WUAUBOOT.EXE
Why is my Sygate Firewall rejecting 'Wuauboot.exe'?
It is not listed in the 'Applications' sector and the first time I noticed
it happening.
How can I correct it?
Harry. Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 294144
lost alternate keyboards/languages!
I'm not sure when this occurred, but I just realized that I lost my
additional keyboard/languages in Control Settings. The config allows me to
Add a particular language, but when I click Apply, it just bleeps and
nothing happens. It just has the basic EnglishUS language/101-keyboard in
the list.
How can I get the functionality to add Languages back? Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 294143
Temp Files in Windows folder
Samples:
fffd195b_{0BC73C3A-5BE4-433E-8BC4-55801AAD9FC6}.tmp
fffd195b_{FFF4892C-2C19-4D27-B043-085F76BEEA44}.tmp
fffebecf_{63D05A78-3DF2-433F-83A6-31FDB60012D8}.tmp
fffebecf_{B5F1BB85-1F6E-44BE-B1AD-7D4301CE7935}.tmp
These are the temporary files being created daily in
C:\Windows folder. it only started recently in Windows
folder.
Any help to stop them? Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 294133
Re: Belarc Advisor
When asking about the content of the new updates, I received this answer
from Belarc Advisor's support service:
"The security definitions update gets only a new security definitions file,
describing the Microsoft security update bulletin in details the Advisor can
use to see which security updates are missing and apply to your computer."
For whatever it's worth and especially the Loom (I had a need to know
myself).
Obviously WinME and less wouldn't 'have' to be included when updating, since
no newer updates are available, but anything beyond Me and upwards would be
'advised' to use the updated version.
Hope this doesn't draw any 'friendly fire'.
Harry. Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 294130
Upgrade
Can I upgrade from Windows ME to Vista? If so, can which software should I
use new software, purchase the back-up software or download from the
website.... Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 294124
Changed .exe files
I attempted to reinstall Windows ME from the Options direstory in Windows
and then all my .exe files became .lnk files. I cannot rerun Setup.exe nor
Restore nor run any .exe file. I cannot connect to the Internet. The good
news is, I can boot up in Safe mode or Regular mode. And I can view pictures
by right clicking on a file and clicking Open With -> Irfanview. The same
with .htm files Open With -> Internet Explorer. I can't open .html files. My
file associations must be deleted. I need to associate .exe files with a
program to run them. A Ubuntu disk works ok, but I don't want to install it
because it won't access the Internet. And it erases my hard disk. I have no
A: drive or read/write CD drive anymore, just a plain CD-ROM drive. I need
a Windows Me bootable install disk for CD-ROM or a Windows XP bootable
install disk, I suppose. My icons are all plain blank icons. I'm sure
someone put a virus on my computer. I am using my 2nd computer with Windows
98 to write this and access the Internet. Any help will be appreciated. I've
come to depent on my computer. Thanks! Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 294112
Ot: Snow
Well, another blast of snow here today and an extra foot on the ground.
I walked out of my house today and climbed atop of my snowbank and
from my new vantage point I can look down and observe the top of Mount
Everest...
John Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 294094
Start-up Disc
I can't create a startup disc (floppy) after a clean ME re-install. When it
gets to 49% a file WINEBDO.400\EBD\IO.SYS won't copy. New disc doesn't help.
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Corday Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 294091
Problem with computer freezing while using IE 6
This is making me nuts. I can't figure out what is causing this
behavior.
I have Windows ME (fully patched and updated). I have an old NetVista
2276 (which, I think, is known for freezing problems).
Mostly, it locks up (or freezes) when I am using Internet Explorer 6
(fully patched and updated) and loading some heavily graphic site like
Mapquest or Google Maps or Webshots.
I have a different harddrive than the one originally installed (so
it's a used hardrive installed about two weeks ago).
I have a different version of Windows ME. The original one (OEM) got
destroyed when the hardrive failed.
I've seen this freezing behavior when using Windows ME in combination
with Internet Explorer 6.
The freezing also happened (but, MUCH-MUCH less) when I was using
Ubuntu with Firefox.
