Re: Start Menu-shortcuts show "empty"

Harmon

It is late. I will try to look at the Reports tomorrow.


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Regards.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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Harmon Koeltz wrote:
"Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e4Njzwo4HHA.1208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Harmon

You really need real time protection against malware / spyware. Does
any of your installed software programmes provide this level of
protection? What are you relying on for a firewall?

For Event Viewer Reports only Errors and Warnings from the
Application and System Logs since the last boot please but check
whether any copies provided also occur in previous session and
report so. You often get one off errors which are not really worth
investigation. One of the best cures to a freeze problem can be
simply to close down and restart the computer. I do not usually
investigate reports from the security log but perhaps you had better
include thes on the same basis as for the other two logs. I have yet
to hear of any reports in the Internet Explorer log. It
was introduced with Internet Explorer 7 for a reason that has never
to my knowledge been revealed. This equally applies to Vista.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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AFAIK, Norton offers real time protection. It is also my firewall.
Iam also behind a router.
The programs associated with the empty shortcuts still run and not all
"start-all programs" shortcuts are empty. It appears to be random.
I rebooted into Safe Mood and ran a full scan in Norton, AVG/Ewido/
and AdAware. Then rebooted. Here are the results from Event Viewer:

Applications

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 1:34:22 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
Windows saved user LAKEHOUSE\Owner registry while an application or
service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used
by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be
unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 1:27:38 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
Windows saved user LAKEHOUSE\Owner registry while an application or
service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used
by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be
unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 8/18/2007
Time: 10:49:02 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
Windows saved user LAKEHOUSE\Owner registry while an application or
service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used
by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be
unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 8/17/2007
Time: 9:02:04 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
Windows saved user LAKEHOUSE\Owner registry while an application or
service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used
by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be
unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Hang
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 8/16/2007
Time: 5:41:21 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
Fault bucket 337816799.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 33 33 37 38 31 36 37 39 33781679
0010: 39 0d 0a 9..

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Hang
Event Category: (101)
Event ID: 1002
Date: 8/16/2007
Time: 5:41:13 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
Hanging application wmplayer.exe, version 11.0.5721.5145, hang module
hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 48 61 6e 67 ion Hang
0010: 20 20 77 6d 70 6c 61 79 wmplay
0018: 65 72 2e 65 78 65 20 31 er.exe 1
0020: 31 2e 30 2e 35 37 32 31 1.0.5721
0028: 2e 35 31 34 35 20 69 6e .5145 in
0030: 20 68 75 6e 67 61 70 70 hungapp
0038: 20 30 2e 30 2e 30 2e 30 0.0.0.0
0040: 20 61 74 20 6f 66 66 73 at offs
0048: 65 74 20 30 30 30 30 30 et 00000
0050: 30 30 30 000

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 8/16/2007
Time: 3:46:54 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
Windows saved user LAKEHOUSE\Owner registry while an application or
service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used
by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be
unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 8/16/2007
Time: 3:13:20 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
Windows saved user LAKEHOUSE\Owner registry while an application or
service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used
by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be
unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 8/16/2007
Time: 12:18:29 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
Windows saved user LAKEHOUSE\Owner registry while an application or
service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used
by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be
unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 8/15/2007
Time: 6:00:40 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
Fault bucket 489648316.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 34 38 39 36 34 38 33 31 48964831
0010: 36 0d 0a 6..

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 8/15/2007
Time: 6:00:29 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 7.0.6000.16512, faulting
module nppw.dll, version 2006.1.0.57, fault address 0x00036261.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 69 65 78 ure iex
0018: 70 6c 6f 72 65 2e 65 78 plore.ex
0020: 65 20 37 2e 30 2e 36 30 e 7.0.60
0028: 30 30 2e 31 36 35 31 32 00.16512
0030: 20 69 6e 20 6e 70 70 77 in nppw
0038: 2e 64 6c 6c 20 32 30 30 .dll 200
0040: 36 2e 31 2e 30 2e 35 37 6.1.0.57
0048: 20 61 74 20 6f 66 66 73 at offs
0050: 65 74 20 30 30 30 33 36 et 00036
0058: 32 36 31 0d 0a 261..

