Great news Ken, glad we were able to get that sorted out!
Cheers,
Jimmy.
| Jimmy,
|
| Turned out I had a virus.. parite.b and parite.c, both
| which might have been coming from am cdilla .exe that was
| spying on my machine.
|
| i disinfected both using
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
| and they are running with no problems after a reinstall
| (and letting them sit all day and they still work..).
|
| thanks again for all your help,
| Ken
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi Ken,
| >
| >Well, if reinstalling the game after uninstalling KaZaa
| doesn't work
| >then there's a chance that this patch may help overcome
| the problem:
| >
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WinXPHome/Patch/1.
| 0/WXP/EN-US/updatesecdrv.exe
| >
| >Windows Task Manager (CTRL + ALT + DEL) shows you
| everything
| >that is running on your system anytime you look at it.
| You can lookup what a
| >program or process does here:
http://www.pacs-
| portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.htm
| >
| >If all else fails, return to the folks who put the
| system together and get
| >them to provide you with your XP CD, or use System
| Restore to return your
| >system to a previously stable date:
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethel
| p/systemrestore.asp
| >
| >Good luck Ken, I hope you get that problem sorted.
| >
| >--
| >Cheers,
| >Jimmy S.
| >
| >Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite:
|
http://nibblesnbits.tk
| >Microsoft Online Tech Support:
|
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
| >Game FAQ's:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| confer any rights.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| message | >| I might not have mentioned it, but the games work once
| or
| >| for a short while after i reinstall it, like less than
| an
| >| hour. I let the PC sit idle for awhile and then they
| stop
| >| working.
| >|
| >| i look in the event log and nothing. i still haven't
| >| disabled win file proctection. i'm trying to think of
| >| anything else that might be running in the background
| >| that causes problems.... is there a way to turn perfmon
| >| on or something that will log all programs that load in
| >| and out of memory while the PC is idle so I can tell
| what
| >| is causing the problem?
| >|
| >| I'm about ready to throw the damn thing out the
| window...
| >|
| >| and of course, i bought one of those put together
| >| systems, so i don't have a true win xp home cd that i
| can
| >| use to reinstall the OS over itself....
| >|
| >| thanks for the help, it seems you are the man with
| >| advice.
| >|
| >| >-----Original Message-----
| >| >Hi kenbuechele,
| >| >
| >| >As with Warcraft again, uninstalling KaZaa was not
| >| enough,
| >| >one had to reinstall the game again in order for it to
| >| work.
| >| >
| >| >To clean your registry this is a good little utility:
| >| >
http://www.pcmedixwebs.com/regclean.htm
| >| >
| >| >--
| >| >Cheers,
| >| >Jimmy S.
| >| >
| >| >Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite:
| >|
http://nibblesnbits.tk
| >| >Microsoft Online Tech Support:
| >|
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
| >| >Game FAQ's:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| >| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor
| do I
| >| confer any rights.
| >|
| >_________________________________________________________
| >| >
| message
| >| | >| >| Jimmy,
| >| >|
| >| >| Thanks for the info. Kazaa lite is not installed
| >| >| currently, but it was. It was one of the MANY
| things I
| >| >| uninstalled thinking it was causing a possible
| conflict
| >| >| with these other apps. I also went through the
| registry
| >| >| and deleted all references to kazaa (and other non
| >| >| existent software).
| >| >|
| >| >| Do you know if there is any freeware that will go
| >| through
| >| >| and cleanup the reg?
| >| >|
| >| >| So, even without Kazaa installed, I still have an
| >| issue.
| >| >|
| >| >| thanks and I appreciate the help.
| >| >|
| >| >| ken
| >| >|
| >| >| >-----Original Message-----
| >| >| >Hi Ken,
| >| >| >
| >| >| >Diablo and Warcraft have that problem when run on
| >| >| >a system which has KaZaa installed. Does this
| apply?
| >| >| >
| >| >| >--
| >| >| >Cheers,
| >| >| >Jimmy S.
| >| >| >
| >| >| >Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite:
| >| >|
http://nibblesnbits.tk
| >| >| >Microsoft Online Tech Support:
| >| >|
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
| >| >| >Game FAQ's:
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| >| >| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >| >| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor
| >| do I
| >| >| confer any rights.
| >| >|
| >|
| >_________________________________________________________
| >| >| >
| >| >| message |
[email protected]...
| >| >| >| I'm having the same problem with 2 different
| games,
| >| >| medal
| >| >| >| of honor and nascar racing 2003. Both run fine
| right
| >| >| >| after installing them. Then i reboot or even let
| PC
| >| run
| >| >| >| for awhile and then i try to run them again, and
| >| >| nothing
| >| >| >| happens. I look in task manager and i can see
| >| the .exe
| >| >| >| pop up in the processes tab and then it goes
| away.
| >| >| >|
| >| >| >| I reinstall the app, and it works fine... once.
| >| >| >|
| >| >| >| I've reinstalled my drivers and rolled back all
| >| windows
| >| >| >| updates.... it blows my mind what the problem
| could
| >| >| >| be.... could it be Windows File Protection
| screwing
| >| >| >| something up?
| >| >| >|
| >| >| >| I've read posts in this and other newsgroups
| >| regarding
| >| >| >| this and nothing is concrete.
| >| >| >|
| >| >| >
| >| >| >
| >| >| >.
| >| >| >
| >| >
| >| >
| >| >.
| >| >
| >
| >
| >.
| >