I ran an 8-1/2 hour memtest about a week or so ago -- with no errors.
I thought it might be something to do with Ad-Shield but still happens
when Ad-Shield in not installed.
The thing that I find really interesting is that the computer froze
much-much less when I was using Ubuntu with Firefox. I haven't tried
Windows ME with Firefox to see if that would also cut down on the
freezing.
This freezing is recent behavior -- past six months or so. I was
initially wondering if it had something to do with the harddrive
failing. Obviously, not, since I've replaced the harddrive.
Anyone got any idea what else can be causing this or how I can narrow
it down further to see where it's coming from??
Oh, it can freeze dozens of times in an hour. This is not just a
couple of times a time, intermittent behavior.
Thanks.
Barb Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 294090
If at first you don't succeed, rip a SystemRestore file? (to fix a
'Allo ME World
I'm still trying to recover from a snafu while replacing my Nv GeForce
4 Mx440 with their FX5200.
I'm about halfway there - if I'm lucky.
If you winME veterans would scan my plan and vette it against your
experience, then I would very much appreciate it. Feel free to tell me
I don't understand but, while you're at it, please point the way to
the light switch....
I got the FX5200 running on a backup drive. Seemed so easy when I had
the right stuff at the right time. Problem now is cleaning up the
original system drive. I got the Nv driver series off their web. If I
a driver cd/floppy came with the fx5200, I lost it. Or maybe that's
why it was such a bargain when I bought it?
I thought the following seven step program would do:
1. From sweet running system drive: use DeviceManager to identify the
driver file names associated with the fx5200 device. Save names in a
skeleton batch file.
2. Use a focussed Search to find the full paths with those file names.
Add them to the skeleton batch file.
3. Finish up the command file to extract each of these files from a
SystemRestore .cab file.
4. Write the batch file and RestorePoint .cab file to a CD.
5. Shutdown system, swap problematic drive in, sweet running drive
out.
6. Boot on winME Emergency Boot Diskette. Run the batch file.
7. Have the winME Install CD / Nvidia driver series CD handy then boot
to normal mode.
Especially for Mike Maltby - can System Restore .cab files be used
this way? Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 294083
Symbols
Several years ago, I recall learning in this NG that Alt+0176 inserted the
degree symbol, however I don't recall the background. I don't believe that
this come from the Character Map so would appreciate if someone would
clarify. I would like to see what other symbols are available using theses
codes.
Thanks Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 294071
KB891711 recommended?
Is the the above KB recommended? Does the new version fix the BSD's and
other problems people have been reporting with this on their WinME/98 pcs? Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 294058
PC boots in Safe Mode, but no desktop icons
I am aksking for help on behalf of my friend whose PC is giving him big time
trouble. I don't know what he did, but when he tries to reboot normally, a
blue screen appears with the message Windows Protection Error. He can boot
into Safe Mode, but there are no desktop icons, not event the Start icon or
clock. Nothing except his wallpaper. Can he do a Windows ME repair
installation? What else can he try? Without the Start icon, he can't even
go into Run, msconfig.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Not all those who wander are lost.
J. R. R. Tolkein Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 294052
Windows upgrade
Can M E be replaced with XP operating system???
What would be the system requirements?
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CAL Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 294051
Lock desktop
Is there a means, even third party, to lock the icons on the desktop so they
can't be moved or deleted and no new ones can be added?
I'm dealing with a user who likes to "play" with the desktop and I keep
having to make service calls because things are messed up, duplicated, or
missing.
- Bill Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 294037
Another Spybot Update
Immunizations count for ME: 49805
Don't forget to immunize before and "twice" after the update (v.1.5.2).
Harry. Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 294032
forced adapter update now Error: 0D : 0347 : 000181C
I replaced a GeForce4 MX440 a Kaser FX5200 128 MB Nvidia graphic card.
It's box says
it has some nice Nview Multi-Display capabilities and "TV-out support
(NTSC/PAL) TV system". Will it support a decent flatscreen?
