HD Problem:

On Dec 4, 2:33*am, Paul <nos...@needed.com> wrote:
> Navyguy wrote:
> > On Dec 3, 5:51 pm, "Hot-Text" <hot-text.ath...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...es.htm#1101572
>
> >> *Reinstall XP, SP1
> >> and start live over! *
>
> > I looked up the codes on the link you provided and according to my
> > computer it's functioning normally. Well, obviously not and I had
> > thought I might have to format/reinstall a new hd but having run and
> > passed Memtest doesn't it confirm that my files aren't corrupted? Also
> > if it's as cut and dry as that then why did they have me run the
> > Memtest at all? *Could it be something else that fixable?
>
> > Suggestions/Thoughts?
>
> > Robert
>
> Doing a quick search, a lot of those messages come from files
> that are really damaged. And the damage may be caused by malware.
> I'd probably give it a scan first, to see if it's something detectable.
> I wasn't able to find examples of other means of causing invalid executables
> like the errors you're seeing ("is not a valid Windows image").
>
> The virus definitions on this are dated Nov 27, 2010. Download size ~200MB.
>
> http://rescuedisk.kaspersky-labs.com...le/kav_rescue_...
>
> That is an offline virus scanner. ("Offline" means, WinXP is not running,
> and the computer is booted with some other OS.) When you use your ISO9660
> program, to prepare and burn a bootable CD disc with that, then boot the
> computer with it, your computer runs the Gentoo Linux operating system
> on the CD. A dedicated application on the CD, and running under Linux, can
> then scan Windows partitions, looking for viruses. That's the CD I use,
> if I'm getting "strange" behavior on the computer.
>
> For that disc to work, you need a network setup that has working Internet
> as soon as the CD is booted. My router supports DHCP and the setting up of
> automatic IP addresses (and that is the way my Windows is configured).
> When the Kaspersky disc boots, it tries to connect to their site, to get
> virus definition updates. While the 200MB CD has definitions on it, there
> are megabytes more of updates to download, and then the CD can run a scanfor
> you. The "drive letters" shown in the selection screen of that scanning
> application, aren't your regular drive letters. My WinXP C: partition, is
> actually at E: in the Gentoo Linux thing. So I have to click E: in there,
> to get my WinXP partition scanned. If you don't have that many partitions
> or that much data on the disk, you can just click all the drive letters,
> and let it scan everything.
>
> * * Paul- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I created the CD and booted from it and did exactly as you said it
would however when I tried to run it it hung up at the accepting the
license agreement where it ask to enter A to accept. I tried this
twice and each time it hung the computer up. Selecting P for booting
or R for powering off did nothing either nor did the ESC key or Ctrl-
Alt-Delete. So I pressed the reset button.

Should I just try reinstalling?


Robert

On Dec 4, 12:49*pm, "Hot-Text" <hot-text.ath...@comcast.net> wrote:
> DO not format
> Just reinstall form I386 and it will be XP, SP1
>

I dont quite know what you mean by l386, but I assume your suggesting
I use my reinstallation CD that came with the computer to reinstall
XP? Of course, this means I'll wipe out all my online links, is there
some way to save them?


