SP3 potential problem

Well my knowledge is limited so I really do not know the risks of unistalling
SP 3, generally it is good practice to have the latest updates mainly for
enhanced functionality and of course security reasons so I cannot reccommend
in good conscience you unistall it.

You may want to follow up with someone with better knowledge as to why
system restore is not functioning. Mkae sure on the account you are using
you have full Administator rights, this allows you access to most functions
in XP.

Someone mentioned a potential issue with Symantec Norton AV. I do not know
if in fact it is interfering. What you could try is on the bottom system
tray on the right clicking on the Norton icon and temporarily disabling it.
Then try a system restore and see if it lets you do it. Of course you will
want to reanable your Norton again so you are protected. Hope this helps.
Let me know.
Best Regards,
Kaja

"Homer" wrote:

I have tried system restore and for whatever reason, no matter which of the
available dates prior to the SP3 install, my machine will not do it. It
keeps telling me it can't do a system restore. The function is not turned
off. As far as uninstalling the SP, what are the risks?

"Kaja" wrote:

Hi Homer, my knowledge of XP is limited, but I may be able to offer some
assistance. I myself have had trouble as well as many others after
installing the SP3 service patch in XP. There may be two simple options you
could try:
1. Unistall it, the SP3 service pack, at your own risk
2. Do a system restore to a date before you installed SP3.

These two things could potentially help.

Let me know if thaty is helpful to you.
Sincerely,
Kaja

"Homer" wrote:

Hello,
Not sure if this is the appropriate newgroup to post this question. Please
re-direct me if not. Recently, my computer was updated with SP3. Since that
time I started having intermittent problems with the hot keys on my laptop,
namely the Fnkey and the end key which toggles my speakers on and off. The
functionality is there but the display that would appear on the screen no
longer is. Dell uses an application called Quick Set that controls this
functionality. They say that they have had reports of problems with this
application after SP3 was installed. If this is true, is there any
work-around. They want me to reformat my HD which I really don't want to do.
Any suggestions?

Kaja

The reason why System Restore is not functioning is obvious. Using
System Restore will not resolve the problem. There is no reason to
uninstall SP3. Your suggestions are not going to help Homer. The
opposite is the more likely result.


--


Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




Kaja wrote:
Well my knowledge is limited so I really do not know the risks of
unistalling SP 3, generally it is good practice to have the latest
updates mainly for enhanced functionality and of course security
reasons so I cannot reccommend in good conscience you unistall it.

You may want to follow up with someone with better knowledge as to why
system restore is not functioning. Mkae sure on the account you are
using you have full Administator rights, this allows you access to
most functions in XP.

Someone mentioned a potential issue with Symantec Norton AV. I do
not know if in fact it is interfering. What you could try is on the
bottom system tray on the right clicking on the Norton icon and
temporarily disabling it. Then try a system restore and see if it
lets you do it. Of course you will want to reanable your Norton
again so you are protected. Hope this helps. Let me know.
Best Regards,
Kaja

"Homer" wrote:

I have tried system restore and for whatever reason, no matter which
of the available dates prior to the SP3 install, my machine will not
do it. It keeps telling me it can't do a system restore. The
function is not turned off. As far as uninstalling the SP, what are
the risks?

"Kaja" wrote:

Hi Homer, my knowledge of XP is limited, but I may be able to offer
some assistance. I myself have had trouble as well as many others
after installing the SP3 service patch in XP. There may be two
simple options you could try:
1. Unistall it, the SP3 service pack, at your own risk
2. Do a system restore to a date before you installed SP3.

These two things could potentially help.

Let me know if thaty is helpful to you.
Sincerely,
Kaja

"Homer" wrote:

Hello,
Not sure if this is the appropriate newgroup to post this
question. Please re-direct me if not. Recently, my computer was
updated with SP3. Since that time I started having intermittent
problems with the hot keys on my laptop, namely the Fnkey and
the end key which toggles my speakers on and off. The
functionality is there but the display that would appear on the
screen no longer is. Dell uses an application called Quick Set
that controls this functionality. They say that they have had
reports of problems with this application after SP3 was installed.
If this is true, is there any work-around. They want me to
reformat my HD which I really don't want to do. Any suggestions?

Kaja

The reason why System Restore is not functioning is obvious. Using
System Restore will not resolve the problem. There is no reason to
uninstall SP3. Your suggestions are not going to help Homer. The
opposite is the more likely result.


--


Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




Kaja wrote:
Well my knowledge is limited so I really do not know the risks of
unistalling SP 3, generally it is good practice to have the latest
updates mainly for enhanced functionality and of course security
reasons so I cannot reccommend in good conscience you unistall it.

You may want to follow up with someone with better knowledge as to why
system restore is not functioning. Mkae sure on the account you are
using you have full Administator rights, this allows you access to
most functions in XP.

Someone mentioned a potential issue with Symantec Norton AV. I do
not know if in fact it is interfering. What you could try is on the
bottom system tray on the right clicking on the Norton icon and
temporarily disabling it. Then try a system restore and see if it
lets you do it. Of course you will want to reanable your Norton
again so you are protected. Hope this helps. Let me know.
Best Regards,
Kaja

"Homer" wrote:

I have tried system restore and for whatever reason, no matter which
of the available dates prior to the SP3 install, my machine will not
do it. It keeps telling me it can't do a system restore. The
function is not turned off. As far as uninstalling the SP, what are
the risks?

"Kaja" wrote:

Hi Homer, my knowledge of XP is limited, but I may be able to offer
some assistance. I myself have had trouble as well as many others
after installing the SP3 service patch in XP. There may be two
simple options you could try:
1. Unistall it, the SP3 service pack, at your own risk
2. Do a system restore to a date before you installed SP3.

These two things could potentially help.