I keep System Monitor on and lately began seeing the system "ekg"
flatlining for about 10 seconds, then resuming for 10 seconds, and so
on. Also recently an occasional black screen on the monitor it shares
over a KVM switch it has shared for years. Monitor & switch probably
OK since they act normal with the XP system I'm building.
Now I'm seeing blue screens right after logging in, error: 0D :
0347 : 000181C. My googling turms up corrupt program instructions
(maybe due to bad opcodes and the like?). And these often come from
using wrong video drivers.. I tried forcing the Display applet to
switch from the GeForce 4 to a FX5200 and that was a fight. The system
says the drivers are unsigned. But it seems to resist changing the
adapter to plain old system VGA also/
Any suggestions on getting this old guy bavk to work?
This homebuilt is on a Gigabyte 7VT600P-RZC mob, 400 watt MGE
psu(should I get a bigger PSU?), 1 GB DDR RAM(Should I add 1 or 2 GB
RAM?). CPU is an Athlon XP 1066 MHz.
HTH
Oceanside Bob Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293949
Daylight Savings Time
I had completely forgot about DST when I reinstalled Windows ME a few months
back. Today I downloaded a copy of TZEDIT and went through the procedure of
resetting DST, including the last 2 instructions of selecting a different
time zone in DATE/TIME (Control Panel) and then reselecting the proper time
zone. For some reason, it's not catching.
Any ideas? Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293904
.BMP file
I am finding it quite difficult to post here an error
report created by WinMe by using the
Print Screen key and saved in .bmp format
in WinMe Paint utility. How can i solve this
problem? Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293903
InstallShield problem
Hi;
About 2 weeks ago, while dl'ing new defs for Spybot S&D, a newer version
of Spybot began to self-install. Without thinking (which is the cause of
most of my problems!), I let it proceed. Halfway thru, it choked. I dl'ed
the new version and successfully installed it but it brought my system to a
crawl, so I uninstalled it and re-installed the older version. Since then,
I can't install any other programs. I get the following message:
Setup Initialization Error
Setup has detected that unInstallShield is in use. Please close
unInstallShield and restart setup. Error 432
Using Process Explorer, I don't see unInstallShield running so I guess a
registry key was corrupted, but which one and what should it be?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA...gjw
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George J. Wallace Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293864
Ad-Aware SE Personal Defs file
Try to click to download it
http://download.lavasoft.com/public/defs.zip Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293859
Connect via dialup
Modem works fine (can fax etc.). Under add/delete programs/windows resources
"Communications" 6.3 meg is grayed out and when opened shows 0.0 megs for
phone/ dial up options. Can't connect to Internet (I'm on a different
computer now). Tried to open a new TCP/IP protocol, but it always reverts to
only the non-address ones already installed. Port 110 is probably where
everything works from (or not?).
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Corday Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293850
Reinstall: Cancelled
Due to 'underwhelming support' the post 'Reinstall' is terminated.
For any personal requests concerning this subject, please e-mail me.
Harry. Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293823
An Outlook Express error
I'm running OE ver 6.00.2800.1807. The follow error message appears when
I'm in any newsgroup and my dial-up connection drops me.
MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in
module SHLWAPI.DLL at 01a7:70a754e4.
Any suggestions? Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293798
Reinstall
My BelarcAdvisor reminds me to 'Reinstall' UPD323255 and UPD811630, two
'Hotfixes'. I managed to find them on WU, download and then install them to
C:\.
That probably should have been C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\, because it doesn't show
in BA.
I am able to locate the files, but what to do with them in order to replace
the old ones? Clicking on the provided link in BA didn't bring the desired
results.
Neither did dragging them to the 'place of the old ones'.
I am hoping...
Harry. Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293793
New AVG AV 8.0 no longer supports Win 98/ME
Hello:
I noticed on another group a message that AVG has just released a new v8.0
of its' anti-virus product.
Unfortunately, the new v8.0 does *not* support Win 98/ME - only Win 2K and
up.
However, at least for the moment, AVG Free v7.5, which does support Win
98/ME, remains available.
But at some point, if AVG follows past tradition, AVG Free 7.5 will be
replaced with AVG Free v8.0.
