"Explorer has caused error...

[stufis]

....in <unknown>. Explorer will now close." etc,etc.

Any thoughts as to how best to first approach this curious
error message?

BTW, SP1 was installed on the machine from a cd-rom, and
after the error messages started popping up, I even re-
installed SP1!

Thanks in advance.

[stufis]

....didn't seem to do any good.

MSCONFIG startup list looks pretty acceptable, as well.

>-----Original Message-----
>....in <unknown>. Explorer will now close." etc,etc.
>
>Any thoughts as to how best to first approach this
curious
>error message?
>
>BTW, SP1 was installed on the machine from a cd-rom, and
>after the error messages started popping up, I even re-
>installed SP1!
>
>Thanks in advance.
>.
>

[Noel Paton]

Since there are no SP's for Win ME, it sounds like you're using Windows XP,
and should post this query to a more appropriate newsgroup.

OTOH, the following applies to both ME and XP

Such errors are often caused by spyware - download AdAware from
www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to remove spyware, adware,
and other such nasties from your system.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar27pmvp.asp
"stufis" > wrote in message
...
> ...didn't seem to do any good.
>
> MSCONFIG startup list looks pretty acceptable, as well.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >....in <unknown>. Explorer will now close." etc,etc.
> >
> >Any thoughts as to how best to first approach this
> curious
> >error message?
> >
> >BTW, SP1 was installed on the machine from a cd-rom, and
> >after the error messages started popping up, I even re-
> >installed SP1!
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >.
> >

[stufis]

Hi Noel-

I'm an ME kinda guy, not XP. I now suspect some crap being
loaded from a Toshiba cable modem disc (perhaps checking
off the wrong things once or three times...).

So I went to the handy System Restore and chose a 30-day
point. All is well...now to be careful with the dang
Toshiba disc!

Thanks for responding, Noel.

BTW, I ran Ad-aware, nothing came up.

Until the next time, as the announcer says...

>-----Original Message-----
>Since there are no SP's for Win ME, it sounds like you're
using Windows XP,
>and should post this query to a more appropriate
newsgroup.
>
>OTOH, the following applies to both ME and XP
>
>Such errors are often caused by spyware - download
AdAware from
>www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to
remove spyware, adware,
>and other such nasties from your system.
>
>
>--
>Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)
>
>Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
>http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
>
>Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
messages to NG's
>or
>http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar
27pmvp.asp
>"stufis" > wrote in
message
...
>> ...didn't seem to do any good.
>>
>> MSCONFIG startup list looks pretty acceptable, as well.
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >....in <unknown>. Explorer will now close." etc,etc.
>> >
>> >Any thoughts as to how best to first approach this
>> curious
>> >error message?
>> >
>> >BTW, SP1 was installed on the machine from a cd-rom,
and
>> >after the error messages started popping up, I even re-
>> >installed SP1!
>> >
>> >Thanks in advance.
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

[Noel Paton]

glad you've got it sorted - but it's dangerous going back that far with SR!!

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar27pmvp.asp
"stufis" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Noel-
>
> I'm an ME kinda guy, not XP. I now suspect some crap being
> loaded from a Toshiba cable modem disc (perhaps checking
> off the wrong things once or three times...).
>
> So I went to the handy System Restore and chose a 30-day
> point. All is well...now to be careful with the dang
> Toshiba disc!
>
> Thanks for responding, Noel.
>
> BTW, I ran Ad-aware, nothing came up.
>
> Until the next time, as the announcer says...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Since there are no SP's for Win ME, it sounds like you're
> using Windows XP,
> >and should post this query to a more appropriate
> newsgroup.
> >
> >OTOH, the following applies to both ME and XP
> >
> >Such errors are often caused by spyware - download
> AdAware from
> >www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to
> remove spyware, adware,
> >and other such nasties from your system.
> >
> >
> >--
> >Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)
> >
> >Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> >http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
> >
> >Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
> messages to NG's
> >or
> >http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar
> 27pmvp.asp
> >"stufis" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> ...didn't seem to do any good.
> >>
> >> MSCONFIG startup list looks pretty acceptable, as well.
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >....in <unknown>. Explorer will now close." etc,etc.
> >> >
> >> >Any thoughts as to how best to first approach this
> >> curious
> >> >error message?
> >> >
> >> >BTW, SP1 was installed on the machine from a cd-rom,
> and
> >> >after the error messages started popping up, I even re-
> >> >installed SP1!
> >> >
> >> >Thanks in advance.
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >