Archived from groups: alt.privacy.spyware,alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000,alt.windows-me (
More info?)
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 08:20:18 -0500, in <alt.privacy.spyware> and
<alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000> and <alt.windows-me>, "Barry Shapiro"
<BarryShapiro@acomcast.net> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I'm trying to fix a friend pc.
[snip]
You are not providing nearly enough information to enable any specific
"solutions".
For starters, what was the original problem that you were attempting to "fix"?
> Cleaned it up with adaware and spybot.
[snip]
Which found what, exactly?
> Checked for viruses.
[snip]
Which found what, exactly?
> We still get a error when we dial out while in IE 6.0
> saying that ie has caused and error in <unknown>.
Using MSIE is an engraved invitation to disaster.
Beyond that, the error message *surely* offered more specific information than
you posted above.
> Netscape does the same
> thing.
[snip]
*Precisely* the same error message?
What about when you attempt to establish a dial-up connection directly from
the DUN applet?
> I reinstall both.
[snip]
Why? Did you have any specific reason to believe that the existing
installations were damaged?
> I even did a reinstall on top of the current ME
> and deleted all of the network drivers and reinstalled them from scratch.
>
[snip]
Why? Did you have any specific reason to believe that the existing
installations were damaged?
You seem to be shooting arrows in the dark.
> All other programs seem to be working fine. Any ideas
>
[snip]
When all else fails, read the instructions?
More seriously, it is pretty clear that the system configuration is now FUBAR,
even if it wasn't so before you started mucking around with it. While it
*may* still be possible to "fix" the system in situ if we knew what was really
wrong with it, at this point it is very likely that your best bet is to simply
wipe the disk and restore the system from a known-good backup that predates
the inception of the trouble. You *do* have a known-good backup that predates
the inception of the trouble, right?
--
Jay T. Blocksom
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