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 8/15/2007
Time: 4:23:03 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
Windows saved user LAKEHOUSE\Owner registry while an application or
service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used
by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be
unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: LoadPerf
Event Category: None
Event ID: 2002
Date: 8/15/2007
Time: 7:16:06 AM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
The MOF file created for the Outlook service could not be loaded. The
error code returned by the MOF Compiler is contained in the Record
Data. Before the performance counters of this service can be
collected by WMI the MOF file will need to be loaded manually.
Contact the vendor of this service for additional information.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 01 00 00 00 bc 13 00 00 ....¼...

System:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10005
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 6:14:22 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
DCOM got error "This service cannot be started in Safe Mode "
attempting to start the service EventSystem with arguments "" in
order to run the server: {1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10005
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 5:04:34 PM
User: LAKEHOUSE\Owner
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
DCOM got error "This service cannot be started in Safe Mode "
attempting to start the service netman with arguments "" in order to
run the server: {BA126AE5-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10005
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 4:44:14 PM
User: LAKEHOUSE\Owner
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
DCOM got error "This service cannot be started in Safe Mode "
attempting to start the service netman with arguments "" in order to
run the server: {BA126AE5-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10005
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 4:39:13 PM
User: LAKEHOUSE\Owner
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
DCOM got error "This service cannot be started in Safe Mode "
attempting to start the service netman with arguments "" in order to
run the server: {BA126AE5-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10005
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 4:29:46 PM
User: LAKEHOUSE\Owner
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
DCOM got error "This service cannot be started in Safe Mode "
attempting to start the service netman with arguments "" in order to
run the server: {BA126AE5-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10005
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 2:57:42 PM
User: LAKEHOUSE\Owner
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
DCOM got error "This service cannot be started in Safe Mode "
attempting to start the service netman with arguments "" in order to
run the server: {BA126AE5-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10005
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 2:42:31 PM
User: LAKEHOUSE\Owner
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
DCOM got error "This service cannot be started in Safe Mode "
attempting to start the service netman with arguments "" in order to
run the server: {BA126AE5-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10005
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 2:42:30 PM
User: LAKEHOUSE\Owner
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
DCOM got error "This service cannot be started in Safe Mode "
attempting to start the service netman with arguments "" in order to
run the server: {BA126AE5-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10005
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 2:23:53 PM
User: LAKEHOUSE\Owner
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
DCOM got error "This service cannot be started in Safe Mode "
attempting to start the service netman with arguments "" in order to
run the server: {BA126AE5-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10005
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 2:08:52 PM
User: LAKEHOUSE\Owner
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
DCOM got error "This service cannot be started in Safe Mode "
attempting to start the service netman with arguments "" in order to
run the server: {BA126AE5-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 1:41:33 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
AFD
AVG Anti-Spyware Driver
BANTExt
eeCtrl
Fips
intelppm
IPSec
MRxSmb
NetBIOS
NetBT
prcmondrv
RasAcd
Rdbss
SPBBCDrv
SRTSPX
SYMTDI
Tcpip

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7001
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 1:41:33 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
The IPSEC Services service depends on the IPSEC driver service which
failed to start because of the following error:
A device attached to the system is not functioning.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7001
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 1:41:33 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
The TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service depends on the AFD service which
failed to start because of the following error:
A device attached to the system is not functioning.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7001
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 1:41:33 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
The DNS Client service depends on the TCP/IP Protocol Driver service
which failed to start because of the following error:
A device attached to the system is not functioning.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7001
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 1:41:33 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
The DHCP Client service depends on the NetBios over Tcpip service
which failed to start because of the following error:
A device attached to the system is not functioning.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 1:37:41 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
AFD
AVG Anti-Spyware Driver
BANTExt
eeCtrl
Fips
intelppm
IPSec
MRxSmb
NetBIOS
NetBT
prcmondrv
RasAcd
Rdbss
SPBBCDrv
SRTSPX
SYMTDI
Tcpip

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7001
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 1:37:41 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
The IPSEC Services service depends on the IPSEC driver service which
failed to start because of the following error:
A device attached to the system is not functioning.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7001
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 1:37:41 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
The TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service depends on the AFD service which
failed to start because of the following error:
A device attached to the system is not functioning.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7001
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 1:37:41 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
The DNS Client service depends on the TCP/IP Protocol Driver service
which failed to start because of the following error:
A device attached to the system is not functioning.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7001
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 1:37:41 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
The DHCP Client service depends on the NetBios over Tcpip service
which failed to start because of the following error:
A device attached to the system is not functioning.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Dhcp
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 8/19/2007
Time: 1:27:15 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
Your computer was not assigned an address from the network (by the
DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 0012F084DFC6.
The following error occurred:
The operation was canceled by the user. . Your computer will continue
to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address
(DHCP) server.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: c7 04 00 00 Ç...

