Annoyances.org
Home » Windows 98 Discussion Forum » Message 1054617410 Search | Help | Home
  
Tip: Run a free scan for common Windows errors ad

re: problem with computer hanging
Monday, June 2, 2003 at 10:16 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by G. Wood (1 messages posted)


THANKS for the info !! Problem was driving me crazy until finding this forum. With TKBell deleted the hanging problem on shut-down is gone .. Appreciate you passing on the knowledge ! Regards, Garrett


On Tuesday, January 28, 2003 at 3:41 am, Russell Darling wrote:
>Further to the tkbellexe saga, I have found that if you wish to keep RealAudio, then
>the following steps need to be followed otherwise just removing it from msconfig
>is not enough. Also if you look at CPU usage in System Monitor when tkbellexe is
>in action, it is 100% and I believe that this is the cause of the various errors
>and mishappenings!
>I accept no responsibility for the following steps, but they were found in one of
>the microsoft newsgroups and it has worked for me.
>You will need to do this in Safe Mode in order to release the files you need to remove.
>I'll assume you know how to do this. In Safe Mode,
>1. Open Windows Explorer. Go to c:\program files\common files\real\update_OB. Look
>for eventsvc.exe. Rename this file eventsvc.old.
>You could probably even delete it if you like.
>Close Windows Explorer.
>2. Go to Start\Run and type regedit. Go to
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run. Look for the TKBell.exe
>entry and delete it. Close Registry Editor. Restart Windows.
>If you go back to Start\Run and type msconfig to run System Configuration Utility,
>you'll see that TKBell is no longer in the startup group.
>
>Good luck.
>


Written in response to:
re: problem with computer hanging (Russell Darling: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 at 3:41 am)

There are presently no replies to this message.

All messages in this thread [show all]
-problem with computer hanging (Debra Crayford: Thu, Aug 22, 2002, 3:03 pm)
-re: problem with computer hanging (JmC: Thu, Aug 22, 2002, 9:23 pm)
-re: problem with computer hanging (Cindy: Sun, Nov 10, 2002, 9:49 pm)
-re: problem with computer hanging (JmC: Mon, Nov 11, 2002, 12:46 am)
-re: problem with computer hanging (Drew D: Wed, Nov 13, 2002, 11:48 pm)
-re: problem with computer hanging (fred: Sat, Nov 16, 2002, 11:26 pm)
*re: problem with computer hanging (Bob Aalam: Sat, Nov 23, 2002, 11:31 am)
-re: problem with computer hanging (Mary: Mon, Jan 6, 2003, 9:57 am)
-re: problem with computer hanging (Jean Mercier: Wed, Jan 8, 2003, 12:58 am)
*re: problem with computer hanging (cintidude: Sun, Jan 12, 2003, 11:15 am)
*re: problem with computer hanging (Kurtis: Thu, Jan 23, 2003, 6:42 pm)
*re: problem with computer hanging (Mark R. Keen: Thu, Jan 23, 2003, 1:51 am)
*re: problem with computer hanging (Chuck: Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 12:37 pm)
-re: problem with computer hanging (bernie: Mon, Jan 27, 2003, 7:29 pm)
-re: problem with computer hanging (Russell Darling: Tue, Jan 28, 2003, 3:41 am)
-re: problem with computer hanging (Bala Bapat: Thu, Mar 13, 2003, 8:45 am)
*re: problem with computer hanging (Russell Darling: Thu, Mar 13, 2003, 11:03 am)
*re: problem with computer hanging (G. Wood: Mon, Jun 2, 2003, 10:16 pm)
-re: problem with computer hanging (Mark Spraggins: Thu, Jun 12, 2003, 11:05 pm)
*re: problem with computer hanging (Marcel Dymanus: Sun, Jul 13, 2003, 12:59 am)
*re: problem with computer hanging (will: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 1:14 pm)
*re: problem with computer hanging (Li: Wed, May 28, 2003, 7:46 pm)
Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum


All content at Annoyances.org is Copyright ©1995-2012 Creative Elementtm All rights reserved.
Please do not plagiarize; redistributing these pages without permission is strictly prohibited.