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Duplicate Icons in Control Panel
My system has been halting alot as of late. About six monthes ago I noticed I
had two TELEPHONY icons in my control panel. Both are active ( I can use either one and they mirror each other in content) since i hadn't noticed any performance issues i just let it be. In January a second SYSTEM icon showed up (same scene mirror, use either...) Two weeks ago a second ADD HARDWARE icon showed and as stated I am halting often, almost daily or more to be true. I am up to date on my AV updates (V-com) and am behind a firewall. With the new icon i can no longer use my usb ports. plug anything in and total freeze. Plug in prior to start up and i get "windows protection error" then reboots to safe mode only if i unplug the device. This isn't a bios issue since my other bootable HD works w/o any issues when i unhide it (bootmagic) any way i'm hopelessly lost and confused and a bit frustrated so any help will be welcomed system particulars a Athlon 1150 750 RAM WIN 98se Also I halt on any number of apps after any number of minutes or hours uptime no pattern that i can see. The most common set of details closely follows this... UNKNOWN caused an invalid page fault in module unknown at 0000:bff80ecb. the module will differ but the recommendation to restart my system after closing all apps remains a constant and usually this requires a three finger salute, the reset button or the power button. sorry bout the length just want an informed public any takers? please |
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Non-specific errors in different applications at random times suggests a RAM
problem, or a similar hardware issue. Check that the fans are working and that nothing is overheating, check that the RAM modules are properly seated, and run an extensive system diagnostic test. "j_dubya" wrote in message ... My system has been halting alot as of late. About six monthes ago I noticed I had two TELEPHONY icons in my control panel. Both are active ( I can use either one and they mirror each other in content) since i hadn't noticed any performance issues i just let it be. In January a second SYSTEM icon showed up (same scene mirror, use either...) Two weeks ago a second ADD HARDWARE icon showed and as stated I am halting often, almost daily or more to be true. I am up to date on my AV updates (V-com) and am behind a firewall. With the new icon i can no longer use my usb ports. plug anything in and total freeze. Plug in prior to start up and i get "windows protection error" then reboots to safe mode only if i unplug the device. This isn't a bios issue since my other bootable HD works w/o any issues when i unhide it (bootmagic) any way i'm hopelessly lost and confused and a bit frustrated so any help will be welcomed system particulars a Athlon 1150 750 RAM WIN 98se Also I halt on any number of apps after any number of minutes or hours uptime no pattern that i can see. The most common set of details closely follows this... UNKNOWN caused an invalid page fault in module unknown at 0000:bff80ecb. the module will differ but the recommendation to restart my system after closing all apps remains a constant and usually this requires a three finger salute, the reset button or the power button. sorry bout the length just want an informed public any takers? please |
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Thanx for the reply but my system stays very cool. Both fans (tower) run
fine and are cleaned weekly the cpu fan is a supercooler and the memory is a ok. also i dont have these issues when running off the second HD as my boot drive (accepts USB, no dup icons , no halting or freezing and that is what has me stumped. any other thoughts PLEASE feel free to ask or suggest and I truly thank you for your time and thoughts thus far p.s. i do have MANY specific error/application instances saved i just used the unknown one from lack of knowing which of the others to choose let me know if these would help "Jeff Richards" wrote: Non-specific errors in different applications at random times suggests a RAM problem, or a similar hardware issue. Check that the fans are working and that nothing is overheating, check that the RAM modules are properly seated, and run an extensive system diagnostic test. "j_dubya" wrote in message ... My system has been halting alot as of late. About six monthes ago I noticed I had two TELEPHONY icons in my control panel. Both are active ( I can use either one and they mirror each other in content) since i hadn't noticed any performance issues i just let it be. In January a second SYSTEM icon showed up (same scene mirror, use either...) Two weeks ago a second ADD HARDWARE icon showed and as stated I am halting often, almost daily or more to be true. I am up to date on my AV updates (V-com) and am behind a firewall. With the new icon i can no longer use my usb ports. plug anything in and total freeze. Plug in prior to start up and i get "windows protection error" then reboots to safe mode only if i unplug the device. This isn't a bios issue since my other bootable HD works w/o any issues when i unhide it (bootmagic) any way i'm hopelessly lost and confused and a bit frustrated so any help will be welcomed system particulars a Athlon 1150 750 RAM WIN 98se Also I halt on any number of apps after any number of minutes or hours uptime no pattern that i can see. The most common set of details closely follows this... UNKNOWN caused an invalid page fault in module unknown at 0000:bff80ecb. the module will differ but the recommendation to restart my system after closing all apps remains a constant and usually this requires a three finger salute, the reset button or the power button. sorry bout the length just want an informed public any takers? please |
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That sounds promising. What was the result from the system diagnostic test?