See:
http://www.grisoft.com/ww.product-avg-anti-virus#tba2
and
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/us/frt/0#details .
Cheers,
O.J. Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293771
delete from puter
can i delete safely these from puter
all qmgrcache folders
all c windows sys temp files
all ext bad files
all ext old files
whoa nellie Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293770
New SpywareBlaster Ver. 4.0
Be sure and read the installation instructions. Mozilla doesn't hang
anymore and it has a new interface. Auto update is available now but not
free.
Alias Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293762
Do You Have A Slow Running Computer?
Your computer was running fine, and now all of a sudden it is terrible
slow. Sometimes the program just locks up, and will not work. Other
times, the entire computer freezes. You know, the point where you must
hold the power button down for 5 seconds to shut the machine off. Or,
if you are running earlier versions of Windows, the infamous Blue
Screen of Death appears. All of these are signs something is wrong
with the internals of the computer, and this is causing you to have a
slow computer.
Think back, and see if you can remember installing something or
uninstalling something since the computer starting acting funny. Most
likely, you did. It might have even been something as subtle as an
update for your computer, or a greeting card, or even a screen saver.
As a side note, screen savers are one of the worst pieces of software
carrying spyware with it. If you do download something like this, use
your spyware remover and remove the junk that came with it. Back to
topic.
We all install and uninstall software. The problem with doing this is
it can mess up your registry files. The registry files are a set of
operational files which tell the computer how to run and operate the
computers software programs and hardware. When you install something
new, it might write over an existing registry file. This will then
cause the previous software not to work right, hence the freezing of
the computer....
Registry Repair: http://groups.google.com/group/regrepairsbv Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293747
Spybot Update
One day past due (02/27/2008), with a total of 49664 immunizations for ME.
You may want to immunize twice after the download, to remove 'all'
unprotected items in 'immunization' before scanning.
Harry. Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293729
Security Software for ME
Hi there,
Sorry to say I've asked this question before but have mislaid the answer.
Can you give me recommendations for various packages to run on a 7-year-old
Win ME system that are free? I'm looking for:
Antivirus
Antispyware/Malware
Pop-up blocker/ad blocker
Antiphishing
Firewall
Anything else I should have installed to keep this system secure. Would I
be better running FireFox rather than IE6?
This is a 433 MHz Celeron system with 192 MB of RAM.
Also, need to clean this system up. What would you recommend for
defragmenting and removing left-over files? Any other suggestions would be
most welcome.
Thank you!
Lynn Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293705
Using passwords to log in
Is there any way of setting up my computer so that if a password is not
entered into the "Welcome to Windows" prompt box, an unauthorised user cannot
get any further?
TIA
DK Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293695
spywareblaster, mozilla-firefox, winme combo
Does anyone here use SpywareBlaster 3.5.1 with the latest Firefox
(2.0.0.12)? SpywareBlaster always hangs when it loads the Mozilla/Firefox
detections. Never was a problem up until now. Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293686
WINDOWS MILLENIUM EDITION SEPARATOR PAGE
My printer always print the following in the 1st page whenever I print a new
document :
Windows Millenium Edition Separator Page
Document : Microsoft Word - Document 1
Printed By : HP Authorized Customer
Printed At : Sunday, Feb 24, 2008 etc , etc
Could any body advise what should be done to rectify this problem with my
computer ? Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293685
AdAware SE & 2007
I have a friend using AdAware SE (free edition)
I'm checking here because the new AdAware 2007 version appears to be
only for Windows XP or Vista - NOT Win98, nor WinME.
On the other hand, while the AdAware site says they are no longer
supporting AAW SE after December 2007, there are Ref files for January
and February.
I've posted a request for info in the AAW forums but no replies so far.
I'm asking here as I know there are many users here that are facing this
issue too.
Does anyone still use AAW SE?
Are web updates working on WinME?
IF not, do manual updates work?
Thanks, Fred Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293675
WinME max requirements
What is the maximum hard drive size WinME can handle without
partitioning? What's the maximum amount of memory that I can install
in WinME? Tag: Spybot & SpywareBlaster Updates. Tag: 293636