Let me know if thaty is helpful to you.
Sincerely,
Kaja

"Homer" wrote:

Hello,
Not sure if this is the appropriate newgroup to post this
question. Please re-direct me if not. Recently, my computer was
updated with SP3. Since that time I started having intermittent
problems with the hot keys on my laptop, namely the Fnkey and
the end key which toggles my speakers on and off. The
functionality is there but the display that would appear on the
screen no longer is. Dell uses an application called Quick Set
that controls this functionality. They say that they have had
reports of problems with this application after SP3 was installed.
If this is true, is there any work-around. They want me to
reformat my HD which I really don't want to do. Any suggestions?

thanks for the info.

I took a look in the add/remove programs folder in control panel and the
closest file I have in there to the one you suggest I remove is
Microsoft.net Framework 3.5 SP 1. All the other Framework references were
SP 2

I was reluctant to delete anything other than what you suggested.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or Remove
Programs, locate and place cursor on Microsoft Net Framework 2.0 Service
Pack 1 and click on Remove. The link below explains.
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

Start, Help and Support, Keep your Windows up- to-date with Windows
Update, Custom. Click on Software Optional and select l all Net
Framework updates offered and download and install.

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or Remove
Programs, locate and place cursor on Skype and click on Remove.
Reinstall Skype.

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.6d readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

This site is not totally up to date but it is worth a look
http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm

Please let me know how you get on. We can then look at the remaining
problems.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Homer wrote:
Per your request I've pasted just a few of the errors and warnings
from the event viewer for the last day or so. There are quite a few
of the same system errors.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1013
Date: 5/24/2009
Time: 10:50:54 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 -- Setup cannot continue
because this version of the .NET Framework is incompatible with a
previously installed one. For more information, see
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 7b 37 31 33 31 36 34 36 {7131646
0008: 44 2d 43 44 33 43 2d 34 D-CD3C-4
0010: 30 46 34 2d 39 37 42 39 0F4-97B9
0018: 2d 43 44 39 45 34 45 36 -CD9E4E6
0020: 32 36 32 45 46 7d 262EF}

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 5/25/2009
Time: 6:47:35 PM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Faulting application skype.exe, version 4.0.0.206, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 6b 79 ure sky
0018: 70 65 2e 65 78 65 20 34 pe.exe 4
0020: 2e 30 2e 30 2e 32 30 36 .0.0.206
0028: 20 69 6e 20 75 6e 6b 6e in unkn
0030: 6f 77 6e 20 30 2e 30 2e own 0.0.
0038: 30 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f 0.0 at o
0040: 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 ffset 00
0048: 30 30 30 30 30 30 0d 0a 000000..


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 5:24:03 AM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Fault bucket 1127907097.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 31 31 32 37 39 30 37 30 11279070
0010: 39 37 0d 0a 97..


Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:02:06 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Windows saved user TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby registry while an application
or service was still using the registry during log off. The memory
used by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be
unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:57:16 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 8:16:14 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for
Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than 48
hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and close
Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the
body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting
from Event Viewer.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
Hello,
Not sure if this is the appropriate newgroup to post this question.
Please re-direct me if not. Recently, my computer was updated with
SP3. Since that time I started having intermittent problems with
the hot keys on my laptop, namely the Fnkey and the end key which
toggles my speakers on and off. The functionality is there but the
display that would appear on the screen no longer is. Dell uses an
application called Quick Set that controls this functionality. They
say that they have had reports of problems with this application
after SP3 was installed. If this is true, is there any work-around.
They want me to reformat my HD which I really don't want to do. Any
suggestions?

thanks for the info.

I took a look in the add/remove programs folder in control panel and the
closest file I have in there to the one you suggest I remove is
Microsoft.net Framework 3.5 SP 1. All the other Framework references were
SP 2

I was reluctant to delete anything other than what you suggested.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or Remove
Programs, locate and place cursor on Microsoft Net Framework 2.0 Service
Pack 1 and click on Remove. The link below explains.
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

Start, Help and Support, Keep your Windows up- to-date with Windows
Update, Custom. Click on Software Optional and select l all Net
Framework updates offered and download and install.

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or Remove
Programs, locate and place cursor on Skype and click on Remove.
Reinstall Skype.

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.6d readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

This site is not totally up to date but it is worth a look
http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm

Please let me know how you get on. We can then look at the remaining
problems.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Homer wrote:
Per your request I've pasted just a few of the errors and warnings
from the event viewer for the last day or so. There are quite a few
of the same system errors.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1013
Date: 5/24/2009
Time: 10:50:54 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 -- Setup cannot continue
because this version of the .NET Framework is incompatible with a
previously installed one. For more information, see
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 7b 37 31 33 31 36 34 36 {7131646
0008: 44 2d 43 44 33 43 2d 34 D-CD3C-4
0010: 30 46 34 2d 39 37 42 39 0F4-97B9
0018: 2d 43 44 39 45 34 45 36 -CD9E4E6
0020: 32 36 32 45 46 7d 262EF}

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 5/25/2009
Time: 6:47:35 PM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Faulting application skype.exe, version 4.0.0.206, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 6b 79 ure sky
0018: 70 65 2e 65 78 65 20 34 pe.exe 4
0020: 2e 30 2e 30 2e 32 30 36 .0.0.206
0028: 20 69 6e 20 75 6e 6b 6e in unkn
0030: 6f 77 6e 20 30 2e 30 2e own 0.0.
0038: 30 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f 0.0 at o
0040: 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 ffset 00
0048: 30 30 30 30 30 30 0d 0a 000000..


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 5:24:03 AM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Fault bucket 1127907097.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 31 31 32 37 39 30 37 30 11279070
0010: 39 37 0d 0a 97..


Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:02:06 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Windows saved user TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby registry while an application
or service was still using the registry during log off. The memory
used by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be
unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:57:16 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 8:16:14 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for
Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than 48
hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and close
Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the
body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting
from Event Viewer.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
Hello,
Not sure if this is the appropriate newgroup to post this question.
Please re-direct me if not. Recently, my computer was updated with
SP3. Since that time I started having intermittent problems with
the hot keys on my laptop, namely the Fnkey and the end key which
toggles my speakers on and off. The functionality is there but the
display that would appear on the screen no longer is. Dell uses an
application called Quick Set that controls this functionality. They
say that they have had reports of problems with this application
after SP3 was installed. If this is true, is there any work-around.
They want me to reformat my HD which I really don't want to do. Any
suggestions?

