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| 234450 | 2004-05-05 00:41:00 | When my friend starts up her computer it displays an error message which says: Windows Explorer has encountered an error and will now close. 8272807082.TMP This happens every time we try to start the computer. Is there any way we can fix this problem or will we need to format the hard drive and re-install Windows? She is using Windows ME | homeschooler04 (5613) | ||
| 234451 | 2004-05-05 03:48:00 | Have you tried starting in Safe Mode, and then running scandisk or "repair errors" or "thorough scan" even. That'd be the first thing I'd try. HTH:) | mark c (247) | ||
| 234452 | 2004-05-06 07:27:00 | Thank you for that. I will try it as soon as I can get back to my friends house. Any other ideas would be welcome as well in case that doesn't work. | homeschooler04 (5613) | ||
| 234453 | 2004-05-06 07:49:00 | >8272807082.TMP While in safe mode delete that file. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 234454 | 2004-05-10 05:35:00 | Have run Scandisk and it did not find any errors. Deleted the file listed above but when we restarted Windows it was still there. I tried this twice but the file would not delete. Any further suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you. | homeschooler04 (5613) | ||
| 234455 | 2004-05-10 05:54:00 | I would check what's loading at startup. Find out and post the list here so we can let you know what to remove. Do the following to find the list: Click Start Click Run type: msconfig Click on the Autorun tab Jot down everything that's in there and post back. It may be some application looking for a file which doesnt exist. Otherwise there's the system file-checker.... Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 234456 | 2004-05-11 03:49:00 | I typed in msconfig but there was no autorun tab. This is what was ticked under the startup tab: Taskbar display controls msnmsgr ALUAlert msmc TVMedia Scan Registry Task Monitor PC Health System Tray Load Power Profile cc App ccRegVfy LoadQM TVMedia (this was listed twice) ClrSchLoader CCACHEO ccEventMgr EPSON Status Monitor 3 Environment Check Under the environment tab are: PATH Prompt TMP TEMP I tried unchecking TMP and TEMP but that didn't help. The computer is very slow and takes ages to startup. |
homeschooler04 (5613) | ||
| 234457 | 2004-05-11 03:58:00 | well for starters your infected with spyware so run adaware/spybot and give it a clean out (make sure you get the latest update). see how that goes before doing anymore drastic steps. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 234458 | 2004-05-11 06:39:00 | I already ran Adaware yesterday and it found 13 items of spyware on there. However it did tell me that 2 of them it could not delete - can't remember what they were now. I won't be able to get over to my friends computer until tomorrow afternoon. Is there anything else I can try? | homeschooler04 (5613) | ||
| 234459 | 2004-05-11 07:09:00 | Try Spybot Search and Destroy 1.3 rc3 from: www.spybot-updates.com Ive found it sorts out all the spyware that Ad-aware hasnt when clients bring them in. Ad-aware appears to be a lot more well-known and well established, but it doesnt seem to remove it as well as Spybot. YMMV. Try that first up then get back to us! It might pay to run it twice, just to confirm its all gone. Cheers Chill. |
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