Posts by caperjack

I've got a Compaq PC. The CD drive was not working so installed a used drive yesterday. Now, when I start the machine, it only gets through a short part of the boot-up process then stops at a blank screen with a rapidly flashing cursor. I'm wondering if I have a bad CD drive or do I need to install a different set of drivers?

HospitalPadre

depending how you have the cd install on the ribbon cable ,make sure the jumper on the back of the cdrom is set right ,master or slave .

forget it !

if you are using winxp check this out .Reload

just to add .in IE,go to tools/internet options /advanced /security and you can check ogg for IE to delete temp internet file when closing browser .saves time !

Weird ,try this neet utility to tell you about you cpu and other stuff see what it says .
http://www.cpuid.org/cpuz.php

Here's the latest update. I downloaded Registry mechanic, ran it, and it found something like 200+ problems. After I had it fix them, it seemed like my computer ran noticably faster and control panel clocked the processor at 1.66 Ghz! Once I restarted the computer, however, it dropped back to 513mhz. Registry mechanic wasn't able to fix all of the problems for some reason...maybe somebody knows why.

where are you getting the 513 reading from!

I am new at this, so if this is in the wrong spot, please forgive me.
I need help solving the following:
I have to reboot my computer everytime I need to use it because if I leave it on to hibernate I cannot connect to my dial up provider. I get the following message:
"Rundl 32 has caused an error in Kernel 32 Dll, Rundel 32 will now close."

I also have been getting other error messages:
"wpwin10 has casued an error PFIT lDO DLL" or
"wpwin10 has casued an error in an unknown.."

I am novice... Hopefully somebody can help me.
thanks,
bevecu

First i would disable hibernate as its one buggy windows option in my opinion .if you don't know how to disable .right click on you sesktop /properties/screensavers/poweroption and hibernat and disable it .
the other error is word perfict releated ,i have no idea how to fix it .
Not sure but you may find some help here .
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,8330,00.asp

also you really should get you windows updates at least to sp1 for both IE and winxp

Go
Here and Get Trojan-Hunter Fully working trial! and run a full scan
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
To remove trojans there is a tool which needs to be downloaded and run.

1. Please download Stinger and save it to your desktop

2. Double-click on the stinger.exe file and open the tool

3. Choose your entire hard drive to scan.

4. Choose Scan Now

5. Stinger will fix anything that it finds

6. Click the File menu and select Save report to file

7. Post the log file results here in this thread.

STINGER

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Reboot to SAFE mode to delete files
How to start computer in safe mode

Please delete your temporary files by deleting all files and folders that are in those folders (do not delete the temp folder itself) like for example
C:\WINDOWS\Temp\
C:\Temp\
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp\
Also delete your Temporary Internet Files, be sure to also select delete all offline content.

Do a virus scan Please do an online scan, 2 would be better,

Micro World http://www.mwti.net/antivirus/free_utilities.asp
Trend Micro http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

Make sure that you choose "fix" or "clean".

.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Download then unzip and run CWShredder to clean up clicking "FIX" to have it remove all it finds.

CWShredder available from these places :-

might i suggest .!
Good Read

Did all that was asked of me.
When I try to delete the reg key-it says you cannoty delete it.
Here is error message:
Cannot delete-error with deleteing key
Any advice?????

Hi not sure whats going on really , but in normal mode go to regedit click on , HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE then go to edit and permission,and make sure you have permission set to full control for the profile you are using ..

Edit! also suggest using spybot ,along with ad-aware .
Spybot S&D. (Version 1.3)
Spybot
Unzip, and update. Install the updates and run. Delete all that it marks in red.
Reboot

My computer is running extremely slow. It used to show 1.6something Ghz and now only clocks 513, and used to have 768 RAM but now only shows 704. I have posted a hijackthis log if it is anything there. I have also defragged. Help!