Homer

Remove all SP2 and later Microsoft Net Framework items and then
reinstall what the Windows Update offers!

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
thanks for the info.

I took a look in the add/remove programs folder in control panel and
the closest file I have in there to the one you suggest I remove is
Microsoft.net Framework 3.5 SP 1. All the other Framework references
were SP 2

I was reluctant to delete anything other than what you suggested.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or Remove
Programs, locate and place cursor on Microsoft Net Framework 2.0
Service Pack 1 and click on Remove. The link below explains.
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

Start, Help and Support, Keep your Windows up- to-date with Windows
Update, Custom. Click on Software Optional and select l all Net
Framework updates offered and download and install.

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or Remove
Programs, locate and place cursor on Skype and click on Remove.
Reinstall Skype.

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.6d readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

This site is not totally up to date but it is worth a look
http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm

Please let me know how you get on. We can then look at the remaining
problems.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Homer wrote:
Per your request I've pasted just a few of the errors and warnings
from the event viewer for the last day or so. There are quite a few
of the same system errors.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1013
Date: 5/24/2009
Time: 10:50:54 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 -- Setup cannot continue
because this version of the .NET Framework is incompatible with a
previously installed one. For more information, see
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 7b 37 31 33 31 36 34 36 {7131646
0008: 44 2d 43 44 33 43 2d 34 D-CD3C-4
0010: 30 46 34 2d 39 37 42 39 0F4-97B9
0018: 2d 43 44 39 45 34 45 36 -CD9E4E6
0020: 32 36 32 45 46 7d 262EF}

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 5/25/2009
Time: 6:47:35 PM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Faulting application skype.exe, version 4.0.0.206, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 6b 79 ure sky
0018: 70 65 2e 65 78 65 20 34 pe.exe 4
0020: 2e 30 2e 30 2e 32 30 36 .0.0.206
0028: 20 69 6e 20 75 6e 6b 6e in unkn
0030: 6f 77 6e 20 30 2e 30 2e own 0.0.
0038: 30 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f 0.0 at o
0040: 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 ffset 00
0048: 30 30 30 30 30 30 0d 0a 000000..


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 5:24:03 AM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Fault bucket 1127907097.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 31 31 32 37 39 30 37 30 11279070
0010: 39 37 0d 0a 97..


Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:02:06 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Windows saved user TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby registry while an
application or service was still using the registry during log off.
The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed. The
registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:57:16 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 8:16:14 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for
Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than
48 hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the
meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and
Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and
close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste
into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
Hello,
Not sure if this is the appropriate newgroup to post this
question. Please re-direct me if not. Recently, my computer was
updated with SP3. Since that time I started having intermittent
problems with the hot keys on my laptop, namely the Fnkey and
the end key which toggles my speakers on and off. The
functionality is there but the display that would appear on the
screen no longer is. Dell uses an application called Quick Set
that controls this functionality. They say that they have had
reports of problems with this application after SP3 was
installed. If this is true, is there any work-around. They want
me to reformat my HD which I really don't want to do. Any
suggestions?

Homer

Remove all SP2 and later Microsoft Net Framework items and then
reinstall what the Windows Update offers!

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
thanks for the info.

I took a look in the add/remove programs folder in control panel and
the closest file I have in there to the one you suggest I remove is
Microsoft.net Framework 3.5 SP 1. All the other Framework references
were SP 2

I was reluctant to delete anything other than what you suggested.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or Remove
Programs, locate and place cursor on Microsoft Net Framework 2.0
Service Pack 1 and click on Remove. The link below explains.
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

Start, Help and Support, Keep your Windows up- to-date with Windows
Update, Custom. Click on Software Optional and select l all Net
Framework updates offered and download and install.

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or Remove
Programs, locate and place cursor on Skype and click on Remove.
Reinstall Skype.

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.6d readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

This site is not totally up to date but it is worth a look
http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm

Please let me know how you get on. We can then look at the remaining
problems.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Homer wrote:
Per your request I've pasted just a few of the errors and warnings
from the event viewer for the last day or so. There are quite a few
of the same system errors.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1013
Date: 5/24/2009
Time: 10:50:54 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 -- Setup cannot continue
because this version of the .NET Framework is incompatible with a
previously installed one. For more information, see
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 7b 37 31 33 31 36 34 36 {7131646
0008: 44 2d 43 44 33 43 2d 34 D-CD3C-4
0010: 30 46 34 2d 39 37 42 39 0F4-97B9
0018: 2d 43 44 39 45 34 45 36 -CD9E4E6
0020: 32 36 32 45 46 7d 262EF}

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 5/25/2009
Time: 6:47:35 PM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Faulting application skype.exe, version 4.0.0.206, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 6b 79 ure sky
0018: 70 65 2e 65 78 65 20 34 pe.exe 4
0020: 2e 30 2e 30 2e 32 30 36 .0.0.206
0028: 20 69 6e 20 75 6e 6b 6e in unkn
0030: 6f 77 6e 20 30 2e 30 2e own 0.0.
0038: 30 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f 0.0 at o
0040: 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 ffset 00
0048: 30 30 30 30 30 30 0d 0a 000000..


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 5:24:03 AM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Fault bucket 1127907097.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 31 31 32 37 39 30 37 30 11279070
0010: 39 37 0d 0a 97..


Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:02:06 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Windows saved user TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby registry while an
application or service was still using the registry during log off.
The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed. The
registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:57:16 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 8:16:14 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for
Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than
48 hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the
meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and
Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and
close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste
into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
Hello,
Not sure if this is the appropriate newgroup to post this
question. Please re-direct me if not. Recently, my computer was
updated with SP3. Since that time I started having intermittent
problems with the hot keys on my laptop, namely the Fnkey and
the end key which toggles my speakers on and off. The
functionality is there but the display that would appear on the
screen no longer is. Dell uses an application called Quick Set
that controls this functionality. They say that they have had
reports of problems with this application after SP3 was
installed. If this is true, is there any work-around. They want
me to reformat my HD which I really don't want to do. Any
suggestions?

