Everytime I turn on my computer I receive an error message, something like
sport_ad.dll can not be found. I click ok and everything is fine, but I
wouldlike to get rid of it. What can I do to correct this problem, so I do
not get this pop-up at start up? Thanks.
Start Up Error Message
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Re: Start Up Error Message
"Kibs" <Kibs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5811F720-96F1-4E08-912D-090B27C91F91@microsoft.com...
> Everytime I turn on my computer I receive an error message, something like
> sport_ad.dll can not be found. I click ok and everything is fine, but I
> wouldlike to get rid of it. What can I do to correct this problem, so I
> do
> not get this pop-up at start up? Thanks.
Scan for malware.
news:5811F720-96F1-4E08-912D-090B27C91F91@microsoft.com...
> Everytime I turn on my computer I receive an error message, something like
> sport_ad.dll can not be found. I click ok and everything is fine, but I
> wouldlike to get rid of it. What can I do to correct this problem, so I
> do
> not get this pop-up at start up? Thanks.
Scan for malware.
Re: Start Up Error Message
Kibs
Remove the start up item with Autoruns.(freeware):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysint ... oruns.mspx
With Autoruns you can uncheck an item, which disables it from starting,
or you can can right click an item and then delete it. If you uncheck
you can recheck to re-enable the item. It is a much safer approach than
editing the Registry. Another useful feature of the programme is that
you can right click an item and select Search Online to get information
about the item selected.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SC Tom wrote:
> "Kibs" <Kibs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5811F720-96F1-4E08-912D-090B27C91F91@microsoft.com...
>> Everytime I turn on my computer I receive an error message,
>> something like sport_ad.dll can not be found. I click ok and
>> everything is fine, but I wouldlike to get rid of it. What can I do
>> to correct this problem, so I do
>> not get this pop-up at start up? Thanks.
>
> Scan for malware.
Remove the start up item with Autoruns.(freeware):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysint ... oruns.mspx
With Autoruns you can uncheck an item, which disables it from starting,
or you can can right click an item and then delete it. If you uncheck
you can recheck to re-enable the item. It is a much safer approach than
editing the Registry. Another useful feature of the programme is that
you can right click an item and select Search Online to get information
about the item selected.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SC Tom wrote:
> "Kibs" <Kibs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5811F720-96F1-4E08-912D-090B27C91F91@microsoft.com...
>> Everytime I turn on my computer I receive an error message,
>> something like sport_ad.dll can not be found. I click ok and
>> everything is fine, but I wouldlike to get rid of it. What can I do
>> to correct this problem, so I do
>> not get this pop-up at start up? Thanks.
>
> Scan for malware.
Re: Start Up Error Message
Kibs wrote:
> Every time I turn on my computer I receive an error message, something like
> sport_ad.dll can not be found. I click ok and everything is fine, but I
> would like to get rid of it. What can I do to correct this problem, so I do
> not get this pop-up at start up? Thanks.
It's possible some malware was deleted by your a/v software, but the
reference to the file was not removed from the registry.
Click Start, Run, type REGEDIT, click OK. Press the Home key, press F3,
type the name of the file into the search pane. Click "Find Next", and
when located, delete the reference to the file. Press F3 to continue
the search.
You can click File, Export, and save the entry to the Desktop. If you
remove it and there's a problem, double-click the .reg file you exported
to the Desktop and it'll be added to the registry again. You can create
a restore point before editing the registry too.
You could click Start, Run, type MSCONFIG, click OK, click the StartUp
tab, and deselect the item(s). When you restart the computer, you will
be warned that you're running in the Diagnostic mode; click to not alert
you again, and OK out. You won't see the message again. But I think
it's best to just remove the references from the registry.
--
Joe =o)
> Every time I turn on my computer I receive an error message, something like
> sport_ad.dll can not be found. I click ok and everything is fine, but I
> would like to get rid of it. What can I do to correct this problem, so I do
> not get this pop-up at start up? Thanks.
It's possible some malware was deleted by your a/v software, but the
reference to the file was not removed from the registry.
Click Start, Run, type REGEDIT, click OK. Press the Home key, press F3,
type the name of the file into the search pane. Click "Find Next", and
when located, delete the reference to the file. Press F3 to continue
the search.
You can click File, Export, and save the entry to the Desktop. If you
remove it and there's a problem, double-click the .reg file you exported
to the Desktop and it'll be added to the registry again. You can create
a restore point before editing the registry too.
You could click Start, Run, type MSCONFIG, click OK, click the StartUp
tab, and deselect the item(s). When you restart the computer, you will
be warned that you're running in the Diagnostic mode; click to not alert
you again, and OK out. You won't see the message again. But I think
it's best to just remove the references from the registry.
--
Joe =o)
Re: Start Up Error Message
db
Your post is misleads.
Most users in this newsgroup recommend not using any Registry Cleaner.
--
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
db wrote:
> the registry has a key to
> a name of a file which
> cannot be found on the disk,
>
> thus the error message.
>
> you can run a registry cleaner
> which will reconcile the registry
> keys to their target files on the
> disk.
>
> for this simple reconciliation
> I recommend a registry
> cleaner called "eusing".
>
> stick to the ones we
> recommend on this
> newsgroup.
>
> because some are malwares
> disguised as helpful tools like
> registry cleaners.
>
>>
>>
>
> "Kibs" <Kibs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5811F720-96F1-4E08-912D-090B27C91F91@microsoft.com...
>> Everytime I turn on my computer I receive an error message,
>> something like sport_ad.dll can not be found. I click ok and
>> everything is fine, but I wouldlike to get rid of it. What can I do
>> to correct this problem, so I do not get this pop-up at start up?
>> Thanks.
Your post is misleads.
Most users in this newsgroup recommend not using any Registry Cleaner.
--
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
db wrote:
> the registry has a key to
> a name of a file which
> cannot be found on the disk,
>
> thus the error message.
>
> you can run a registry cleaner
> which will reconcile the registry
> keys to their target files on the
> disk.
>
> for this simple reconciliation
> I recommend a registry
> cleaner called "eusing".
>
> stick to the ones we
> recommend on this
> newsgroup.
>
> because some are malwares
> disguised as helpful tools like
> registry cleaners.
>
>>
>>
>
> "Kibs" <Kibs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5811F720-96F1-4E08-912D-090B27C91F91@microsoft.com...
>> Everytime I turn on my computer I receive an error message,
>> something like sport_ad.dll can not be found. I click ok and
>> everything is fine, but I wouldlike to get rid of it. What can I do
>> to correct this problem, so I do not get this pop-up at start up?
>> Thanks.