WV Biz Sp1 on Asus X51L. Explorer.exe doesn't start

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Nicola M

HI all.
As I said above I get this weird behaviour from about a week ago. Boot
starts, runs and at the end I have the login screen. After password and OK I
get a light blue screen (like the default background of W2K Pro). I tried to
wait for half an hour but never happened. But I use Task Manager and select
New activity -> Explorer.exe I get my GUI and all works properly.
In the event viewer I don't see "strange" errors.
My AV and Firewall i COMODO. I have to admit that the problem is born after
its automatic program (not defiitions) update has been invoked.
I checked the Run Section of the HKLM_LOCAL_MACHINE and I haven't note
anything such strange.
What can I else to try?

Thank in advance for any suggestion or advice.
Nicola M
 
Nicola said:
HI all.
As I said above I get this weird behaviour from about a week ago. Boot
starts, runs and at the end I have the login screen. After password and OK
I get a light blue screen (like the default background of W2K Pro). I
tried to wait for half an hour but never happened. But I use Task Manager
and select New activity -> Explorer.exe I get my GUI and all works
properly. In the event viewer I don't see "strange" errors.
My AV and Firewall i COMODO. I have to admit that the problem is born
after its automatic program (not defiitions) update has been invoked.
I checked the Run Section of the HKLM_LOCAL_MACHINE and I haven't note
anything such strange.
What can I else to try?
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First of all, those of us who use real newsreaders can't see the "above" to
which you refer. If you had another thread, staying in it would have been
better (unless "above" means you interjected your question into someone
else's thread. See below for why using the web interface makes it harder to
get help.

Try uninstalling Comodo using whatever removal method the Comodo website
suggests. If the problem goes away, use a better protection program. For
antivirus, I recommend NOD32 (commercial) or Avast (free). The built-in
Windows Firewall is adequate for most people.

Since you are using a web interface, you may not realize that this is really
a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn to use
a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you can use
Outlook Express (XP) or Windows Mail (Vista) since you already have it.
Here are some links to information about newsgroups:

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ - Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archives
http://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation
of newsgroups

Outlook Express/Windows Mail as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/accessing_newsgrousp_with-windows_mail.htm

How to Post:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question
http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm - How Not to Get Technical Help on
Usenet


http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working
properly
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm - how to munge email address
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting - crossposting
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting

Other Newsreaders for Windows:
http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php - Forte
http://www.mozilla.org - Thunderbird

Malke
 
First of all, those of us who use real newsreaders can't see the "above" to
which you refer. If you had another thread, staying in it would have been
better (unless "above" means you interjected your question into someone
else's thread. See below for why using the web interface makes it harder to
get help.

Try uninstalling Comodo using whatever removal method the Comodo website
suggests. If the problem goes away, use a better protection program. For
antivirus, I recommend NOD32 (commercial) or Avast (free). The built-in
Windows Firewall is adequate for most people.

Since you are using a web interface, you may not realize that this is really
a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn to use
a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you can use
Outlook Express (XP) or Windows Mail (Vista) since you already have it.
Here are some links to information about newsgroups:

About Usenet:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenethttp://www.faqs.org/faqs/- Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archiveshttp://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet- a brief explanation
of newsgroups

Outlook Express/Windows Mail as Newsreader:http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlo...rg/accessing_newsgrousp_with-windows_mail.htm

How to Post:http://www.elephantboycomputers.com...support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375- How to Ask a Questionhttp://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm- How Not to Get Technical Help on
Usenethttp://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm- list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working
properlyhttp://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm- how to munge email addresshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting- crosspostinghttp://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm- multiposting

Other Newsreaders for Windows:http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php- Fortehttp://www.mozilla.org- Thunderbird

Malke
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Perhaps you should see if there's an MSMVP in answering actual
questions asked

first off, when she says "above" she meant the subject of the mail,
which I'm sure is viewable on many of the newsreaders you listed above
(this above I mean the contents of your post, I hape that's
understandable in a newsreader).

Second, why on earth are you wasting her time by getting her to
download newsreaders or replacing her firewall instead of answering
her questions?

Nikki,

I only found this thread when googling for a similar problem on XP. A
couple of resources I have read have mentioned problems in the
registry with explore.exe not being called properly from the system
shell, but as I don't have a vista machine readily to hand I'm not
sure where in HKLM to find that on vista.

Hope you find a solution.
 
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