I tried to remove Netframework 2.0 sp 2 and it won't let me. It says that it
will affect other programs and gave me the following link for more info:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkld=91126

I tried the link and it said that it couldn't find that page.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Remove all SP2 and later Microsoft Net Framework items and then
reinstall what the Windows Update offers!

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
thanks for the info.

I took a look in the add/remove programs folder in control panel and
the closest file I have in there to the one you suggest I remove is
Microsoft.net Framework 3.5 SP 1. All the other Framework references
were SP 2

I was reluctant to delete anything other than what you suggested.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or Remove
Programs, locate and place cursor on Microsoft Net Framework 2.0
Service Pack 1 and click on Remove. The link below explains.
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

Start, Help and Support, Keep your Windows up- to-date with Windows
Update, Custom. Click on Software Optional and select l all Net
Framework updates offered and download and install.

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or Remove
Programs, locate and place cursor on Skype and click on Remove.
Reinstall Skype.

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.6d readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

This site is not totally up to date but it is worth a look
http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm

Please let me know how you get on. We can then look at the remaining
problems.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Homer wrote:
Per your request I've pasted just a few of the errors and warnings
from the event viewer for the last day or so. There are quite a few
of the same system errors.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1013
Date: 5/24/2009
Time: 10:50:54 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 -- Setup cannot continue
because this version of the .NET Framework is incompatible with a
previously installed one. For more information, see
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 7b 37 31 33 31 36 34 36 {7131646
0008: 44 2d 43 44 33 43 2d 34 D-CD3C-4
0010: 30 46 34 2d 39 37 42 39 0F4-97B9
0018: 2d 43 44 39 45 34 45 36 -CD9E4E6
0020: 32 36 32 45 46 7d 262EF}

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 5/25/2009
Time: 6:47:35 PM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Faulting application skype.exe, version 4.0.0.206, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 6b 79 ure sky
0018: 70 65 2e 65 78 65 20 34 pe.exe 4
0020: 2e 30 2e 30 2e 32 30 36 .0.0.206
0028: 20 69 6e 20 75 6e 6b 6e in unkn
0030: 6f 77 6e 20 30 2e 30 2e own 0.0.
0038: 30 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f 0.0 at o
0040: 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 ffset 00
0048: 30 30 30 30 30 30 0d 0a 000000..


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 5:24:03 AM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Fault bucket 1127907097.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 31 31 32 37 39 30 37 30 11279070
0010: 39 37 0d 0a 97..


Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:02:06 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Windows saved user TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby registry while an
application or service was still using the registry during log off.
The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed. The
registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:57:16 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 8:16:14 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for
Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than
48 hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the
meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and
Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and
close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste
into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
Hello,
Not sure if this is the appropriate newgroup to post this
question. Please re-direct me if not. Recently, my computer was
updated with SP3. Since that time I started having intermittent
problems with the hot keys on my laptop, namely the Fnkey and
the end key which toggles my speakers on and off. The
functionality is there but the display that would appear on the
screen no longer is. Dell uses an application called Quick Set
that controls this functionality. They say that they have had
reports of problems with this application after SP3 was
installed. If this is true, is there any work-around. They want
me to reformat my HD which I really don't want to do. Any
suggestions?

I tried to remove Netframework 2.0 sp 2 and it won't let me. It says that it
will affect other programs and gave me the following link for more info:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkld=91126

I tried the link and it said that it couldn't find that page.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Remove all SP2 and later Microsoft Net Framework items and then
reinstall what the Windows Update offers!

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
thanks for the info.

I took a look in the add/remove programs folder in control panel and
the closest file I have in there to the one you suggest I remove is
Microsoft.net Framework 3.5 SP 1. All the other Framework references
were SP 2

I was reluctant to delete anything other than what you suggested.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or Remove
Programs, locate and place cursor on Microsoft Net Framework 2.0
Service Pack 1 and click on Remove. The link below explains.
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

Start, Help and Support, Keep your Windows up- to-date with Windows
Update, Custom. Click on Software Optional and select l all Net
Framework updates offered and download and install.

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or Remove
Programs, locate and place cursor on Skype and click on Remove.
Reinstall Skype.

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.6d readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

This site is not totally up to date but it is worth a look
http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm

Please let me know how you get on. We can then look at the remaining
problems.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Homer wrote:
Per your request I've pasted just a few of the errors and warnings
from the event viewer for the last day or so. There are quite a few
of the same system errors.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1013
Date: 5/24/2009
Time: 10:50:54 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 -- Setup cannot continue
because this version of the .NET Framework is incompatible with a
previously installed one. For more information, see
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 7b 37 31 33 31 36 34 36 {7131646
0008: 44 2d 43 44 33 43 2d 34 D-CD3C-4
0010: 30 46 34 2d 39 37 42 39 0F4-97B9
0018: 2d 43 44 39 45 34 45 36 -CD9E4E6
0020: 32 36 32 45 46 7d 262EF}

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 5/25/2009
Time: 6:47:35 PM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Faulting application skype.exe, version 4.0.0.206, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 6b 79 ure sky
0018: 70 65 2e 65 78 65 20 34 pe.exe 4
0020: 2e 30 2e 30 2e 32 30 36 .0.0.206
0028: 20 69 6e 20 75 6e 6b 6e in unkn
0030: 6f 77 6e 20 30 2e 30 2e own 0.0.
0038: 30 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f 0.0 at o
0040: 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 ffset 00
0048: 30 30 30 30 30 30 0d 0a 000000..


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 5:24:03 AM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Fault bucket 1127907097.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 31 31 32 37 39 30 37 30 11279070
0010: 39 37 0d 0a 97..


Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:02:06 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Windows saved user TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby registry while an
application or service was still using the registry during log off.
The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed. The
registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:57:16 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 8:16:14 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for
Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than
48 hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the
meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and
Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and
close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste
into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
Hello,
Not sure if this is the appropriate newgroup to post this
question. Please re-direct me if not. Recently, my computer was
updated with SP3. Since that time I started having intermittent
problems with the hot keys on my laptop, namely the Fnkey and
the end key which toggles my speakers on and off. The
functionality is there but the display that would appear on the
screen no longer is. Dell uses an application called Quick Set
that controls this functionality. They say that they have had
reports of problems with this application after SP3 was
installed. If this is true, is there any work-around. They want
me to reformat my HD which I really don't want to do. Any
suggestions?

Homer

Read the post by Aaron. You need to uninstall 3.5 first etc.
http://snurl.com/iwkym [social_msdn_microsoft_com]

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Homer wrote:
I tried to remove Netframework 2.0 sp 2 and it won't let me. It says
that it will affect other programs and gave me the following link for
more info:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkld=91126

I tried the link and it said that it couldn't find that page.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Remove all SP2 and later Microsoft Net Framework items and then
reinstall what the Windows Update offers!

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
thanks for the info.

I took a look in the add/remove programs folder in control panel and
the closest file I have in there to the one you suggest I remove is
Microsoft.net Framework 3.5 SP 1. All the other Framework
references were SP 2

I was reluctant to delete anything other than what you suggested.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or
Remove Programs, locate and place cursor on Microsoft Net
Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and click on Remove. The link below
explains.
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

Start, Help and Support, Keep your Windows up- to-date with Windows
Update, Custom. Click on Software Optional and select l all Net
Framework updates offered and download and install.

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or
Remove Programs, locate and place cursor on Skype and click on
Remove. Reinstall Skype.

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.6d readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

This site is not totally up to date but it is worth a look
http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm

Please let me know how you get on. We can then look at the
remaining problems.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Homer wrote:
Per your request I've pasted just a few of the errors and warnings
from the event viewer for the last day or so. There are quite a
few of the same system errors.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1013
Date: 5/24/2009
Time: 10:50:54 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 -- Setup cannot continue
because this version of the .NET Framework is incompatible with a
previously installed one. For more information, see
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 7b 37 31 33 31 36 34 36 {7131646
0008: 44 2d 43 44 33 43 2d 34 D-CD3C-4
0010: 30 46 34 2d 39 37 42 39 0F4-97B9
0018: 2d 43 44 39 45 34 45 36 -CD9E4E6
0020: 32 36 32 45 46 7d 262EF}

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 5/25/2009
Time: 6:47:35 PM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Faulting application skype.exe, version 4.0.0.206, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 6b 79 ure sky
0018: 70 65 2e 65 78 65 20 34 pe.exe 4
0020: 2e 30 2e 30 2e 32 30 36 .0.0.206
0028: 20 69 6e 20 75 6e 6b 6e in unkn
0030: 6f 77 6e 20 30 2e 30 2e own 0.0.
0038: 30 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f 0.0 at o
0040: 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 ffset 00
0048: 30 30 30 30 30 30 0d 0a 000000..


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 5:24:03 AM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Fault bucket 1127907097.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 31 31 32 37 39 30 37 30 11279070
0010: 39 37 0d 0a 97..


Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:02:06 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Windows saved user TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby registry while an
application or service was still using the registry during log
off. The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed.
The registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:57:16 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 8:16:14 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer
for Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any
more than 48 hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the
meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and
Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and
close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste
into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
Hello,
Not sure if this is the appropriate newgroup to post this
question. Please re-direct me if not. Recently, my computer was
updated with SP3. Since that time I started having intermittent
problems with the hot keys on my laptop, namely the Fnkey and
the end key which toggles my speakers on and off. The
functionality is there but the display that would appear on the
screen no longer is. Dell uses an application called Quick Set
that controls this functionality. They say that they have had
reports of problems with this application after SP3 was
installed. If this is true, is there any work-around. They want
me to reformat my HD which I really don't want to do. Any
suggestions?

Homer

Read the post by Aaron. You need to uninstall 3.5 first etc.
http://snurl.com/iwkym [social_msdn_microsoft_com]

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Homer wrote:
I tried to remove Netframework 2.0 sp 2 and it won't let me. It says
that it will affect other programs and gave me the following link for
more info:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkld=91126

I tried the link and it said that it couldn't find that page.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Remove all SP2 and later Microsoft Net Framework items and then
reinstall what the Windows Update offers!

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
thanks for the info.

I took a look in the add/remove programs folder in control panel and
the closest file I have in there to the one you suggest I remove is
Microsoft.net Framework 3.5 SP 1. All the other Framework
references were SP 2

I was reluctant to delete anything other than what you suggested.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or
Remove Programs, locate and place cursor on Microsoft Net
Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and click on Remove. The link below
explains.
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

Start, Help and Support, Keep your Windows up- to-date with Windows
Update, Custom. Click on Software Optional and select l all Net
Framework updates offered and download and install.

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or
Remove Programs, locate and place cursor on Skype and click on
Remove. Reinstall Skype.

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.6d readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

This site is not totally up to date but it is worth a look
http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm

Please let me know how you get on. We can then look at the
remaining problems.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Homer wrote:
Per your request I've pasted just a few of the errors and warnings
from the event viewer for the last day or so. There are quite a
few of the same system errors.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1013
Date: 5/24/2009
Time: 10:50:54 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 -- Setup cannot continue
because this version of the .NET Framework is incompatible with a
previously installed one. For more information, see
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 7b 37 31 33 31 36 34 36 {7131646
0008: 44 2d 43 44 33 43 2d 34 D-CD3C-4
0010: 30 46 34 2d 39 37 42 39 0F4-97B9
0018: 2d 43 44 39 45 34 45 36 -CD9E4E6
0020: 32 36 32 45 46 7d 262EF}

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 5/25/2009
Time: 6:47:35 PM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Faulting application skype.exe, version 4.0.0.206, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 6b 79 ure sky
0018: 70 65 2e 65 78 65 20 34 pe.exe 4
0020: 2e 30 2e 30 2e 32 30 36 .0.0.206
0028: 20 69 6e 20 75 6e 6b 6e in unkn
0030: 6f 77 6e 20 30 2e 30 2e own 0.0.
0038: 30 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f 0.0 at o
0040: 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 ffset 00
0048: 30 30 30 30 30 30 0d 0a 000000..