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 5:16:46 PM, on 4/21/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPConfig.exe
C:\Program Files\HPQ\Notebook Utilities\HPWirelessMgr.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\navapw32.exe
C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPLpr.exe
C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\carpserv.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\msiexec.exe
C:\Program Files\HijackThis\hijackthis\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyServer = proxy.samford.edu:8080
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: NAV Helper - {BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872} - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NAVShExt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Norton AntiVirus - {42CDD1BF-3FFB-4238-8AD1-7859DF00B1D6} - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NAV Agent] C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\navapw32.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPLpr] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPLpr.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPEnh] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CARPService] carpserv.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnk = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\reader_sl.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1101600242997
O16 - DPF: {74D05D43-3236-11D4-BDCD-00C04F9A3B61} …

Run at least 2 of these !
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus.html
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php

I don't have the CD to reinstall Window's XP so how can I reformat? It is a Dell Computer.

Thanks in advance

i don't know were to start !you don't have a windows cd to reload ! ,so if you format you will have nothing ,you need to go out and buy winxp to be able to format and reload winxp! :)

i've done both and its still not made a adifference also my internet explorer is running real slow, like if i type an address in the address bar it takes ages to load yet when i do it through my homepage google it displays straight away.
Sp2 won't download.

Basically i got my computer back from the factory today so it was completely bare so i connected it to the internet to install sp2, avg virus scanner, and ad-aware then all these problems started.

Would a anti hijacker help? coz that was sorted out my comppter last year when i had loads of probs.

If you mean it only had winxp ,and no security updates ,you mostlikely go the blaster worm .try the removal tool here
Microsoft

it seems to be a error associated with a bad disk ,usually cd s and dvd though ,anyway have a look here or even do some searching on google to get some more info ,
http://www.softwarepatch.com/tips/cyclic-redundancy.html

Also have you done a checkdisk or scandisk of your harddrive

use the maxtor tool to testthe drive .
http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.3c67e325e0a6b1f6294198b091346068/?channelpath=/en_us/Support/Software%20Downloads/ATA%20Hard%20Drives&downloadID=57

WOW!
http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=337

Google reading
http://www.google.com/search?lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=No_More_IRP_Stack_Locations

a bunch of X's after upgrade for me !!?)

IE is launching 2 windows for me, every time i startup and now and then with no
particular frequency...it tries to launch a URL (same in both windows) in the form of an I.P. but always "Page Not Found" or "HTTP 404" (or something similar). I've read a previous thread belonging to someone whose IE launched on startup, followed the instructions u gave him (Run Hijackthis) but I could not find the problem lines he had in my log.
Any ideas?

p.s. My default browser is firefox - don't know if it's of any relevance. I've also tried finding suspicious keys in my registry but no luck yet.

post a hijackthis log in this thread .maybe

it maybe gone because you are using style xp ,as indicated here .
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [STYLEXP] C:\Program Files\TGTSoft\StyleXP\StyleXP.exe -Hide

might i suggest ;
Run at least 2 of these !
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus.html
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php

EDIT : download ans run the foLLowing also .
Go
Here and Get Trojan-Hunter Fully working trial! and run a full scan

Hi. My brother recently got cable internet for his old computer. It is

an Inteva with Windows 98 Standard Edition. I believe this computer is 8

years old or so. It is a Pentium 2 , 300mhz, 196 MB of RAM computer. I

call this ancient. I had to install an ethernet card in one of the empty

PCI slots. I did this an installed the software. Then hooked up the

cable modem to it and it has activity between the 2. However, when I try

to connect to the internet it just won't do it. I was on the phone for

an hour with a tech support guy from Adelphia trying just about

everything. Mind you it was the cable company and not a Windows 98

expert. I'm guessing the problem lies within Windows 98 somehow. I

thought it might be because the computer had probably way too much stuff

in it so I uninstalled alot of the programs in it. Then installed a

program I found on the net call Advanced System Optimizer. I cleaned the

registry and all the other things it did. I also ran a scan disk for

errors and there weren't any errors. Then I defragmented. Still no luck

connecting to a website. I'm almost at the point of reformatting the

computer which I have never done before. I'm not sure the best way to go

about doing that. That computer came preloaded and the place I bought it

from did all the settings …

www.google.com

I agree that this discussion should be carried forward to help all of us! I am using IE and FF and don´t know what to do about the problem you have found. I hear that IE is full of holes and now that FF has a major flaw, what are we to do?

I say dont be so paronide and keeb using what everone you want ,setup some security and all be ok! check the links in my signature !!software tools ,for free security software

All that did for me was displayed some of the page code for pages I'd visited. Not a single thing that I'd entered from the keyboard was displayed, no matter how many times I tried.

