Some exe's don't work +

[James K]

I am having a problem lately with some exe files not
working. Some but not all. Mostly games, but quicktime
also seems to be affected. There will be no error
message, the hourglass appears for a second and then
nothing. A friend of mine said it might be a directx
problem, but I ran all the dxdiag tests and they all
passed. These programs used to work fine, and I haven't
installed any new hardware. Also, if I reinstall the
program, it will usually work for an hour or so, but then
I start having the same problem. I went into the event
viewer and checked the system messages and every 15
minutes or so I have the following sequence of file
replacement messages:

File rep. was attempted on the protected system file
c:\windows\system32\driverquery.exe This file was
restored to maintain system stability. The file
version...

followed by (in the same directory)
eventcreate
eventtriggers
gpresult
openfiles
schtasks
systeminfo
tourstart

and then mmtour in a windows help directory
I'm not sure if this is related or a separate problem

Also, sometimes my cdrom isn't recognizing discs

I am running dx9.0 on winxp pro and I will post
additional info on request. If anyone can help me with
this it would be greatly appreciated.

[Shenan T. Stanley]

James K <> wrote:
> I am having a problem lately with some exe files not
> working. Some but not all. Mostly games, but quicktime
> also seems to be affected. There will be no error
> message, the hourglass appears for a second and then
> nothing. A friend of mine said it might be a directx
> problem, but I ran all the dxdiag tests and they all
> passed. These programs used to work fine, and I haven't
> installed any new hardware. Also, if I reinstall the
> program, it will usually work for an hour or so, but then
> I start having the same problem. I went into the event
> viewer and checked the system messages and every 15
> minutes or so I have the following sequence of file
> replacement messages:
>
> File rep. was attempted on the protected system file
> c:\windows\system32\driverquery.exe This file was
> restored to maintain system stability. The file
> version...
>
> followed by (in the same directory)
> eventcreate
> eventtriggers
> gpresult
> openfiles
> schtasks
> systeminfo
> tourstart
>
> and then mmtour in a windows help directory
> I'm not sure if this is related or a separate problem
>
> Also, sometimes my cdrom isn't recognizing discs
>
> I am running dx9.0 on winxp pro and I will post
> additional info on request. If anyone can help me with
> this it would be greatly appreciated.

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until all you see is your start bar and desktop and icons there. 6. Locate
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desktop) and double click on it.
7. Click "NEXT"
8. Click "NEXT"
9. Click "NEXT"
10. Click "NEXT" (there's a pattern here. hah)
11. Click "Finish"
12. Find the AAW6.EXE (it may just be AAW6 on your desktop) and click on it
ONCE and then hold down your SHIFT key and press your DELETE (DEL) key. When
it asks if you are sure, click "Yes". 13. Now - find the "Ad-aware 6.0" icon
on your desktop - should look like a hand with a red circle/slash over it
and a number 6. Double click on this icon. 14. Once it loads, in the bottom
right of the window you will see a "Start" buttonand right above that the
words "Check for updates now". Click on those words.
15. Click on "Connect"
16. If it tells you there is a New Reference File Available, just Click OK
then Click on Finish. If it tells you No updated components available, just
click OK then Click on Finish.
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18. Click on "Next"
19. Wait for it to finish scanning your system.... This could take 60
seconds or it could take 20 or more minutes.
20. When it is done, click on "Next"
21. Make sure all items found are checked for removal then click "Next"
22. It will warn you how many objects are about to be removed.. Click "OK".
23. Once removed, close AdAware.

--
Shenan Stanley
"Just trying to help"