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 5:24:03 AM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Fault bucket 1127907097.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 31 31 32 37 39 30 37 30 11279070
0010: 39 37 0d 0a 97..


Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:02:06 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Windows saved user TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby registry while an
application or service was still using the registry during log
off. The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed.
The registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:57:16 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 8:16:14 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer
for Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any
more than 48 hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the
meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and
Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and
close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste
into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
Hello,
Not sure if this is the appropriate newgroup to post this
question. Please re-direct me if not. Recently, my computer was
updated with SP3. Since that time I started having intermittent
problems with the hot keys on my laptop, namely the Fnkey and
the end key which toggles my speakers on and off. The
functionality is there but the display that would appear on the
screen no longer is. Dell uses an application called Quick Set
that controls this functionality. They say that they have had
reports of problems with this application after SP3 was
installed. If this is true, is there any work-around. They want
me to reformat my HD which I really don't want to do. Any
suggestions?

taking your recommendation, I was able to remove the various Net Framework
items from my machine. I also remove skype and reinstalled it. I have not
been able to download Net Framework item that appear on the support site for
my machine. It fails. I found a potential fix for the problem (Register the
Wups2.dll file in Windows) but that hasn't helped. I still can download that
update. Additionally, I received a couple of error messages when I booted up
today. They both were relative to not being able to start something.
Finally, the Fn key worked for about an hour after booting up. That's
longest it has worked since this problem began.

Thanks for all of you help

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Read the post by Aaron. You need to uninstall 3.5 first etc.
http://snurl.com/iwkym [social_msdn_microsoft_com]

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Homer wrote:
I tried to remove Netframework 2.0 sp 2 and it won't let me. It says
that it will affect other programs and gave me the following link for
more info:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkld=91126

I tried the link and it said that it couldn't find that page.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Remove all SP2 and later Microsoft Net Framework items and then
reinstall what the Windows Update offers!

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
thanks for the info.

I took a look in the add/remove programs folder in control panel and
the closest file I have in there to the one you suggest I remove is
Microsoft.net Framework 3.5 SP 1. All the other Framework
references were SP 2

I was reluctant to delete anything other than what you suggested.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or
Remove Programs, locate and place cursor on Microsoft Net
Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and click on Remove. The link below
explains.
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

Start, Help and Support, Keep your Windows up- to-date with Windows
Update, Custom. Click on Software Optional and select l all Net
Framework updates offered and download and install.

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or
Remove Programs, locate and place cursor on Skype and click on
Remove. Reinstall Skype.

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.6d readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

This site is not totally up to date but it is worth a look
http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm

Please let me know how you get on. We can then look at the
remaining problems.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Homer wrote:
Per your request I've pasted just a few of the errors and warnings
from the event viewer for the last day or so. There are quite a
few of the same system errors.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1013
Date: 5/24/2009
Time: 10:50:54 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 -- Setup cannot continue
because this version of the .NET Framework is incompatible with a
previously installed one. For more information, see
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 7b 37 31 33 31 36 34 36 {7131646
0008: 44 2d 43 44 33 43 2d 34 D-CD3C-4
0010: 30 46 34 2d 39 37 42 39 0F4-97B9
0018: 2d 43 44 39 45 34 45 36 -CD9E4E6
0020: 32 36 32 45 46 7d 262EF}

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 5/25/2009
Time: 6:47:35 PM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Faulting application skype.exe, version 4.0.0.206, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 6b 79 ure sky
0018: 70 65 2e 65 78 65 20 34 pe.exe 4
0020: 2e 30 2e 30 2e 32 30 36 .0.0.206
0028: 20 69 6e 20 75 6e 6b 6e in unkn
0030: 6f 77 6e 20 30 2e 30 2e own 0.0.
0038: 30 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f 0.0 at o
0040: 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 ffset 00
0048: 30 30 30 30 30 30 0d 0a 000000..


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 5:24:03 AM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Fault bucket 1127907097.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 31 31 32 37 39 30 37 30 11279070
0010: 39 37 0d 0a 97..


Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:02:06 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Windows saved user TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby registry while an
application or service was still using the registry during log
off. The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed.
The registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:57:16 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 8:16:14 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer
for Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any
more than 48 hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the
meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and
Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and
close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste
into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
Hello,
Not sure if this is the appropriate newgroup to post this
question. Please re-direct me if not. Recently, my computer was
updated with SP3. Since that time I started having intermittent
problems with the hot keys on my laptop, namely the Fnkey and
the end key which toggles my speakers on and off. The
functionality is there but the display that would appear on the
screen no longer is. Dell uses an application called Quick Set
that controls this functionality. They say that they have had
reports of problems with this application after SP3 was
installed. If this is true, is there any work-around. They want
me to reformat my HD which I really don't want to do. Any
suggestions?

taking your recommendation, I was able to remove the various Net Framework
items from my machine. I also remove skype and reinstalled it. I have not
been able to download Net Framework item that appear on the support site for
my machine. It fails. I found a potential fix for the problem (Register the
Wups2.dll file in Windows) but that hasn't helped. I still can download that
update. Additionally, I received a couple of error messages when I booted up
today. They both were relative to not being able to start something.
Finally, the Fn key worked for about an hour after booting up. That's
longest it has worked since this problem began.

Thanks for all of you help

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Read the post by Aaron. You need to uninstall 3.5 first etc.
http://snurl.com/iwkym [social_msdn_microsoft_com]

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Homer wrote:
I tried to remove Netframework 2.0 sp 2 and it won't let me. It says
that it will affect other programs and gave me the following link for
more info:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkld=91126

I tried the link and it said that it couldn't find that page.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Remove all SP2 and later Microsoft Net Framework items and then
reinstall what the Windows Update offers!