I type a search for google in one tab ,opened the test page in another tab ,and clicked on the test and it showed what i typed in google ,i clicked test 3 times and it showed the google results ,and on the 3rd one firefor erooredand closed down .

Go
Here and Get Trojan-Hunter Fully working trial! and run a full scan
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
To remove trojans there is a tool which needs to be downloaded and run.

1. Please download Stinger and save it to your desktop

2. Double-click on the stinger.exe file and open the tool

3. Choose your entire hard drive to scan.

4. Choose Scan Now

5. Stinger will fix anything that it finds

6. Click the File menu and select Save report to file

7. Post the log file results here in this thread.

STINGER

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Reboot to SAFE mode to delete files
How to start computer in safe mode

Please delete your temporary files by deleting all files and folders that are in those folders (do not delete the temp folder itself) like for example
C:\WINDOWS\Temp\
C:\Temp\
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp\
Also delete your Temporary Internet Files, be sure to also select delete all offline content.

Do a virus scan Please do an online scan, 2 would be better,

Micro World http://www.mwti.net/antivirus/free_utilities.asp
Trend Micro http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

Make sure that you choose "fix" or "clean".

.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Download then unzip and run CWShredder to clean up clicking "FIX" to have it remove all it finds.

CWShredder available from these places :-

The picture is on my hard drive. It is in a folder of copied pictures that I made to use for my wife's screensaver. When her screensaver came up, the hard drive made a "peculiar" sound that got my attention. I'm trying to delete the entire folder of pictures but anytime I access the folder/pictures the hard drive starts making the noise and the machine stops responding.

could be the screensaver program is using them 1
you could try deleting through the CMD prompt
go start/run type in cmd ,in there type in DEL c:\what ever the path to the folder is like .c:\screensaverpictures or what everi it is to find correct path right click on the folder and its there under location

Nor do I :), but somebody will. All you get in IE and Opera are X's instead of letters and digits.

Ok ,I just checked it with IE and its all X's ,but with firefox it actually says a lot about what im doing right now on the net .names and web addresses and other info ,Interesting !
I think i will install SuSe linux one of these days !! and give up on windows .!!:)

Hi,SRC errors seem to be mostly with bad disk ,but of cource can also be something else .Is the photo onyour harddrive or a floppy ,or rewritable disk ,
Error message Googled

Thank you for your help
Peter from the U.K
Skype zziplex

Your Welcome Peter !

Test your Firefox (or other browser) here.

Keystrokes made whilst using FF can apparently be seen because of this exploit. Change those passwords I would be doing if I used Internet banking with FF.

Ok ,but i don't understand the info in the field when i click on the test now link ??????

Hi,do you have a antivirus program running when you are trying to defrag ,also running it in safe mode is the best way to run a defrag ,so as long as you can do that i wouldn't worry about regular mode ,also have you scaned you computer for virus lately .if now do the following
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Run at least 2 of these !
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus.html
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php

I'm trying to delete a picture and get the following error:
Cannot delete .....: Data error (cyclic redundancy check).

Hi,have tried deleting the picture in safe mode ,to get to safe mode reboot computer ,hit the f8 key while its booting to get to safe mode .

Hi ,I think you question might get more attention the networking fourm ,

i have tried everything short of formatting. i can not run any of my programs nor can i run regedit or msconfig. repair and reinstalling did not help. upon reinstalling i received a message that windows could not open rundll32.exe search web for appropriate program with no luck. is there anything i can do besides formatting or system restore (that doesn't work either) please help thank you

Hi,If you are using winxp go to run ,type in SFC /Scannow ,to try a system file repair .
if you are using win2000 or win98 just type in SFC,you may be asked to incert the windows cd .
If you can get online do the following
........................
Run at least 2 of these !
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus.html
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php

The best thing to do is format and install the OS best suited for that computer .

You should also get a couple of spyware blockers becides the microsoft antispyware one .,check the link in my signature ,software tools ,on the left click on software ,then spyware prevention ,i used/use all 3 mentioned ,although i no longer use spywareguard because i too use the microdoft anti spyware and it does a realtime check of you computer .

Reboot to SAFE mode to delete files
How to start computer in safe mode

Please delete your temporary files by deleting all files and folders that are in those folders (do not delete the temp folder itself) like for example
C:\WINDOWS\Temp\
C:\Temp\
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp\
Also delete your Temporary Internet Files, be sure to also select delete all offline content.