Event Type: Error
Event Source: atapi
Event Category: None
Event ID: 9
Date: 8/18/2007
Time: 10:58:59 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
The device, \Device\Ide\IdePort1, did not respond within the timeout
period.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 0f 00 50 00 01 00 a4 00 ..P...¤.
0008: 00 00 00 00 09 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0030: 00 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 ........
0038: 40 00 00 0e 00 00 00 00 @.......
0040: 00 00 0c 12 40 01 00 00 ....@...
0048: 00 00 01 00 05 00 00 00 ........
0050: 20 60 90 08 28 7b 08 88 `?.({.^
0058: 00 00 00 00 f0 fd 08 88 ....ðý.^
0060: 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0068: a8 00 00 22 13 55 00 00 ¨..".U..
0070: 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 . ......

Event Type: Error
Event Source: atapi
Event Category: None
Event ID: 9
Date: 8/18/2007
Time: 10:25:02 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
The device, \Device\Ide\IdePort1, did not respond within the timeout
period.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 0f 00 50 00 01 00 a4 00 ..P...¤.
0008: 00 00 00 00 09 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0030: 00 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 ........
0038: 40 00 00 0e 00 00 00 00 @.......
0040: 00 00 0c 12 40 01 00 00 ....@...
0048: 00 00 01 00 05 00 00 00 ........
0050: 08 b0 a7 08 70 ac 4f 88 .°§.p¬O^
0058: 00 00 00 00 10 4e 0f 88 .....N.^
0060: 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0068: a8 00 00 22 98 83 00 00 ¨.."~f..
0070: 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 . ......

Event Type: Error
Event Source: atapi
Event Category: None
Event ID: 9
Date: 8/18/2007
Time: 10:24:50 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAKEHOUSE
Description:
The device, \Device\Ide\IdePort1, did not respond within the timeout
period.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 0f 00 50 00 01 00 a4 00 ..P...¤.
0008: 00 00 00 00 09 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0030: 00 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 ........
0038: 40 00 00 0e 00 00 00 00 @.......
0040: 00 00 0c 12 40 01 00 00 ....@...
0048: 00 00 01 00 05 00 00 00 ........
0050: 08 d0 98 08 20 b8 f3 87 .Ð~. ¸ó?
0058: 00 00 00 00 10 4e 0f 88 .....N.^
0060: 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0068: a8 00 00 22 6b 4c 00 00 ¨.."kL..
0070: 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 . ......


There are many more but I tought this was plenty.

Thansk again

Harmon










Harmon Koeltz wrote:
"Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:evdEgdn4HHA.2108@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Harmon

How often are you running Lavasoft AdAware and AVG spyware
(formerly Ewido)?

Are you using a Registry Cleaner or accepting offers on the
internet to run this or that to improve system performance? Either
can do unexpected damage!

I cannot answer your question about Java. Whilst it is present on
my computer I conveniently ignore it's existence and encounter no
problems. Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports
appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot.
No Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also
appear in a previous boot.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the
meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and
Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
should double click for further information. You can copy using
copy and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no
further information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and
close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste
into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




Harmon Koeltz wrote:

"Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uy7W0jj4HHA.1484@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Harmon

What precisely are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Norton Internet Security 2007
Lavasoft AdAware
AVG spyware (formerly Ewido)

Norton runs on a schedule. The others run manually.

BTW in the tips you linked to, a reference to Java recommends
removing all but the most current.. I have manty Javs entries in
Add/ remove. Is it safe to remove all but the most recent? I have
JAva set to download updates.
Thanks

Harmon


1. Antispyware in Norton runs weekly. Lavasoft and AVG (Ewido) about
once a month
2. No registry cleaners or "offers"
3. Before I post logs I need some clarification. In event viewer, I
hace Application, Security,System, and Internet Explorer. Internet
Explorer has no entries. The other three have many entries: mostly
information, some warnings, and some errors.

Do you wish to see all available errors and warnings? Shpould I do
cold start first.
Thanks for all your time and help

Harmon


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