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re: kernel32.dll errors Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 5:20 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33640 messages posted) "I loaded the Route1 new toolbar from the Reducing Clutter..." I've never heard of that toolbar. Is it available for download from Annoyances site, or was it a suggestion by a poster in one of those threads? Try restoring a registry backup dated prior to when you installed it. Start/Shutdown, choose Restart in MS DOS mode, or reboot and hit the CTRL key just before Windows loads, until you get the boot menu. Choose Command prompt only. At the C:\> type: scanreg /restore Press enter. A good backup will have the word "Started" before it. Choose a date prior to this problem. Then hit Enter. You should get a message that Windows successfully restored the registry. Then CTRL_ALT_DEL to get back into Windows. Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: kernel32.dll errors Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 10:09 pm Posted by bob wells (1636 messages posted) Anthony, Again you neglected to post info on the System in question. I recall you had a Desk computer and a Laptop, both with multiple recent problems. I mention the recent problems because loading new software on a computer with problems is an invitation for more of the same; problem begets problem. If the Program is Route 1 Pro from the Software listing on the left side of the screen, then at least someone may be familiar with it and would potentially be able to advise if you'd just post some info on the Computer in question. One thing is true on this site; Better information produces better results. Some of the Volunteers here are quite good at guessing what you mean, but why should they have to GUESS? A Dr.? should know this better than anyone, regardless of the field. "There are no magic pills here either. BW On Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 2:51 pm, Anthony Thannisch wrote: >Thank you in advance for your time and help. I loaded the Route1 new toolbar from >the Reducing Clutter above and it did not do anything different that I could tell, >so I uninstalled it. That is when my problems began! Now I am getting a lot of kernel32.dll >errors whenever I try to do something. >1. Ran sfc--caused an invalid page fault in module kernel32.dll@017f:bff7a388 and >there are other invalid page faults in other things. Any ideas????? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re:Follow-up, kernel32.dll errors Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 10:37 pm Posted by bob wells (1636 messages posted) Good explqnation here. http://www.5starsupport.com/info/kernel32.htm On Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 2:51 pm, Anthony Thannisch wrote: >Thank you in advance for your time and help. I loaded the Route1 new toolbar from >the Reducing Clutter above and it did not do anything different that I could tell, >so I uninstalled it. That is when my problems began! Now I am getting a lot of kernel32.dll >errors whenever I try to do something. >1. Ran sfc--caused an invalid page fault in module kernel32.dll@017f:bff7a388 and >there are other invalid page faults in other things. Any ideas????? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: kernel32.dll errors Sunday, March 5, 2006 at 12:26 am Posted by JmC (14166 messages posted) Any toobar will install a Browser Helper Object (BHO), but usually will not remove them when uninstalled. This procedure is certainly worth a try, you can disable one at a time to hopefully find the problem. The files can also be re-enabled with the program. Download BHODemon at this link: BHODemon Install and run the program. If it locates anything (dll), highlight it, click 'details' and in 'Select Status' click 'Disable'. Click 'OK' and then exit the program. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: kernel32.dll errors Sunday, March 5, 2006 at 1:07 am Posted by Tony (53 messages posted) JmC; Thank you. I will and I'll let you know. It is 3:11am not and I will do that first thing in the morn. On Sunday, March 5, 2006 at 12:26 am, JmC wrote: > >Any toobar will install a Browser Helper Object (BHO), but usually will not remove >them when uninstalled. This procedure is certainly worth a try, you can disable one >at a time to hopefully find the problem. The files can also be re-enabled with the >program. > > Download BHODemon at this link: >color='orange'>BHODemon > > Install and run the program. If it locates anything (dll), highlight it, click >'details' and in 'Select Status' click 'Disable'. Click 'OK' and then exit the >program. > > > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: kernel32.dll errors Monday, March 6, 2006 at 8:57 pm Posted by Tony (53 messages posted) Dear JmC; Thank you for your directions.I went to the site and the crux of the thing in somewhat complicated by