Re: A very "touchy" file

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From: Dan Seur (click_at_casta.net)
Date: 04/17/04 

Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 14:12:03 -0400

Tom - my google for
    "os581474.bin" (with the quotes)
turns up only one hit, which may clear this up for you. For some reason,
I can't copy/paste the actual URL from Netscape 7.1 to my antique
Eudora, or I'd make it easier for you. Pls post back in this thread if
this solves your problem - :-)

Tom Del Rosso wrote:
> On a Win2k machine (upgrade install) this file is in the root folder:
>
> os581474.bin
>
> The few Google references suggest that it has to do with trial-ware, but
> I can't think of any trial-ware that was installed on this machine.
>
> What makes it so "touchy" is that all I have to do is single click on it
> and there is an immeidiate reboot. It goes straight to the POST with no
> BSOD or brief flash or anything. It happens the same way if I use the
> keyboard arrows to highlight successive files, or if I use the mouse to
> box a group of files. As soon as that one is highlighted, it reboots.
> It behaves the same if I'm logged in as administrator or restricted
> user. It reboots too fast to use filemon to see what happened.
>
> My only guess is that Windows is reading file properties to put in the
> little pop-up description, and something doesn't like that.
>
> But what?
>
>

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