Posts by caperjack

Would there be any problem in me trying to use system recovery disks from my own computer, a different make and with XP Home on. Could that work on a different make of computer? I would be quite happy to have XP Home installed on my wife's computer instead of 2000 professional.

nope ,not a chance ,you need to go buy xp home for it

what it boils do to is ,the recovery should not be asking you to delete non -dos partitons ,unless some made changes to the partitions since the last time iwin2000 was installed .like deleting the partition that most recoveries use to perform a recovery

you could check it out here .
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269238

Well will the equivalent of th Winxp cd be the system recovery disk, because I have a Toshiba laptop with WinVista.

sorry forgot i was in vista forum ,not sure if the recovery disk will do you could try it i guess .
I don't really thing it will fix you missing dll's anyway

go to run in start! and type in sfc /scannow. to fix and replace missing windows files ,you will need the winxp cd in the drive to replace files , if any are missing

stupidly went messing about with system32

glad you said it first !
so i guess you didn't smartly rename the original to shell32.dll.old ,so you could just rename it back , in case something like this happened ,
my suggestion to you would be to run a repair install with your winxp cd ,and if you don't have a winxp cd ,then i cant offer any more solution's !.
repair install instructions .
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/repair.txt

i thin it may have something to do with the fact you are creating and editing the page ,im sorry i have no fix it answer for yo u

works for me ! all links i clicked on do something .that one plays song

I uninstall service pack 3, installed and re installed flashplayer again, and still the same on that particular page, showing flash content from the amazon.com site. O boy, this old monkey have more Grey hairs in strange places now. Any more ideas?

you going through all this for one site,it gotta be the site, link the site ill try it

go to control panel /system/hardware/device manager , hit the plus by your networking lower down in the list ,right click on what comes up when it opens ,go to properties/driver and in there do a roll back driver ,see what happens

this site says that dll is spyware releated baddie .
http://www.spywareremove.com/removeHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionSharedDllsCWINDOWSsystem32msxml3rdll.html

you should find sp3 in add and remove programs ,in your control panel,it will show up as windows service pack 3

I agree with #2 here. Try that first. Then check the web to see if there is a new BIOS update for you. Then proceed to step 1 IMO.

computer boots 1 of10 tries ,what possibly could a bios flash do for it ,

yeah ,sp3 did cause some errors with flash ,but i search google to no avail ,sorry .

start with the flash player uninstall program here ,use it,if you haven't all ready, then install latest flash player ,
http://www.softwarepatch.com/network-security/flashdownload-security.html

zvsarc.exe, when i google this file ,this thread is the only results found .i would suggest you re-post in our virus and other nastiest forum here, and maybe get and run hijackthis and post a hijackthis log there

are u sure msconfig wasn't already disabled before you ran malwarebytes

Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html) to your desktop.

* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure to checkmark the Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
* If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform full scan, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad.
post the log back here

Hi,try uninstalling an loading an older version .see what happens .
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=flashp

according to this sites info you board only supports up to 333 ram , 333 translates to pc2700,so the pc3200 will only run at pc2700's speed , what does bios screen show if you install one of the 1 gig sticks

http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d845gvsr/sb/cs-008824.htm

also try this program to check ram ,it will show the ram in each slot and what speed it reads at .
http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpuz_148.zip

Another option is using data recovery style programs if you don't want to physically remove the drives. I use Selkie Rescue (http://selkierescue.com) personally. It doesn't matter if windows is working or not and will connect through a network or cross-over cable.

good idea im sure ,but there was no mention of looking to recover data ,just swapping drives .

also just like to say it might work as i suggested but if you bsod is caused by bad ram there would be no point in changing drives

because they are the same you should be able to it ,i do it with 2 older Toshiba's that are the same