Thanks,

Robert

l386 is reinstallation CD

C:\WINDOWS\I386
and on
XP CD
D:\I386

Go here for Info and Help to reinstall form I386 and to XP, SP1

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...gory/windowsxp

But do not format

That why you do not format
to keep your license agreement

Just reinstall form I386 and it will be XP, SP1
just try reinstalling

Navyguy wrote:
> On Dec 4, 2:33 am, Paul <nos...@needed.com> wrote:
>> Navyguy wrote:
>>> On Dec 3, 5:51 pm, "Hot-Text" <hot-text.ath...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...es.htm#1101572
>>>> Reinstall XP, SP1
>>>> and start live over!
>>> I looked up the codes on the link you provided and according to my
>>> computer it's functioning normally. Well, obviously not and I had
>>> thought I might have to format/reinstall a new hd but having run and
>>> passed Memtest doesn't it confirm that my files aren't corrupted? Also
>>> if it's as cut and dry as that then why did they have me run the
>>> Memtest at all? Could it be something else that fixable?
>>> Suggestions/Thoughts?
>>> Robert
>> Doing a quick search, a lot of those messages come from files
>> that are really damaged. And the damage may be caused by malware.
>> I'd probably give it a scan first, to see if it's something detectable.
>> I wasn't able to find examples of other means of causing invalid executables
>> like the errors you're seeing ("is not a valid Windows image").
>>
>> The virus definitions on this are dated Nov 27, 2010. Download size ~200MB.
>>
>> http://rescuedisk.kaspersky-labs.com...le/kav_rescue_...
>>
>> That is an offline virus scanner. ("Offline" means, WinXP is not running,
>> and the computer is booted with some other OS.) When you use your ISO9660
>> program, to prepare and burn a bootable CD disc with that, then boot the
>> computer with it, your computer runs the Gentoo Linux operating system
>> on the CD. A dedicated application on the CD, and running under Linux, can
>> then scan Windows partitions, looking for viruses. That's the CD I use,
>> if I'm getting "strange" behavior on the computer.
>>
>> For that disc to work, you need a network setup that has working Internet
>> as soon as the CD is booted. My router supports DHCP and the setting up of
>> automatic IP addresses (and that is the way my Windows is configured).
>> When the Kaspersky disc boots, it tries to connect to their site, to get
>> virus definition updates. While the 200MB CD has definitions on it, there
>> are megabytes more of updates to download, and then the CD can run a scan for
>> you. The "drive letters" shown in the selection screen of that scanning
>> application, aren't your regular drive letters. My WinXP C: partition, is
>> actually at E: in the Gentoo Linux thing. So I have to click E: in there,
>> to get my WinXP partition scanned. If you don't have that many partitions
>> or that much data on the disk, you can just click all the drive letters,
>> and let it scan everything.
>>
>> Paul- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> I created the CD and booted from it and did exactly as you said it
> would however when I tried to run it it hung up at the accepting the
> license agreement where it ask to enter A to accept. I tried this
> twice and each time it hung the computer up. Selecting P for booting
> or R for powering off did nothing either nor did the ESC key or Ctrl-
> Alt-Delete. So I pressed the reset button.
>
> Should I just try reinstalling?
>
>
> Robert

I worked on it for a while, and I can't get around /usr/sbin/EULA.
(I'm testing the KAV 10 rescue CD in Virtual PC, and couldn't
crack it enough, to bypass the EULA prompt.)

It's an executable shell script, that runs sometime during boot.
Even if you disable the GUI (using "nox" boot line option), it
still runs. It's a piece of crap.

What the script does, is

echo status:accepted > /var/log/eula.log

when you've accepted the EULA. I've been trying to find a way, to
get that far, and stop "EULA" program from running. But I haven't
succeeded yet.

Looking on the web, one suggestion was, that it was caused by the
type of keyboard used. If keyboard was USB, try a PS/2 keyboard.
But that isn't always an option on modern systems. A question would
be, whether your current keyboard works in the BIOS or not. If
it does, I'd be less inclined to believe it was a keyboard issue.

A second possibility, is the keymap used by the OS is wrong. But
I don't see anything other than a language choice at boot. So I
don't see how/if that could be modified. (If you edit the Gentoo
boot line in the Grub menu, you could try "setkmap=us" or the
like as an option.)

Kaspersky has a tool, for copying the CD to a USB stick. The potential
advantage of that, might be in making it easier to edit the files
the OS uses. The problem I was having with the CD, was even if
I used the "docache" boot line option, which is supposed to copy
the CD into RAM, the file system was still marked read only.
And I wasn't able to remount it rw.

"Using rescue2usb.exe"
http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208282163

If the USB method resulted in raw files, you could edit the
EULA file, and just leave the line that does the
"echo status:accepted" thing.

So I didn't succeed in bypassing your problem. You'll need to
fix whatever the root problem is.

*******

With regard to your "links", I think you're referring to a bookmarks
file. Each browser will store that in a different place.

For example, for my copy of Firefox, it's here. The 12345678 thing is
a random string of eight characters, so you have to go to the Profiles
folder and look to see what is being used. The bookmarks are down there.

