Error message on startup

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Len

Every time I start my computer I get the following error message. "The
procedure entry point symsetcontext could not be located in the DYNAMIC LINK
LIBRARY DBGHELP.dll" Can any one help me fix this problem?
 
What version of Windows XP are you using?
It looks like you have an early version of this dll file.

JS
 
I did a search for this file on my PC and found three locations:
C:\WINDOWS\system32
(file is version 5.1.2600.2180)

C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs
(file is version 6.2.13.1) This is a Zone Alarm version.

C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386
(file is version 5.1.2600.2180)

What do you have on your PC?

JS
 
I did a search for this file on my PC and found the following.

C:\Documents and settings\Len|desktop\openOffice.org 2.4 no version number

C:\Newfolder\x86 Version 5.0.2195.1 160 KB

C:\windows\system32 Version 5.0.2195.1 160 KB

C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG7 Version 6.5.3.7 1,015 KB

C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org\program Version 6.1.17.1 748 KB

C:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer Version 6.0.17.0 703 KB

C:\Windows\system32\ZoneLabs Version 6.2.13.1 795 KB

C:\Program Files\Pinnacle\Studio 10\programs Version 6.5.3.7 1,015 KB

C:\Program Foles\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\MailFrontier Version 5.1.2600.2180
625KB

C:\Windows\Cache\MSDERealA\Setup\SqlRun.cab No Version number 703 KB

C:\Windows\Cache\MSDEReal4\Setup\SqlRun.cab No version number 918 KB

C:\Program Files\Pinnacle\MediaServer\Microsoft SQL Server\... Version
6.0.17.0 703 KB

My Documents No Version number 1 KB

C:\Documents And Settings\Len\Application Data\Microsoft\Of... Noversion
number 1 KB

C:\Documents and Settings\Len\Recent No Version number 1 KB
 
Len
Other than the True Vector on ZA I cannot see that the DBGHELP.dll is the
problem.
This the debugger which runs and let you know that your apps running and
debugging okay on the system memory!
Try to rename the file which here:
C:\Windows\System32\ DBGHELP.dll to OLD and reboot, does it help?
Make sure to access all application to see which App will look for this
debugger!

Disable the true Vector on ZA and run disk clean up and this command:
sfc /scannow

How to use Sqldumper.exe to generate dump files for Windows applications

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827690

You will need to install anew debugging tools for your system:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx

HTH.
nass
 
Len

Can you please post a copy of the Error Report from Event Viewer?

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer.

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.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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There are two possible causes.
1) The entry in the registry which points to (C:Windows\system32) for that
..DLL file is corrupt.

2) Any application that loads during startup and uses it's own version of
this .DLL file.
By that I mean applications like AV software, an example in your case would
be AVG7,
where the location (and the specific entry point is: symsetcontext)of this
file is in
C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG7. Not to say AVG is the problem but AVG and
other apps that load during startup could try to reference there version of
the file
and not finding it, create the error message you see.

JS
 
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