How do i replace a cd/dvd rom from my Toshiba laptop that am suspecting to be faulty.The pc is a Toshiba satellite 1700-200 model no ps170E-00021-EN

hi ,first thing is to acquire a replacement drive ,then you need to carefully remove the keyboard ,and at the back of the cdrom its screws to the motherboard ,remove the 2 screws and slide out cdrom .I actually have 2 of those laptops with cdrom problems ,i bought replacement drive on E-Bay for $45.00 canadian .
it should loon something like this .
http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/Toshiba1800/satellite1800_1.htm

get this program ,run it and in the left side/hardware section, click on motherboard and give us the model # of the motherboard , or devices and
http://www.gtopala.com/download/siw.exe

Hi

Can anyone tell me if this is a virus?

Thanks
Nic

google this [ resycled/boot.com is not a valid win32 application ]and you will see some saying it is a "worm " and how to fix it ,

Sorry but I went to My Computer and ran my mouse across the C: and it says: 53.6 GB and Total Size: 76.3 GB
I had Malwarebytes already and attaching the file.

Thanks,
Vegasgal

hi its much easier[for me lol] if you just copy and paste a log into you new post .
log looks like you didn't follow the instruction and click show results and remove selected

Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html) to your desktop.

* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure to checkmark the Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
* If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform full scan, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad.
post the log back here if you wish

just posting the log so other can see with downloading the file .
hows the hardrive space ,go to my computer and check home much free space is available . ,
a quick look atthe log all i see is mywebsearch crap .run the malwarebytes scan i posted i nnext post .and post the log if you wish

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 1:22:21 PM, on 10/11/2008
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\WINNT\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\csrss.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\services.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSvcHst.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\LEXBCES.EXE
C:\WINNT\system32\LEXPPS.EXE
C:\WINNT\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate\AluSchedulerSvc.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lanovation\PrismXL\PRISMXL.SYS
C:\WINNT\system32\PSIService.exe
C:\Program Files\Spyware Doctor\pctsAuxs.exe
C:\Program Files\Spyware Doctor\pctsSvc.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\wanmpsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNetwk.exe
C:\Program Files\Canon\CAL\CALMAIN.exe
C:\WINNT\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINNT\GWMDMMSG.exe
C:\Program Files\Roxio\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe
C:\Program Files\Dell AIO Printer A940\dlbabmgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Dell AIO Printer A940\dlbabmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Logitech\QCDriver\LVCOMS.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Works Shared\WkUFind.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\UpdateService\issch.exe
C:\Program Files\Spyware Doctor\pctsTray.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\jusched.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\MYWEBS~1\bar\1.bin\mwsoemon.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Corel\Corel PhotoDownloader\Corel Photo Downloader.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSvcHst.exe
C:\Program Files\Pando Networks\Pando\Pando.exe
C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\MUSICM~1\MUSICM~1\MMDiag.exe
C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE
C:\Program Files\MUSICMATCH\MUSICMATCH Jukebox\mim.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\alg.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe

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hi, kinda hard for anyone to have a look at your hjack log if you don't post it !

you have xp install now so download xp drivers .

the virus alert by the date and be removed in control panel under ,Regional and language setting ,in there go to customize and time and you will see it there just choose one of the other time settings

not sure reall ,the shorting out is from way back in my memorey i could be mixing it with something else ,al li know is everytime i have a psu that dosn't boot the computer all the way into window and i test the psu with my tester and the -5v doesn't light up, i add new psu and computer boots all the way to windows .

(it has no -5V but i've been told that is opional),

you have been misinformed, .if my psu testes doesn't light up the .5v the psu turn on and lightup board lights and spin hdd, ect but thats it ,!!
I fix the problem when i add a new psu to the computer .
I use this psu tester .
http://www.radioshack.com/sm-thermaltake-power-supply-tester--pi-2217636.html

power supply's have been know to go bad really quick ,even really good ones .I have had it happen to me numerous time with cheap one ,maybe you got a bad one !!

i use this download for xp sp3,instead of windows updates ,download direct .
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&DisplayLang=en

8. Faced with C:\WINDOWS>
this is where i would type in chkdsk /p/f ,and hit enter
there is a space between chkdsk and the /

i suspect other things .is this computer hooked to the internet? ,do you use it for other normal computer use ?if yes is you answer i suggest 2 programs .
first a temp file /registry clean up program .
www.ccleaner.com.
2nd. a malware/trojan cleanup program .
Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html) to your desktop.

* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure to checkmark the Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
* If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform full scan, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad.

you could post the log back here

looks like you old beast should run it just fine ,so to me that means just about any new core 2 duo cpu tower will run it like a bullet train . check requirements on site .
http://www.spss.com/statistics/

Hi,

kwtbaim.exe -

this exe belongs to Kiwee toolbar, most likely fix will be an uninstall ,reinstall ,or just leave it off the computer as its not a necessary program

Thanks for the reply! Ihave tried one other regular AGP card which gave me a beep code and prevented my PC from booting. I took it back out and the PC booted back up just fine. It could have been a driver problem, though. I haven't tried anything else. I have found and ordered a couple of cards to fit the pro slot, one 64mb and one 128mb. As soon as they arrive I will try them. If they work out OK I will just use them for now, but I do appreciate you taking the time to reply.

your welcome .i think you have to be careful with the different voltage of newer faster cards , and x2,x4,x8 agp cards,some 8x cards aren't backward compatible ,been my experience anyway .

and have run CCleaner, although only for Internet explorer. should i run CCleaner for 'system' as well or ?
.

why just internet explorer ,i actually didn't watch the link i posted for the how to use ccleaner ,guess i should have .i been using it to clean computers for a long time now i just use it as its installed i don't make any changes .i run the cleaner and the registry ,run and fix error in the registry 2 to 3 times till it shows no more errors .

also on the screen for the system utility there is a check box lower left corner to check off when it reboots so it doesn't show each reboot

also ccleaner will help in the clean up after spyware removal tools
www.ccleaner.com

how to use ccleaner .
http://www.timeatlas.com/tutorials/Ccleaner.htm

Agp pro cards,to take advantage of the more power from the slot , .actually i think it will take either regular or pro if it looks like the slot on this site .
http://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/agpcompatibility.html

is it something like this :

( 0xFF1511F2,0x00000002,0x00000000,0x804d9f68)

from that code, is there any clue what hardware that cause the problem?
Thanks.

Regards,

Arif Liminto

that is a start for some who know more about it than i ,but when you get the blue screen it says on the screen memory dump created ,and it saves it the harddrive and that is what you need to save to have all then info ,but they have to be deciphered by a debug program or something like that .way to technical for me .
http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols/

I don't read em but the memory dump file contains the info that will show what hardware is causing it .

I think if it were malware /trojan ,just creating a new account wouldn't fix the setting on the other acct,But i have no suggestion as how to fix it .except not making the new accT an administrato,r and just leave it ,don't use it !

Hi,

That one is just same like formating right? if I am formating the laptop, its mean that my broken window is replaced by new one. but in fact, It still cause same problem

no ,chkdsk /p/f is only a fix .not a format .if you formatted and re-loded winxp and you still have problem then its not likely software,but likely hardware problem

welcome to Daniweb ,first thing i would try is to repair windows ,do this by booting the computer to the winxp cd ,and hit "R" for repair type in 1 when asked then at the prompt type in this note there is a space between the K and /,CHKDSK /p/f
when check disk finishes remove the winxp cd and type in exit ,to restart computer

http://www.intel.com/Products/Desktop/Motherboards/DG31PR/DG31PR-overview.htm

click on latest bios and driver updates

hello ,not sure of the actually numbers lost ,but when you format any hardrive it changes the gigs size and its always less.
i have a 160gig ,2 partitions ,but they only total 149 gig so i lost 11 gig after the format .just the way it go .