Posted on 11/29/2005 1:59:48 PM PST by Chi-townChief
I've not had a problem after having it over a year now.
While on the subject of great utilities, may I also recommend AVG Anti-virus:
And for the good news, they're both free for the personal editions.
Download Mozilla FireFox. and Uninstall IE. I haven't had a problem since I quit using IE. FireFox will allow you to import all your BookMarks and Outlook Express files. Don't waste your time trying to fix IE it's a waste of time.
keep in mind your old OS doesn't support many of these newer programs
Firefox is good, but it has a tendency to crash on certain sites: Drudge, NRO, NYPost. Other than that it's a good browser. It's fast and more immune to spyware and hijacks.
It seems to me that Internet explorer is searching for your kernal32.dll file and can't find it. Its possible it was over-written some how. You should be able to copy it back into the windows system directory from your Windows System Cab files which are stored on your installation CD.
I hope you can solve this problem without having to reinstall the whole system,but sometimes thats the best thing to do with Windows.
I've never had a virus or spyware. I don't have to worry about any of that stuff. I've been a Mac user for 10 years. The only time I ever install the operating system is when Apple comes out with the latest and greatest. Mac OSX is great.
I do have to suffer with Micros**t XP at work, however. The Firefox I use at work is considered contraband , non-approved software that could get me in trouble, but I refuse to use Micros**t Exploder.
Run "disk cleanup" (found in by right-clicking on the icon for drive C: in "Properties")
Then run defrag.
bttt
Did that Friday.
I ran HijackThis but I'm totally clueless on what to do with the results.
Maybe you can help with my IE problem. Everytime I log on after being offline for several hours, I get a "Page Cannot Be Displayed" error; and the only "fix" is to reboot my computer, which is a pain in the neck. Any way to fix this? Thanks.
If you want you can Freepmail me the results. It is pretty easy to read once you know what you are looking at. Most of the entries will be items running on your system. If you recognize the application, ie McAfee, then it is an ok entry. Entries that you are looking for are miscellaneous ones for internet homepages or unfamiliar applications.
Like I said, I can look at it if you want.
bttt
Thanks - Help2go.com has a "detective" that analyzes them and I did what they said but still the same problem and now I can't get hijackthis to run. I replaced kernel32.dll, deleted the win386.swp file, loaded AVG anti-virus and still the same problems. Baffling.
What kind of connection do you have? Dial-up, DSL, cable? If it is DSL or cable, do you have a router or just a DSL/cable modem?
Nah - if kernel32.dll didn't exist, the system wouldn't even boot into Windows. Everything uses kernel32.dll including Windows itself - basically it "is" Windows, or a large part of it.
An error in a DLL does not necessarily mean there is a problem with that DLL - it can also mean that something is feeding it bad data. DLL's are libraries of functions and subroutines that other programs use and if those programs pass invalid data into the functions and subroutines, you get errors from the DLL, but the problem actually lies in the program using the DLL, not the DLL itself (although theortically it should be robust enough to catch the invalid data and handle it gracefully, but that's another story).
I have a dial-up connection. I never had a problem until recently. I suspect adware or other similar culprit.
When you have the problem again, before rebooting, open a command prompt and type:
ping www.freerepublic.com
You should get something like:
Pinging www.freerepublic.com [209.157.64.201] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 209.157.64.201: bytes=32 time=209ms TTL=43
If you see the number like 209.157.64.201, that's www.freerepublic.com resolved to an IP address (which is what the Internet works with internally). If you get errors, then there is some issue with it re-establishing the DNS server.
If you get the IP address back and replies, you are online and it is some issue with IE.
In addition to what I described in my previous post about deleting all of the objects from View Objects in IE, look in Add/Remove Programs for something called "New.Net". If you see that, remove it. That's something that comes along as baggage with other programs or sites trick you into downloading - it is supposed to be some "new" way to resolve names to IP addresses, but is basically spyware (or junkware or whatever).
Of course, also take the standard routes - download and run Adaware (www.lavasoftusa.com), Spybot Search and Destroy, Microsoft AntiSpyware, and CWShredder. Be sure to get the latest signatures for each before scanning.
If that doesn't help, try the suggestions here.
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