"STOP 0xC000021A" error

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Trying to resolve the above Fatal System Error in my window xp home. Reading
through the forum, its states quote:-

At a command prompt, type System Root\System32\Drwtsn32.exe -I, and then
press ENTER...unquote

Now after I get to RC and c:\windows>, what must i do after this>
My 'windows: is in C: drive
so after c:\windows>chdir c: which gives me

c:\ then I type in and whole line looks like
thisc:\windows\system32\Drwtsn32.exe -I
and I hit enter and it gives me unrecognise command. Now what did I do wrong
here as I am not well verse in all these. Please help............ thanks
 
See http://aumha.org/a/stop.php#0x21a or
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ms797159.aspx

There is a very good chance that you are seeing the effects of a hijackware
infection!

NB: If you had no anti-virus application installed or the subscription had
expired *when the machine first got infected* and/or your subscription has
since expired and/or the machine's not been kept fully-patched at Windows
Update, don't waste your time with any of the below: Format & reinstall
Windows. A Repair Install will NOT help!

Microsoft PCSafety provides home users (only) with no-charge support in
dealing with malware infections such as viruses, spyware (including unwanted
software), and adware.
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?&prid=7552&st=1

Otherwise...

1. See if you can download/run the MSRT manually:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx

NB: Run the FULL scan, not the QUICK scan! You may need to download the
MSRT on a non-infected machine, then transfer MRT.EXE to the infected
machine and rename it to SCAN.EXE before running it.

2. Run the Windows Live Safety Center's 'Protection' scan (only!) in Safe
Mode with Networking, if need be:
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/center/howsafe.htm

3. Now run a thorough check for hijackware, including posting requested logs
in an appropriate forum, not here.

Checking for/Help with Hijackware:
• http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
• http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html
• http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
• http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

**Chances are you will need to seek expert assistance in
http://spywarehammer.com/simplemachinesforum/index.php?board=10.0,
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5,
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/cleanup,
http://www.bluetack.co.uk/forums/index.php,
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30 or other appropriate forums.**

If these procedures look too complex - and there is no shame in admitting
this isn't your cup of tea - take the machine to a local, reputable and
independent (i.e., not BigBoxStoreUSA) computer repair shop.
 
I slaved the drive and ran various scans and although they detected some
trojan and got deleted, but hwne I put back the hdd into its own pc, the
situation is the same, that is after it reach the desktop (n possible still
oading more icons), it restart itself and give the blue screen.

I also started the pc in safe mode and its the same thing, once on desktop,
it reboot.I also try to use the LKC but to no avail. So, I cannot install the
scanners that you have suggested.
Just wonder what can I do short of refaormattig. Thanks for your time.
 
WYSIWYG. YW.
I slaved the drive and ran various scans and although they detected some
trojan and got deleted, but hwne I put back the hdd into its own pc, the
situation is the same, that is after it reach the desktop (n possible
still
oading more icons), it restart itself and give the blue screen.

I also started the pc in safe mode and its the same thing, once on
desktop,
it reboot.I also try to use the LKC but to no avail. So, I cannot install
the scanners that you have suggested.
Just wonder what can I do short of refaormattig. Thanks for your time.
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WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get.

Acronyms used on the 'Net:
http://www.ulujain.org/misc/acronym.shtml
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I know I'm fighting a losing battle here, but let me point out that
the enormous majority of the entries on that list are abbreviations
(sometimes called initialisms), but *not* acronyms.

An acronym is a special kind of abbreviation, one that is pronounced
as if it were a word. So, for example, DOS is an acronym if you
pronounce it "doss," but it's not if you pronounce it "dee-oh-ess" (as
it used to be pronounced back in the days when IBM had a mainframe
operating system called DOS.

WYSIWYG is usually pronounced "wissy-wig," so it *is* an acronym, but
almost everything else there is not. For example, AOL is pronounced
"ay-oh-ell," not something like "owl."

And of course many of the entries on the list are jokes more than
anything else, and some of them are very funny. Thanks for posting it.
 
Dang.. well English wasn't my best subject in High School.... :-)
Dare I say it? English in High School? They don't have High Schools in
England! They are a particularly American level of education.
The language that was not your best was at best American, a derivative
of English!
;-)

--
Geoff
ExploitEd

Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I do wish I could
remember the darn question
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No High Schools in England? So after eighth grade, that's it? <wink>
 
GbH said:
Grades also are a peculiarity of American education.
So what is eighth grade, pray? It might be known as year 7 or something
like. In England, where English is spoken, one doesn't have the
opportunuty to retake a year or two so the term grade is irrelevant. If
you're thick one year you're thick thereafter.

--
Geoff
ExploitEd

Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I do wish I could
remember the darn question
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Here we have 12 years of schooling, grades 1 ~ 12. (Plus Kindergarten, which
is kind of a pre-school).

In most areas, grade 1 ~ 5 is Elementary School. 6 ~ 8 is Middle School or
Junior High School. 9 ~ 12 is High School.

Here you can be threatened to be held back a grade, but your parents need to
approve of it. (The approval part is little known by the students).

That said, if someone ends up being held back four times and does 16 years
of schooling, they are usually still dumb as a doornail when it's all said
and done.
 
Grades also are a peculiarity of American education.
So what is eighth grade, pray? It might be known as year 7 or something
like. In England, where English is spoken, one doesn't have the
opportunuty
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English is spoken, but spelling isn't done properly? ;-)
 
GbH said:
Ahh, shows how little I remember of it.
Now I return the question. grade 12 and that's it?
We have a school change at or about 11 whence real learning begins. This
lasts until maybe 16 or so, 16 is AFAIR, minimum school leaving age. At
that age children would take GCSE the basic school certificate, followed 1
or 2 years later with A (advanced) level.
Then it's tertiary education, which may be university or a vocational
college, the latter less so these days since every parent seems to believe
their offspring has a God given right to a first class honours degree
irrespective of their ability. Thence its specialised, Masters, then PhD,
one or two of the Elite Universities do not award Batchelors degrees at
all, starting at Masters, to complicate things even more one (I think,
only one) only awards MA, Master of Arts, even in a science! So at those
institutions a Masters is not a post graduate degree! Comparison's bit
like cider and perry!
Do you mean schooling ends at age 12, I doubt that, although some cynics
would suggest that explains a lot. <weg> We have basically Infants,
Juniors, Senior. Infants and Juniors form Primary, P1 thru' P7 starting
~5yrs. Seniors is Secondary, starting usually @ 12 yrs and going on to at
least 16.
Clear as mud M'Lord!

--
Geoff
ExploitEd

Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I do wish I could
remember the darn question
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Grade 12 is the end of regular, (everyone should go, but not all do),
schooling. Of course, anyone who wishes and can afford it, can continue on
for years of college, (university?). Even travel and become a Rhodes Scholar
perhaps, and learn /real/ English. <eg>

~Bruce
 
GbH said:
He's a good example of how to permamently demonstrate one's inability to
comprehend that spelling is not always phonetic!
This fellow cast his error solidly in brass.

http://www.hannington.me.uk/images/prat.jpg

Plonka?
--
Geoff
ExploitEd

Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I do wish I could
remember the darn question
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If English was phonetic, phonetic would be spelled with an "F". I was trying
to be humorously sarcastic. Sorry you are so uppity about the issue. Bye.
(Or, Cheerie-O).
 
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