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by pa bear [ms mvp]
11 Sep 2010, 21:06
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Topic: Install of SP3 problems
Replies: 8
Views: 12438

Re: Install of SP3 problems

The Seabat wrote: <snip> >> Why do you keep having to (re)install Windows? I've never had to do so. > > Let's just call it a fetish! I don't like having a brand new install > that has to be screwed with to get it to work right. After a fresh > install a box should be a mean, lean, smoking machine ...
by pa bear [ms mvp]
10 Sep 2010, 16:46
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Topic: Install of SP3 problems
Replies: 8
Views: 12438

Re: Install of SP3 problems

Well, you didn't tell us that in your first post, did you? > Update: I have installed XP again and successfully (or so it appears) > installed SP2... If you'd read http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/a066ae41add7dd2b, you'd have known that you could skip SP2 and ...
by pa bear [ms mvp]
09 Sep 2010, 17:25
Forum:
Topic: Install of SP3 problems
Replies: 8
Views: 12438

Re: Install of SP3 problems

If you're running WinXP SP1, you can't possibly have a functional anti-virus application running on that box. See... Cleaning a Compromised System http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc700813.aspx Back-up any personal data (none of which should be considered 100% trustworthy at this point ...
by pa bear [ms mvp]
24 Aug 2010, 22:48
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Topic: LangWdbk.dll not a valid windows image
Replies: 9
Views: 12867

Re: LangWdbk.dll not a valid windows image

What "Internet Security" application is currently installed and is your subscription current? If a Norton free-trial came preinstalled on the computer when you bought it, the free-trial would have been reinstalled (but invalid) when you reinstalled Windows. Did you (1) uninstall the free-trial AND ...
by pa bear [ms mvp]
23 Aug 2010, 16:13
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Topic: LangWdbk.dll not a valid windows image
Replies: 9
Views: 12867

Re: LangWdbk.dll not a valid windows image

>> Is it LANGWDBK.DLL or LANGWRKB.DLL? >> > LangWdbk.dll (LANGWDBK.DLL) > ...I doubt that such an uninstall/install would replace the > langwrbk.dll... 1. You appear to be contradicting yourself ("LangWdbk.dll" vs. "langwrbk.dll"). 2. I never said or implied that the DLL in question had anything to ...
by pa bear [ms mvp]
22 Aug 2010, 22:55
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Topic: LangWdbk.dll not a valid windows image
Replies: 9
Views: 12867

Re: LangWdbk.dll not a valid windows image

Is it LANGWDBK.DLL or LANGWRKB.DLL? Is Windows (Desktop) Search 4.0 installed? choro wrote: > Windows XP/SP3 fully updated > > Desktop search comes up with... > "LangWdbk.dll is not a valid windows image. Please check this against your > installation diskette." > > What diskette? > > Noticed that ...
by pa bear [ms mvp]
22 Aug 2010, 17:56
Forum:
Topic: Where to locate or kill these process?
Replies: 5
Views: 9292

Re: Where to locate or kill these process?

You are seeing the effects of a hijackware infection! NB: If you had no anti-virus application installed or the subscription had expired *when the machine first got infected* and/or your subscription has since expired and/or the machine's not been kept fully-patched at Windows Update, don't waste ...
by pa bear [ms mvp]
12 Aug 2010, 16:21
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Topic: MIE 8 - rundll32.exe - bad Image
Replies: 4
Views: 8113

Re: MIE 8

You will find support for Internet Explorer in this MS forum now: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/InternetExplorer/threads Always state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; WinXP 64-bit SP2; Vista SP1; Vista 64-bit SP2; Win7; Win7 64-bit) as well as your current IE version (e ...
by pa bear [ms mvp]
09 Aug 2010, 06:36
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Topic: System Restore does not go any further then Select a Resto..
Replies: 1
Views: 4678

Re: System Restore does not go any further then Select a Res

Is WinXP SP3 installed & is the computer fully-patched at Windows Update? What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Has a(nother) Norton or McAfee application ...
by pa bear [ms mvp]
06 Jul 2010, 06:18
Forum:
Topic: How to Fix XP?
Replies: 14
Views: 21522

Re: How to Fix XP?

Always reply to your original thread, please: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/c9480865559dda36 There's an awful lot of "need to know" info there, Jamie. Jamie W wrote: > Apologize in advance for length, but don't even know where to go from > here ...
by pa bear [ms mvp]
17 Jun 2010, 03:56
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Topic: Defective OEM CD
Replies: 17
Views: 25321

Re: Defective OEM CD

Support's one thing, replacing an OEM disk's another. SC Tom wrote: > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:OCAsTzWDLHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> You got what you paid for. Since you didn't obtain the disk from MS, MS >> doesn't want to hear about it. > > I don't ...
by pa bear [ms mvp]
16 Jun 2010, 16:48
Forum:
Topic: Defective OEM CD
Replies: 17
Views: 25321

Re: Defective OEM CD

You got what you paid for. Since you didn't obtain the disk from MS, MS doesn't want to hear about it. Kernel wrote: > I purchased a Win XP Pro OEM CD on ebay several months back. The package > was sealed, and it included a COA. When I ran the setup today in a new PC > I > built, it stopped numerous ...
by pa bear [ms mvp]
05 May 2010, 02:01
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Topic: MSCTF.dll was not found
Replies: 6
Views: 10615

Re: MSCTF.dll

[static.dimenoc.com strikes again...] GARY NICHOLAS wrote: > hello Ben. thanks for your help. I don't have office 2003, only been using > 2000. the problem had only developed at the last microsoft SP3 update. I'm > not computer savy, but will do my best to follow your instructions. Gary. > > > > Ben ...
by pa bear [ms mvp]
04 May 2010, 06:45
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Topic: MSCTF.dll was not found
Replies: 2
Views: 5313

Re: MSCTF.dll was not found

No, this post is your second time here: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/d41a7d16b22f0311 garynich wrote: > hello. first time here. At startup, an error "CTFMON.EXE - unable to > locate > component. this application has failed because msctf.dll was not found ...
by pa bear [ms mvp]
27 Mar 2010, 18:14
Forum:
Topic: IE 8 mshtml.dll error
Replies: 7
Views: 14192

Re: IE 8 mshtml.dll error

You are seeing the effects of a hijackware infection. Back-up any personal data (none of which should be considered 100% trustworthy at this point) then format the HDD & do a clean install of Windows. Please note that a Repair Install (AKA in-place upgrade) will NOT fix this! HOW TO do a clean ...