Re: XP and filecheck....

From: Zadig Galbaras (tresfjording_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/14/04 

Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 19:20:25 +0100

"Malke" <malke@nospoonnotreally.com> skrev i melding
news:%234VEMDWCEHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Zadig Galbaras wrote:
>
> >
> > "Malke" <malke@nospoonnotreally.com> skrev i melding
> > news:uZvrpkJCEHA.2592@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> Zadig Galbaras wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi!
> >> >
> >> > My laptop is getting unstable. When I try to open the submeny
> >> > "Control Panel" on my Start-menu, I get an errormessage like this;
> >> >
> >> > An eception (C0000005) occured during DllEntryPoint or DllMain
> >> > in
> >> > module: c.WINDOWS\System\IUniCalibrator.cpl
> >> >
> >> > Upon clicking on the "OK"-button the system resets the desktop, and
> >> > I have to reactivate my active desktop, and the taskbar is redrawn
> >> > with a lot of icons missing near the clock.
> >> >
> >> > My microphone has stopped working too.
> >> > I use WinXP Home Norwegian edition, on a Toshiba 2.8GHz laptop
> >> >
> >> > I know there is a command which I can run, which checks all vital
> >> > files in the OS kernel, and restore those to their original state.
> >> >
> >> > I wonder if it was like CSF, "Check System Files" or something...
> >> >
> >> > Does anyboby on this NG know what I'm talking about, and who is
> >> > willing to help?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> I believe what you are looking for is Start>Run and type "sfc
> >> /scannow". Note that there is a space between "sfc" and "/scannow".
> >> Have your XP cd ready. However, I don't recognize "IUniCalibrator"
> >> and neither does Google. Have you done a virus scan with a current av
> >> using updated definitions? What changed between the time things
> >> worked and the time they didn't? From your description (and because
> >> it is a laptop), you may be having hardware issues, such as
> >> overheating. Does the laptop feel very hot to you? Post back for more
> >> help.
> >>
> >> Malke
> >> --
> >> MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
> >> Elephant Boy Computers
> >> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> >> "Don't Panic!"
> >
> >
> > That's the command I was looking for.
> > I did run it, but the error remains.
> > What changed things to worse I really don't know, but I guess
> > something happened when I installed WinMX.
> > I have reinstalled my mouse driver now, and it works fine.
> >
> > I don't think it's overheating, it's only three months old, and it
> > don't feel hot, my wife's brand new Acer 1.6 Centrino feels much
> > hotter, but this may be something you can't feel....
> >
> > I guess I have to perform a clean install.
> > I do a lot of installing and uninstalling of programs, and that I know
> > is certain to make a system be unstable.
> >
> > Besides a typo sneaked in to my text, the word is UniCalibrator, not
> > IUniCalibrator. Sorry about that.
> > Still a Google search came up with one Norwegian based page;
> > http://www.win-xp.no
>
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> >
> > But they only discussed reformat and clean install.
> >
> > They talked about an installed program being the cause of this error
> > message, and that it might be connected to the Exchange Server or it
> > could be a JET database.
> >
> > --ZG--
>
> Well, since you are doing p2p file-swapping, scan with a current
> antivirus and also with spyware removal tools.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"

Done that.
Latest updated version of Grisofts AVG.
And latest updated version og both Adaware and Spybot

It's strange I cant fins anything concrete about this on the net?
Isn't this an errormessage created by explorer.exe or is it not?

--ZG--