re: problem with computer hanging
Thursday, June 12, 2003 at 11:05 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Mark Spraggins
(1 messages posted)
Thanks - this one was a mystery to even highlevel Microsoft techies! I am glad to
be back to normal!
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.
>
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