Real Player causing HAVOC!
Monday, December 2, 2002 at 3:08 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by ShootRealPlayer
(1 messages posted)
For no apparent reason (I even suspected a virus), my Windows 98-based system started
running very slowly (over a minute to bring up Control Panel, CDs would not start
automatically, etc.) and when the Office Taskbar came up at the end of the daily
start-up, it AND the bottom "START"/icons taskbar were frozen, too.
After nearly resorting to a complete Windows 98 restore (since our last backup was
a few days old), I happened to read the posts here. Thanks to everyone that posted,
since you helped solve our problem!!!
Before I deleted the "RNsystem.dat" file, I happened to notice a program entitled,
"TKBellExe" in the MSCONFIG list. I simply unchecked it and, voila! Everyone is back
to normal (well, as far as Windows 98 can be) now.
Now, to send a "howler" to the idiots at Real.com!
On Tuesday, August 27, 2002 at 4:01 pm, JmC wrote:
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>Hi Leah,
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>From what I've discovered so far, 'RNADMIN' is a piece of spyware related to Real
>Player. It seems to install with the Real Player Gold (Real Player V9.0) version.
>This problem your experiencing initiates after MS updates, or can occur after
>uninstalling Real Player. It has a trick file extension so that Ad-Ware software
>won't detect it.
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>First click START, move to 'FIND' and then select 'FILES or FOLDERS'. In the
>'Named' box, type 'RNADMIN', be sure the 'Look in:' box is set at your C: drive
and
>press enter. If the file is found, it will be in the C:\Windows\Application Data\Real
>directory. Now close the Find files window. If the file was found then proceed.
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>Now click START, move to 'Settings' and click the 'Taskbar & Start Menu' selection.
>Then click the 'Start Menu Programs' tab and then the 'Remove' button. Now drill
>down to the 'Startup' entry and double click it. If there is an instance of 'RNADMIN'
>listed, click it once to highlight it and then click the 'Remove' button. Then
click
>'Close' and 'OK' at the next window. If it isn't listed, click the 'Close' button
>and then 'Cancel'.
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>Next click START\RUN, type 'MSCONFIG' in the 'Open' box and press enter. When the
>'System Configuration Utility' appears, click the 'Startup' tab. Look for any instance
>of 'RNADMIN' and uncheck the selection. Next click 'Apply', then 'OK' and
>reboot when prompted.
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>Now try for a normal shutdown. If the shutdown process operates normal now, you
>can do the find file option again, right click the 'RNADMIN' file and select 'Delete'
>from the menu. This shouldn't effect the operation of Real Player, but if it does,
>remove it with Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel and reinstall it.
>
>ps: Here's a cute story regarding this problem: color="brown">RNAdmin
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> JmC
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