"j_dubya" wrote in message ... Thanx for the reply but my system stays very cool. Both fans (tower) run fine and are cleaned weekly the cpu fan is a supercooler and the memory is a ok. also i dont have these issues when running off the second HD as my boot drive (accepts USB, no dup icons , no halting or freezing and that is what has me stumped. any other thoughts PLEASE feel free to ask or suggest and I truly thank you for your time and thoughts thus far p.s. i do have MANY specific error/application instances saved i just used the unknown one from lack of knowing which of the others to choose let me know if these would help "Jeff Richards" wrote: Non-specific errors in different applications at random times suggests a RAM problem, or a similar hardware issue. Check that the fans are working and that nothing is overheating, check that the RAM modules are properly seated, and run an extensive system diagnostic test. "j_dubya" wrote in message ... My system has been halting alot as of late. About six monthes ago I noticed I had two TELEPHONY icons in my control panel. Both are active ( I can use either one and they mirror each other in content) since i hadn't noticed any performance issues i just let it be. In January a second SYSTEM icon showed up (same scene mirror, use either...) Two weeks ago a second ADD HARDWARE icon showed and as stated I am halting often, almost daily or more to be true. I am up to date on my AV updates (V-com) and am behind a firewall. With the new icon i can no longer use my usb ports. plug anything in and total freeze. Plug in prior to start up and i get "windows protection error" then reboots to safe mode only if i unplug the device. This isn't a bios issue since my other bootable HD works w/o any issues when i unhide it (bootmagic) any way i'm hopelessly lost and confused and a bit frustrated so any help will be welcomed system particulars a Athlon 1150 750 RAM WIN 98se Also I halt on any number of apps after any number of minutes or hours uptime no pattern that i can see. The most common set of details closely follows this... UNKNOWN caused an invalid page fault in module unknown at 0000:bff80ecb. the module will differ but the recommendation to restart my system after closing all apps remains a constant and usually this requires a three finger salute, the reset button or the power button. sorry bout the length just want an informed public any takers? please |
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i use SystemSuite5 and it says all systems are fine really the only thing
that it cant tell is the usb ports. since i cant plug anything in it cant really test em so..... but even with the system info it comes up empty as well everything ok but then it halts. lol. siezed for about 4 minutes then blue screen came up but said terminate program or reboot but as i turned to get a pen to write down the error it when on without my pressing ANY key it returned to windows and no problems i cant even tell you what was shut down obviously something in the backround . "Jeff Richards" wrote: That sounds promising. What was the result from the system diagnostic test? "j_dubya" wrote in message ... Thanx for the reply but my system stays very cool. Both fans (tower) run fine and are cleaned weekly the cpu fan is a supercooler and the memory is a ok. also i dont have these issues when running off the second HD as my boot drive (accepts USB, no dup icons , no halting or freezing and that is what has me stumped. any other thoughts PLEASE feel free to ask or suggest and I truly thank you for your time and thoughts thus far p.s. i do have MANY specific error/application instances saved i just used the unknown one from lack of knowing which of the others to choose let me know if these would help "Jeff Richards" wrote: Non-specific errors in different applications at random times suggests a RAM problem, or a similar hardware issue. Check that the fans are working and that nothing is overheating, check that the RAM modules are properly seated, and run an extensive system diagnostic test. "j_dubya" wrote in message ... My system has been halting alot as of late. About six monthes ago I noticed I had two TELEPHONY icons in my control panel. Both are active ( I can use either one and they mirror each other in content) since i hadn't noticed any performance issues i just let it be. In January a second SYSTEM icon showed up (same scene mirror, use either...) Two weeks ago a second ADD HARDWARE icon showed and as stated I am halting often, almost daily or more to be true. I am up to date on my AV updates (V-com) and am behind a firewall. With the new icon i can no longer use my usb ports. plug anything in and total freeze. Plug in prior to start up and i get "windows protection error" then reboots to safe mode only if i unplug the device. This isn't a bios issue since my other bootable HD works w/o any issues when i unhide it (bootmagic) any way i'm hopelessly lost and confused and a bit frustrated so any help will be welcomed system particulars a Athlon 1150 750 RAM WIN 98se Also I halt on any number of apps after any number of minutes or hours uptime no pattern that i can see. The most common set of details closely follows this... UNKNOWN caused an invalid page fault in module unknown at 0000:bff80ecb. the module will differ but the recommendation to restart my system after closing all apps remains a constant and usually this requires a three finger salute, the reset button or the power button. sorry bout the length just want an informed public any takers? please |
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