Re: DrWatson Postmortem Debugger

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Do some reading here and post back. Good luck. :o)

http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?as_q=DR%20Watson%20Postmortem%20Debugger%20has%20encountered%20problems%20&as_ugroup=microsoft.public.Windowsxp.*&as_drrb=b&as_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny=2001&as_maxd=31&as_maxm=12&as_maxy=2005&num=100&as_scoring=d&hl=en

And here:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c2coff=1&q=DR+Watson+Postmortem+Debugger+has+encountered+problems+&spell=1
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"Savoy55" <Savoy55@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have experienced similar problems with my son's machine. I found a post
> from a Microsoft MVP who suggested to go through all of the Spybot, Virus
> Check, Adware check etc.. The to repair the installation. I was able to
> boot
> up in safe mode and was able to access anything on the computer. I then
> got
> the original CD and changed the boot order, hitting F2 when it first tried
> to
> load and repaired the installation from the CD. The machine worked just
> fine
> for a day and half. Then it was back to the same old problems. No control
> panel, no my documents and a DR. Watson error. I went out to DOS through
> Run
> and found a bunch of trash in the temp directory. Looked suspicious.
>
> "Don Taylor" wrote:
>
>> =?Utf-8?B?amJhdXRpc3Rh?= <jbautista@xxxxxxxxxxxx(nospam)> writes:
>> >Does anyone have any suggestions??? Has anyone encountered this problem
>> >or
>> >message?? I am still unable to turn on firewall protection or access
>> >most
>> >programs. Help???
>>
>> Lots of people found very similar problems with anything that uses
>> Windows
>> Explorer, the control panel, the recycle bin, searching, folder
>> shortcuts,
>> etc. I saved postings from over 200 people who reported this in this
>> group.
>>
>> Some blame everything on viruses and spyware, almost nobody with this
>> problem
>> ever found that was the cause. Some blame this on "bad applications",
>> few
>> ever found that was the cause. Some blame this on "corrupted user
>> profile"
>> but there is nothing that can diagnose that to confirm this. Some blame
>> this
>> on shell extensions, a found ShellExView would let them try turning off
>> some
>> of these and see if the problem went away. Some did find that creating a
>> new user, immediately switching to that user, and then trying to do a
>> task
>> would work, but that didn't work for others. Some did find that booting
>> into Safe Mode would allow them to do somethings, others found that
>> didn't
>> work. Microsoft did, and might still, provide free support for people
>> who
>> are having problems with SP2, you might try that. You might go to google
>> and in the Groups page and in the Advanced Search page limit searching to
>> just this group and then search for Windows Explorer Problem and see how
>> many people are reporting the same thing. Most of the time nobody knows
>> what the answer to this is and few ever report finding a solution.
>>
>> Something in SP2 broke windows explorer for a variety of people and
>> nobody
>> knows what that was or how to fix it. Sorry.
>>
>> >"jbautista" wrote:
>> >> Since installing the XP SP2, I am unable to access pretty much
>> >> anything that
>> >> has to do with the administration of my computer. I can't access my
>> >> control
>> >> panel, my computer, etc. When I try my pc locks up and I get an error
>> >> message saying the DRWatson Postmortem Debugger has encountered
>> >> problems and
>> >> needs to close and would I like to send an error report. I've clicked
>> >> yes to
>> >> send the error report and after it is sent everything locks up and I
>> >> have to
>> >> do a hard shut down and reboot. The only icon on my desktop or on my
>> >> start
>> >> menu that I am able to access is internet explorer and occasionally
>> >> adaware.
>> >> Can someone please help me?? I just recently started using my
>> >> computer at
>> >> home and am brand new with the DSL. I have downloaded all of the
>> >> security
>> >> updates and have performed all the scans but I can't use anything
>> >> except for
>> >> Internet Explorer! HELP!?
>> >> --
>> >> jbautista
>>


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