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
thanks for the info.

I took a look in the add/remove programs folder in control panel and
the closest file I have in there to the one you suggest I remove is
Microsoft.net Framework 3.5 SP 1. All the other Framework
references were SP 2

I was reluctant to delete anything other than what you suggested.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or
Remove Programs, locate and place cursor on Microsoft Net
Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and click on Remove. The link below
explains.
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

Start, Help and Support, Keep your Windows up- to-date with Windows
Update, Custom. Click on Software Optional and select l all Net
Framework updates offered and download and install.

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or
Remove Programs, locate and place cursor on Skype and click on
Remove. Reinstall Skype.

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.6d readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

This site is not totally up to date but it is worth a look
http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm

Please let me know how you get on. We can then look at the
remaining problems.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Homer wrote:
Per your request I've pasted just a few of the errors and warnings
from the event viewer for the last day or so. There are quite a
few of the same system errors.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1013
Date: 5/24/2009
Time: 10:50:54 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 -- Setup cannot continue
because this version of the .NET Framework is incompatible with a
previously installed one. For more information, see
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 7b 37 31 33 31 36 34 36 {7131646
0008: 44 2d 43 44 33 43 2d 34 D-CD3C-4
0010: 30 46 34 2d 39 37 42 39 0F4-97B9
0018: 2d 43 44 39 45 34 45 36 -CD9E4E6
0020: 32 36 32 45 46 7d 262EF}

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 5/25/2009
Time: 6:47:35 PM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Faulting application skype.exe, version 4.0.0.206, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 6b 79 ure sky
0018: 70 65 2e 65 78 65 20 34 pe.exe 4
0020: 2e 30 2e 30 2e 32 30 36 .0.0.206
0028: 20 69 6e 20 75 6e 6b 6e in unkn
0030: 6f 77 6e 20 30 2e 30 2e own 0.0.
0038: 30 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f 0.0 at o
0040: 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 ffset 00
0048: 30 30 30 30 30 30 0d 0a 000000..


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 5:24:03 AM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Fault bucket 1127907097.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 31 31 32 37 39 30 37 30 11279070
0010: 39 37 0d 0a 97..


Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:02:06 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Windows saved user TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby registry while an
application or service was still using the registry during log
off. The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed.
The registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:57:16 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 8:16:14 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer
for Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any
more than 48 hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the
meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and
Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and
close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste
into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
Hello,
Not sure if this is the appropriate newgroup to post this
question. Please re-direct me if not. Recently, my computer was
updated with SP3. Since that time I started having intermittent
problems with the hot keys on my laptop, namely the Fnkey and
the end key which toggles my speakers on and off. The
functionality is there but the display that would appear on the
screen no longer is. Dell uses an application called Quick Set
that controls this functionality. They say that they have had
reports of problems with this application after SP3 was
installed. If this is true, is there any work-around. They want
me to reformat my HD which I really don't want to do. Any
suggestions?

Gerry
This is an update to my last post. The 2 applications that failed to
initialize are CLI.EXE and MOM.EXE. I get these two error messages when I
reboot. I also noticed that there is a video clip that I created with a
shareware program for converting PowerPoint prestations to DVD. It was a
dismal failure and I have since removed it. However, I can't delete the
video clip it created. Every time I try to delete I get thrown out of
Windows Explorer and I get a message to send the info to MS. I have no idea
if this has anything to do with the problems I've been having with the FN key.

"Homer" wrote:

taking your recommendation, I was able to remove the various Net Framework
items from my machine. I also remove skype and reinstalled it. I have not
been able to download Net Framework item that appear on the support site for
my machine. It fails. I found a potential fix for the problem (Register the
Wups2.dll file in Windows) but that hasn't helped. I still can download that
update. Additionally, I received a couple of error messages when I booted up
today. They both were relative to not being able to start something.
Finally, the Fn key worked for about an hour after booting up. That's
longest it has worked since this problem began.

Thanks for all of you help

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Read the post by Aaron. You need to uninstall 3.5 first etc.
http://snurl.com/iwkym [social_msdn_microsoft_com]

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Homer wrote:
I tried to remove Netframework 2.0 sp 2 and it won't let me. It says
that it will affect other programs and gave me the following link for
more info:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkld=91126

I tried the link and it said that it couldn't find that page.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Remove all SP2 and later Microsoft Net Framework items and then
reinstall what the Windows Update offers!

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
thanks for the info.

I took a look in the add/remove programs folder in control panel and
the closest file I have in there to the one you suggest I remove is
Microsoft.net Framework 3.5 SP 1. All the other Framework
references were SP 2

I was reluctant to delete anything other than what you suggested.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or
Remove Programs, locate and place cursor on Microsoft Net
Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and click on Remove. The link below
explains.
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

Start, Help and Support, Keep your Windows up- to-date with Windows
Update, Custom. Click on Software Optional and select l all Net
Framework updates offered and download and install.

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or
Remove Programs, locate and place cursor on Skype and click on
Remove. Reinstall Skype.

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.6d readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

This site is not totally up to date but it is worth a look
http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm

Please let me know how you get on. We can then look at the
remaining problems.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Homer wrote:
Per your request I've pasted just a few of the errors and warnings
from the event viewer for the last day or so. There are quite a
few of the same system errors.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1013
Date: 5/24/2009
Time: 10:50:54 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 -- Setup cannot continue
because this version of the .NET Framework is incompatible with a
previously installed one. For more information, see
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 7b 37 31 33 31 36 34 36 {7131646
0008: 44 2d 43 44 33 43 2d 34 D-CD3C-4
0010: 30 46 34 2d 39 37 42 39 0F4-97B9
0018: 2d 43 44 39 45 34 45 36 -CD9E4E6
0020: 32 36 32 45 46 7d 262EF}

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 5/25/2009
Time: 6:47:35 PM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Faulting application skype.exe, version 4.0.0.206, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 6b 79 ure sky
0018: 70 65 2e 65 78 65 20 34 pe.exe 4
0020: 2e 30 2e 30 2e 32 30 36 .0.0.206
0028: 20 69 6e 20 75 6e 6b 6e in unkn
0030: 6f 77 6e 20 30 2e 30 2e own 0.0.
0038: 30 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f 0.0 at o
0040: 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 ffset 00
0048: 30 30 30 30 30 30 0d 0a 000000..