the fact that the person who is the author (I guess) says that if I have Ad-Aware, there would be a problem. I may very well have to remove the program first and load the two files he says I must load to check for bad dll's. I will let you know. Thank you again. Tony Thannisch On Sunday, March 5, 2006 at 12:26 am, JmC wrote: > >Any toobar will install a Browser Helper Object (BHO), but usually will not remove >them when uninstalled. This procedure is certainly worth a try, you can disable one >at a time to hopefully find the problem. The files can also be re-enabled with the >program. > > Download BHODemon at this link: >color='orange'>BHODemon > > Install and run the program. If it locates anything (dll), highlight it, click >'details' and in 'Select Status' click 'Disable'. Click 'OK' and then exit the >program. > > > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Got your emails.. Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at 1:49 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33640 messages posted) ...over the weekend. Sorry, but you need to post your responses directly on the forum, so the entire discussion is together. I'm not going to start doing private tech support by email. Did you ever run spyware/malware scans? It sounds like you need to do a good cleaning. You say this is a used ThinkPad, so you've taken over someone else's problems, including extra junk you probably don't need. Do you have a knowledgeable acquaintance, who would give you a hand cleaning things up? Did you get a Windows CD or restore disks with the Thinkpad? You can't run defrag from the command prompt. That's a 'Windows only' utility. As for IE, it can't be uninstalled without a third party program, as it's part of Windows. You would probably need a full download for IE6, if you were to install it. You said IE 4 is installed? That's way too ancient. There may be a full set of zipped/compressed IE .CAB files on the the CD provided by SBC, so you can install it from there. What is the name of the folder all those ZIP files are in, and in which directory? What's the name of some of those files? I can't say whether you should/shouldn't delete them, when I've no idea what they are. They could be something you'd have use for. "Bytes" are very small. As for an unzipping program, here's one free unzipping program: UltimateZip ======================================================== An Annoyances.org forum member, Anthony Thannisch, has sent you the following message, in response to your post: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1141521625 ======================================================== Hi CarolJ; Well, I did exactly as you instructed and the results were as you stated and I did have a "date started" so I chose the earliest one 3/2/2006. It did its thing and I got back to windows fine. However, I still cannot open my Incredimail (server is SBC Yahoo). I have gone to the Incredimail site a few times and tried to download their program and It goes thru the motions but something is not installing b/c I still cannot open it, either by clicking on the shortcut icon or clicking on Incredimail.exe>open. Additionally, I look at the list shown on the install/uninstall window and there is NO IE4 or IE5 or IE6 shown even though I have reloaded the IE4 cd and tried to upgrade to IE6 (several times). There isn't an IE anything on the install/uninstall menu. It is like the things load but not all of the way. Something is not permitting a full download. However, Incredimail XE is shown on the menu, I simply cannot open it to use it. Did you look at the Route1 toolbar? I have no ZIP ! program and undoubtedly it is a zip file and when it did nothing, then I uninstalled it. Let me ask you another question, if a file is a zip file and contains a whole lot of stuff, is any of that considered to be running anything (from its zipped state)? The reason I ask is that my wife's laptop is used and is an IBM ThinkPad. It is slower than cold molasses and I have did the disk clean up, scanned in the safe mode (can I also defrag in the safe mode and, if so, what do I type after C:\), I have done a whole lot and it is still super slow. I went to start>find>My Computer and typed in zip. It showed 28 zip files and one of them has 14 million + bytes and the others are just about as thick. She has no idea what they are or where they came from but, since the laptop was used when we got it from a local who knew nothing about computers, I am wondering if the previous owner had them on there and they were never removed. Can I simply delete them or would it destroy stuff. I do n!ot want to go thru this with her laptop. That is why I asked. Her laptop is just slooooow and I was wondering if this could be the reason. And, since her defrag is not working (it never gets above 0%), I think this is also a real problem. ---snip--- Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum