart ,the next time it crashes it should give you the blue screen stop error message write down the error ,it would look something like this . post it back here when you get it
STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC00000005, 0x804EF844, 0xF89463FC,0x00000000)
it may also contain a file name like wixxxx32.exe

Hello and welcome to Daniweb,you problem could be caused by overheating,did you remove the cover and check for fans clogged with dust,CPU ,and power supply fans are the most likely to be clogged

have you ever use xp with 4 gig of ram before ,i do believe there are issues with xp when you use more than 2gig of ram

Hello and welcome to Daniweb ,right click on the desktop go to properties,screen saver,then power in there you will find a place to check of to use power options ,this will fix your shutdown

so don't choose mac type!!!actually very few icons on my mac desktop last time i looked

Do your own homework www.google.com lol

malicious trojan or spyware or virus could be the cause of you problem

mine reads blank dvd as zero space free ,so i wouldn't worry about it .

Hello - we had to reinstall XP when the system wouldn't start & choosing repair didn't work - so we ended up reinstalling it. Is there any way to retrieve the documents and settings we had - there was no way to back up since it just crashed on us. Can you help????

there was a way ,you needed to take drive out and slave it in another computer to remove files ,sad to say now you need to take it out and have someone who makes a living at data and file recovery .

Hai, need help, My laptop after full format and reinstall xp not successfully. the blue screen error message and reboot again

thank you

hello ,what was the error message??

you are right it has copied the necessary file to install,problem with the hard drive size in the photo supplied ,winxp needs 4-5 gig to install ,you only have a 1/2 gig ,partitioned,what size is the hard drive ??you are trying to use.looks like about a 6gig with most of it unpartitioned!
you really need a bigger drive!!!

two programs for starters,
ccleaner http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

Trojanhunter .http://www.misec.net/

Trojanhunter updates install first before running
http://www.misec.net/trojanhunter/updating/

also asssuming you are using IE ,try Firefox browser
run those and report back

hello,welcome to Daniweb,
you should start your own thread ,describing your problem,as i for one am not going to read all post above yours to see what your might be doing !!

hello,if its a windows user password and not a BIOS password ,do this ,hitting f8 on boot up to get safe mode ,click on administrator account ,then go to users in control panel ,and click on the user with the password ,click on to remove password ,if this doesn't work try creating a new user .

Hello and welcom to Daniweb,the win xp isn't installed yet ,so change the first boot back to cdrom,[with it set to harddrive its looking for winxp and its not finished installing yet.]leave the winxp cd in so it can continue to install winxp after the first reboot ,as in the photo you provided

Sorry just remembered win2000 doesn't have msconfig,You can add msconfig to Windows 2000. Put it in the c:\winnt\system32\ (c:\winnt\ works also) folder.
http://www.perfectdrivers.com/howto/msconfig.html

hello, go to start /run/ type in msconfig,go to boot.ini along the top,hi-lite the line with windows 2000 and click to set as default

sorry ,right click on the icon and choose properties ,then auto run,do you have dvd burning software installed on the computer,as just cd-r burning software will not work with dvd-r

ok, tell us does it read music or software disks,will it play dvd movies ,ect, ect ,ect .
go to mycomputer right click on the icon for the dvd drive ,choose auto run and set it up to auto run disk types with the programs you want to use for each disk type,or set to open folder to view different file types.blank disk to open with burning software you use ect ect ect .

never had that happen before,but i assume people do!! lol because here is a site telling how to fix it .
http://www.datarecovery.com.sg/data_recovery/outlook_pst_corruption.htm

Thank you caperjack.

Your welcome.

You my friend are a "God send" !!!! F 10 worked and now life is good !! I'm very thankful for your wisdom !!!!!! I hope one day I can repay you 100 fold !!!

Great ,glad it worked ,

I want to thank you for the input. I've never had a motherboard go bad, then again there is a first time for everything.
Giddyup

I ,as a self taught computer repair junkie have see a lot of boards go bad,but haveing said that never jump to conclusions ,you problem could be simply a problem with windows and be fixed with running CHKDSK /R in the windows recovery ,you will need to boot to the recovery from your windows disk ,choosing R for repair then pick the drive usually C:\.

have a look at the event viewer,click on system and check if its showing the error, type this into Run, eventvwr check this site for more info
http://ask-leo.com/what_is_the_event_viewer_and_should_i_care.html

also right click on mycomputer/properties/advanced/startup and recovery/settings and uncheck if checked to automatically restart computer ,save settings ,now when it crashes it will maybe give you a blue screen error if so write it down and post it back here .

