" is not a valid date

[kevin]

hi,
everytime i click on a folder or open an internet explorer
window i get a promt that '" is not a valid date'.

all i have to do is press ok, but it is very irritating.

thanks

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Kevin - Remove CPR, per the following, below. AdAware, updated, will
reportedly remove this parasite. First you might wnat to try the following:

From: http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,31856,00.html


"This problem shows up because someone used a trial version of the
programming tool Delphi to write some software. They then published that
software and it ended up on your computer. Now that this person's trial
period of Delphi has expired, so has the software on your computer.
Unfortunately, this software appears to be what is called a "Shell
Extension," which is a piece of software that Windows loads and talks to
whenever you click on a file, open Internet Explorer, and in some other
situations as well. We have been able to determine which program is causing
this error, however we are still not quite sure how it is finding it's way
onto customers' computers.

Note: If you believe that this an application you should not remove please
use your own judgement of what you should do.
To remove this software, open up Control Panel via the Start Menu. Some
users have reported that the error prevents them from doing this; in this
case you will need to boot your computer into Safe Mode. To do this, reboot
the machine and press F8 as it is starting up. You will be presented with a
list of options, one of which is "Safe Mode." Once you have the Control
Panel open, select "Add/Remove Programs." You will see a list of
applications installed on your machine. One of these should be called "CPR."
Remove this application with the Add/Remove Programs window, and you should
see these errors go away. The users that we have spoken to have all reported
that this CPR application was not something they intentionally installed,
and have not reported any negative side effects from the removal of it.

On rare occasions, using Add/Remove Programs is not enough; a reference to
this software is still left on the machine and the error will persist. In
this case, you need to delete the offending software manually, and you will
need to log back into Safe Mode to do it. Once in Safe Mode, open the Start
Menu and select "Run." In the Run dialog, enter "cmd." This will take you to
a DOS window. Navigate to the c:windowssystem32 like so:


cd \windows\system32

and then remove the file manually by typing

erase cpr.dll

Reboot into normal mode and you should see the error go away."


--
Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



In ,
kevin > typed:
> hi,
> everytime i click on a folder or open an internet explorer
> window i get a promt that '" is not a valid date'.
>
> all i have to do is press ok, but it is very irritating.
>
> thanks

[kevin]

that fixed it, thx.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Kevin - Remove CPR, per the following, below. AdAware,
updated, will
>reportedly remove this parasite. First you might wnat to
try the following:
>
>From: http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,31856,00.html
>
>
>"This problem shows up because someone used a trial
version of the
>programming tool Delphi to write some software. They then
published that
>software and it ended up on your computer. Now that this
person's trial
>period of Delphi has expired, so has the software on your
computer.
>Unfortunately, this software appears to be what is called
a "Shell
>Extension," which is a piece of software that Windows
loads and talks to
>whenever you click on a file, open Internet Explorer, and
in some other
>situations as well. We have been able to determine which
program is causing
>this error, however we are still not quite sure how it is
finding it's way
>onto customers' computers.
>
>Note: If you believe that this an application you should
not remove please
>use your own judgement of what you should do.
>To remove this software, open up Control Panel via the
Start Menu. Some
>users have reported that the error prevents them from
doing this; in this
>case you will need to boot your computer into Safe Mode.
To do this, reboot
>the machine and press F8 as it is starting up. You will be
presented with a
>list of options, one of which is "Safe Mode." Once you
have the Control
>Panel open, select "Add/Remove Programs." You will see a
list of
>applications installed on your machine. One of these
should be called "CPR."
>Remove this application with the Add/Remove Programs
window, and you should
>see these errors go away. The users that we have spoken to
have all reported
>that this CPR application was not something they
intentionally installed,
>and have not reported any negative side effects from the
removal of it.
>
>On rare occasions, using Add/Remove Programs is not
enough; a reference to
>this software is still left on the machine and the error
will persist. In
>this case, you need to delete the offending software
manually, and you will
>need to log back into Safe Mode to do it. Once in Safe
Mode, open the Start
>Menu and select "Run." In the Run dialog, enter "cmd."
This will take you to
>a DOS window. Navigate to the c:windowssystem32 like so:
>
>
> cd \windows\system32
>
>and then remove the file manually by typing
>
> erase cpr.dll
>
>Reboot into normal mode and you should see the error go away."
>
>
>--
>Please respond in the same thread.
>Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
>
>
>
> In ,
>kevin > typed:
>> hi,
>> everytime i click on a folder or open an internet explorer
>> window i get a promt that '" is not a valid date'.
>>
>> all i have to do is press ok, but it is very irritating.
>>
>> thanks
>
>
>.
>