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Check this site to fix your host file ,
http://www.everythingisnt.com/hosts.html

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then rescan and post a new hijack log

This process will clean out your Temp files and your Temporary Internet Files. Please do both steps:

Step 1:Delete Temp Files
To clean out your temp files, click on Start and then run, and type %temp% and press the ok button.

This should open up the temp directory that your machine uses. Please delete all files that are found there. If you get an error when deleting a file, skip that file and delete all the others. If you had trouble deleting a file, reboot into Safe Mode and follow this step again. You should now be able to delete all the files.

Step 2: Delete Temporary Internet Files
Now I want you to open up Internet Explorer, and click on the Tools menu and then Internet Options. At the General tab, which should be the first tab you are currently on, click on the Delete Files button and put a checkmark in Delete offline content. Then press the OK button. This may take quite a while, so do not be alarmed with how long it takes. When it is done, your Temporary Internet Files will now be deleted.
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Have Hijack This fix the following by placing a check in the appropriate boxes and selecting fix checked. Make sure all browser and all Windows Explorer windows are closed before fixing.
You might want to print out or copy & paste to notePad , these instructions as you will need to close …

a few things in you log ,still that are releated to Securi IE,do you have the mcafee filre wall by chance.Mcafee firewall info

StopZilla makes the open to debate kist .I personally would remove it and everything releated to it from my computer .
http://castlecops.com/CLSID.html

Thanks for the advice & links. I have a Recovery CD that came with my PC, so I'll use that to format the drive and reinstall Windows. I just didn't know if it was better to do a fresh intsall or just "fix" my existing Windows.

A fix will not get rid of spyware/viruses /trojans ,format and reinstall foe best results ,just be ready to reinstall programs that you use as well .

That's logical. If it's indeed the same engine they share DLLs.
Many programs have very messy uninstallers that don't check whether DLLs are used by others and just delete anything they may have installed themselves...

Yes Logical and a warning for those with microsoft antispyware loaded .don't load the other ,main difference is CounterSpy workes with 98 microfts doesent .

Hi ,im mean to go to another computer and download the program from the net ,not through you email .just go to www.google.com and search hijack this .download it and copy it to disk !
as for you restore if you can go to
Feb ,then try that .

unless you are living in some remote area ,it shouldn't really be that hard to go to another computer and download ,hijackthis and a few other programs to fix your problems
You say you went back to march 12 ,did you try going back further !

log looks clean to me !

Go
Here and Get Trojan-Hunter Fully working trial! and run a full scan
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
To remove trojans there is a tool which needs to be downloaded and run.

1. Please download Stinger and save it to your desktop

2. Double-click on the stinger.exe file and open the tool

3. Choose your entire hard drive to scan.

4. Choose Scan Now

5. Stinger will fix anything that it finds

6. Click the File menu and select Save report to file

7. Post the log file results here in this thread.

STINGER

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Reboot to SAFE mode to delete files
How to start computer in safe mode

Please delete your temporary files by deleting all files and folders that are in those folders (do not delete the temp folder itself) like for example
C:\WINDOWS\Temp\
C:\Temp\
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp\
Also delete your Temporary Internet Files, be sure to also select delete all offline content.

Do a virus scan Please do an online scan, 2 would be better,

Micro World http://www.mwti.net/antivirus/free_utilities.asp
Trend Micro http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

Make sure that you choose "fix" or "clean".

.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Download then unzip and run CWShredder to clean up clicking "FIX" to have it remove all it finds.

CWShredder available from these places :-

Hi,I have never loaded win98 on such a big drive with multiple partitions ,but have on a smaller drive with 2 partitions and I formated c: first ,loaded windows and format the other one later ! you could also try the
format c:\ q ,for quick format doesn't always work though .
Win98 se Setup does not in my experience format any partition when you run it the format is always done first !Actually win98 setup will not start if the drive is not formated first !

Thanks.
That does indeed appear to have fixed the problem for me with 7.2.

Does anyone know why my preferences changed in the first place? I had been using 7.2 for quite a few months successfully and then suddenly the Cookies issue arose.

Vaughan

Not I ,Computers are funny like that !:)