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what does the bios show for the secondary ide,have you made any changes inside with the drives ribbon cableperhaps plugging it into the secondary ide plug by mistake .

this is how it done in XP ,should work for 2000.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844

f10 or f11 may bring up the restore option!

try this ,where you set it to show hidden file ,goe down 2 and uncheck, show protected system files[recommended ] ,

I ran a check on the memory and it checks out OK, so it has to be another problem.
BuddyB

i actually have one beside right now that belongs to someone else ,that was shutting down for no reason,i removed a lot of trojans and nasty spyware ,so far its running better now!!so maybe spybot search and destroy and AVG anti-spyware will help you too.

Dose the computer actually shut itself right down,or is it just going into sleep mode ,check power settings ,right click on the screen/properties/screensaver/power options ,and uncheck sleepmode if its checked .
also if by chance you have more than one stick of ram you could remove one[still the same], then remove the other one .you could also download memtest86 burn iso to cd and boot to the disk to check the ram .
http://www.memtest86.com/ check the free download link on the left,the secone on in the list will run and copy to a floppy disk and run on bootup from the floppy ,if you don't have a flpooy drive download the iso image and burn the iso to cdrom and run from the cd.

My D drive is full. There's not even enough space left to defragment. I have 156KB free. My computer is SLOWER than molasses. I can't figure out what is tying up all the space. I don't have an over abundance of programs loaded. How can I see what's on D drive? How do I know what is safe to delete? Thank you in advance to anyone who can help...Ava

download and install and run ccleaner it will only remove unneeded temp file and other s-it that are not needed .
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

I don't like being strong-armed into anything, especially by a machine. I'll fight fire with fire. Perhaps a more aggressive popup blocker.

afp

Streaming video as soon as you open a site , is the way of the internet now! not sure if any popup blocker is going to stop this one .

All These People Viewing this thread and no one is respongding !

It's either no one but me have this problem or no one knows the solution.
Or no one cares......

:(

i don't have an answer ,but it jumps for me also ,with firefox,and IE 6.
slow server perhaps

I don't know where it came from but just about every page I open results in the pop up "Do you want to install and run "Adobe Flash Player" signed on 6/11/2007 . . .

this means there is something on the site that requires flash player to view,so its the web site generating the pop up,install it and be done with the popup.
flash player and adobe reader are 2 different programs .

ok, i use one of those too,but i have 2 usb mice here, and it works with one and not the other ,go figure!!

Ok, I'm trying AVG Anti-Spyware, but it expires in 30 days...

only the autoprotect part expires ,i still use it but have to run it and update it manually

all i can suggest is to make sure you have the latest drivers for the sound card and or unistall and reinstall the ones you have .

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/SOUND-CARD/REALTEK/

while it may not be the best case scenario , it is big enough to run xp ,i have install winxp on p2 computers with,133 mhz processors ,made before win98,and they will install and run ,so this is not the problem here ,i would suggest you do a xp full install and not an upgrade of win98,as long as you have win98 disk to put in when asked during the winxp install this is possible.

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg.asp

Its a DELL Inspiron 1200
i recently reformated it an before that the soudn was working perfectly
now there is no sound at all
an when i go to the sound volume an etc. it shows nothing
can somone please help me?

you need to reinstall drivers for you sound device ,you need to know what device is install in your laptop .and go to the dell site to find them.

hello,what one did you use!! just so we know not to use it .

also check these .
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ms793589.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=244617&sd=RMVP

http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm

Replace RAM? Dont have money.Is there a cheaper way out?What, by the way is IRQL?

http://ext2fsd.sourceforge.net/documents/irql.htm

check event viewer for a possible error message.
go to start/control panel/administrative tools /event viewer / click on system

I'm aware of the option. What I was asking is: Do you gain anything by having ccleaner empty out the temp files rather than doing it through IE?

Thanks again for your help.

no,but ccleaner also does window temp folders and much more!