C:\Documents and Settings\MyUserName\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\12345678.default
bookmarkbackups
bookmarks-2010-12-04.json 723KB

The real bookmarks are likely stored in one of those stupid SQL
files. (I have a tool for opening the SQL files, and I could
probably find where the store the things, given enough time.)
The ones in bookmarkbackups would be up to a day old.
Firefox has an "export" option, to convert the current bookmark
file into HTML, and save that as a file for later. And that's the
method I'd recommend for saving links. If you can't do that,
just save the entire 12345678.default folder :-) You can pour
the contents of that, back into your new OS, once Firefox is
installed again and run at least once, then shut down.

There are more ideas for "saving links", here. It seems to involve
Exporting in most cases. I don't see a recipe in all cases, for
working at the file level (like if your computer won't run).
Just backing up all the files, to another disk, would be a start.
Then you can work on the problem, gradually.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000524.htm

Kelly has a recipe here, for finding the Favorites.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_favorites.htm

Using regedit, you look in

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\ShellFolders

and in my case, that value is

C:\Documents and Settings\MyUserName\Favorites

If you look at the things in that folder, with another
OS, they look like text files (blah.url). And one link
is stored in each file.

HTH,
Paul

On Dec 5, 5:16*am, "Hot-Text" <hot-text.ath...@comcast.net> wrote:
> That why you do not format
> to keep your license agreement
>
> Just reinstall form I386 and it will be XP, SP1
> just try reinstalling


Ok, I went to the links which provided me with another link for pre-
installing procedures and installing XP and will try doing that. Will
post again with results.


Thanks

Robert

"Navyguy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>On Dec 5, 5:16 am, "Hot-Text" <hot-text.ath...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> That why you do not format
>> to keep your license agreement
>>
>> Just reinstall form I386 and it will be XP, SP1
>> just try reinstalling
>
>
>Ok, I went to the links which provided me with another link for pre-
>installing procedures and installing XP and will try doing that. Will
>post again with results.

HOLD ON! You are getting some really poor advice here! Your issues
should not require a reinstall of Windows! I suggest you do not follow
those procedures except as a last resort when other avenues have been
exhausted.

One of the advantages of community help is also one of its
disadvantages....you get a lot of suggestions. Unfortunately not all
should be acted upon or are even relevant to your issues.

Your problem with Spybot Immunization may simply be a Spybot issue, as
reported on their forums in the past. Changing a setting in Spybot, to
"Skip system accounts during IE immunization", may fix you issue.
Uninstalling Spybot and reinstalling from a fresh download might also
help. It may also be a permissions issue.

Your issue with Word and Office programs may also be a Permissions issue
or a problem with your security settings. Reinstalling Office is
another option that might help.

Your problem running the Kaspersky Anti-virus from bootable CD as Paul
suggested is common with bootable AV discs when used on older Dell
computers, due to incompatibility with their network adapters. I
sometimes have better luck using the BitDefender Rescue CD instead in
those cases.

All in all, you issues have been forgotten and this thread has taken a
life of its own that is no longer even cognizant of your original
problems.
--
Glen Ventura
MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
CompTIA A+
http://dts-l.net/

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...gory/windowsxp

Where is
Glen Ventura
MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
CompTIA A+

"MyNews" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...gory/windowsxp
>
> Where is
> Glen Ventura
> MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
> CompTIA A+

I'm right here, are you blind? Exactly what is the relevance of your
question?

I stopped using the Microsoft web forums almost as soon as I started,
because I find them a poor substitute for the discontinued newsgroups.
I work on other forums such as aumha.net, which have much better
implementation and usually more appropriate replies. A fair number of
Microsoft MVPs did not migrate to their web forums, and most of them
were not re-awarded in the past year or two.
--
Glen Ventura
MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
CompTIA A+
http://dts-l.net/

Good Info like alway Glen!

On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:13:12 -0600, glee <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> "MyNews" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsp.vnaxbnbsq9wti0@hot-text...
>
>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...gory/windowsxp
>>
>> Where is
>> Glen Ventura
>> MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
>> CompTIA A+
>
> I'm right here, are you blind? Exactly what is the relevance of your
> question?
>
> I stopped using the Microsoft web forums almost as soon as I started,
> because I find them a poor substitute for the discontinued newsgroups. I
> work on other forums such as aumha.net, which have much better
> implementation and usually more appropriate replies. A fair number of
> Microsoft MVPs did not migrate to their web forums, and most of them
> were not re-awarded in the past year or two.


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