Noel
Sun Jun 13 17:28:41 CDT 2004
You may have a virus/spyware hijack
download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/stinger.exe
- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.
Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html
Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip
http://www.merijn.org/files/CWShredder.exe
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/CWShredder.exe
http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip
Try BHODemon - from
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/bhod/
Download AdAware from www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to
remove spyware, adware,
and other such nasties from your system.
(thanks to Graham Womack for the following)
Do all this in Safe Mode.......
Make a Restore Point - just in case it gets worse.
Using Regedit, search for 'Safeguard'. Make a note of the dll name (if
there's an entry at all).
Run BHODemon. Look for the same dll name The 'Details' key should give you
more information about when the entries were loaded. Disable the registry
entry.
Search your hard drive for the dll file (should be in Windows\System).
Rename it and a similar named lib file - change the extensions.
Reboot, cross your fingers and try 'My Computer'
HTH
--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
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http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar27pmvp.asp
"Hallett" <htigeress@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1be5801c45195$21d76e00$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I've just had to use the emergency rebooting disk on my
> Windows Me laptop as it was continually crashing. After
> reinstalling everything, this message comes up at every
> startup, if I click OK, then the whole screen goes blank
> and if I ignore it then all functions normally.
>
> Explorer has caused an error in
> ~9153535259.TMP.
> Explorer will now close.
>
> EXCEPT, I found that I can no longer connect printers,
> digital cameras or any other similar non-plug and play
> devices. Trying to set them up produces this message:
>
> Windows needs the disk labeled 'Windows Millenium Edition'
> to continue.
>
> I don't have this disk and have never had it.
>
> Any advice would be greatly apprieciated as I am going
> spare!
>
>