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 5:24:03 AM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Fault bucket 1127907097.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 31 31 32 37 39 30 37 30 11279070
0010: 39 37 0d 0a 97..


Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:02:06 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Windows saved user TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby registry while an
application or service was still using the registry during log
off. The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed.
The registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:57:16 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 8:16:14 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer
for Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any
more than 48 hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the
meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and
Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and
close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste
into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
Hello,
Not sure if this is the appropriate newgroup to post this
question. Please re-direct me if not. Recently, my computer was
updated with SP3. Since that time I started having intermittent
problems with the hot keys on my laptop, namely the Fnkey and
the end key which toggles my speakers on and off. The
functionality is there but the display that would appear on the
screen no longer is. Dell uses an application called Quick Set
that controls this functionality. They say that they have had
reports of problems with this application after SP3 was
installed. If this is true, is there any work-around. They want
me to reformat my HD which I really don't want to do. Any
suggestions?

Gerry
This is an update to my last post. The 2 applications that failed to
initialize are CLI.EXE and MOM.EXE. I get these two error messages when I
reboot. I also noticed that there is a video clip that I created with a
shareware program for converting PowerPoint prestations to DVD. It was a
dismal failure and I have since removed it. However, I can't delete the
video clip it created. Every time I try to delete I get thrown out of
Windows Explorer and I get a message to send the info to MS. I have no idea
if this has anything to do with the problems I've been having with the FN key.

"Homer" wrote:

taking your recommendation, I was able to remove the various Net Framework
items from my machine. I also remove skype and reinstalled it. I have not
been able to download Net Framework item that appear on the support site for
my machine. It fails. I found a potential fix for the problem (Register the
Wups2.dll file in Windows) but that hasn't helped. I still can download that
update. Additionally, I received a couple of error messages when I booted up
today. They both were relative to not being able to start something.
Finally, the Fn key worked for about an hour after booting up. That's
longest it has worked since this problem began.

Thanks for all of you help

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Read the post by Aaron. You need to uninstall 3.5 first etc.
http://snurl.com/iwkym [social_msdn_microsoft_com]

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Homer wrote:
I tried to remove Netframework 2.0 sp 2 and it won't let me. It says
that it will affect other programs and gave me the following link for
more info:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkld=91126

I tried the link and it said that it couldn't find that page.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Remove all SP2 and later Microsoft Net Framework items and then
reinstall what the Windows Update offers!

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
thanks for the info.

I took a look in the add/remove programs folder in control panel and
the closest file I have in there to the one you suggest I remove is
Microsoft.net Framework 3.5 SP 1. All the other Framework
references were SP 2

I was reluctant to delete anything other than what you suggested.

"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or
Remove Programs, locate and place cursor on Microsoft Net
Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and click on Remove. The link below
explains.
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

Start, Help and Support, Keep your Windows up- to-date with Windows
Update, Custom. Click on Software Optional and select l all Net
Framework updates offered and download and install.

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Change or
Remove Programs, locate and place cursor on Skype and click on
Remove. Reinstall Skype.

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.6d readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

This site is not totally up to date but it is worth a look
http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm

Please let me know how you get on. We can then look at the
remaining problems.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Homer wrote:
Per your request I've pasted just a few of the errors and warnings
from the event viewer for the last day or so. There are quite a
few of the same system errors.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1013
Date: 5/24/2009
Time: 10:50:54 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 -- Setup cannot continue
because this version of the .NET Framework is incompatible with a
previously installed one. For more information, see
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/5/00.asp

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 7b 37 31 33 31 36 34 36 {7131646
0008: 44 2d 43 44 33 43 2d 34 D-CD3C-4
0010: 30 46 34 2d 39 37 42 39 0F4-97B9
0018: 2d 43 44 39 45 34 45 36 -CD9E4E6
0020: 32 36 32 45 46 7d 262EF}

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 5/25/2009
Time: 6:47:35 PM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Faulting application skype.exe, version 4.0.0.206, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 6b 79 ure sky
0018: 70 65 2e 65 78 65 20 34 pe.exe 4
0020: 2e 30 2e 30 2e 32 30 36 .0.0.206
0028: 20 69 6e 20 75 6e 6b 6e in unkn
0030: 6f 77 6e 20 30 2e 30 2e own 0.0.
0038: 30 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f 0.0 at o
0040: 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 ffset 00
0048: 30 30 30 30 30 30 0d 0a 000000..


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 5:24:03 AM
User: N/A
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Fault bucket 1127907097.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 31 31 32 37 39 30 37 30 11279070
0010: 39 37 0d 0a 97..


Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:02:06 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Windows saved user TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby registry while an
application or service was still using the registry during log
off. The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed.
The registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 7:57:16 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 5/26/2009
Time: 8:16:14 AM
User: TUBBYSLAPTOPII\Tubby
Computer: TUBBYSLAPTOPII
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server:
{9FC8AD10-2E1B-45BE-B57A-478803561E1F}. The error:
"The system cannot find the path specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


"Gerry" wrote:

Homer

Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer
for Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any
more than 48 hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the
meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and
Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and
close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste
into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Homer wrote:
Hello,
Not sure if this is the appropriate newgroup to post this
question. Please re-direct me if not. Recently, my computer was
updated with SP3. Since that time I started having intermittent
problems with the hot keys on my laptop, namely the Fnkey and
the end key which toggles my speakers on and off. The
functionality is there but the display that would appear on the
screen no longer is. Dell uses an application called Quick Set
that controls this functionality. They say that they have had
reports of problems with this application after SP3 was
installed. If this is true, is there any work-around. They want
me to reformat my HD which I really don't want to do. Any
suggestions?