c/windows/system32 pop-up(plz fello gtper needs help)

[alternatedayz90]

c/windows/system32 pop-up....it keeps poping up and wont go away for like 30 min.

i called michrosoft andthey said i need to reinstall windows and everything in it....if u hav had this problem and fixed pleez tell me how u fixed .

p.s. im on xp home edition

 

[miata13B]

when does this error come up and why did you not write zeros to your hard drive?

 

[alternatedayz90]

it comes every time i boot up and what do u mean write zeros?

 

[miata13B]

don't worry about the zeros

so this error C:\Windows\System32\some file name - error comes up??? we need to know that filename to help. . .

 

[alternatedayz90]

it doesnt say the whole folder pops up and if u close it it keeps popin back

 

[daan]

There's an article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base about this.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;170086

Backup your registry before you muck about in it

 

[miata13B]

^ bastige. . .

that is not a good thing. . . sounds like something is accessing it right from startup - try doing this

go to "Start" then "Run" type in "msconfig" and then choose "Diagnostic startup" then apply and ok - restart - if this fixes it the go to "selective startup" and one by one at a check until one of the items does it. . . then we'll have the problem located. . .

 

[alternatedayz90]

thnx that helps but i cant find the right registry

 

[miata13B]

start - run - regedit

 

[sUn]

Try checking your Startup tab?

Start Menu> Programs> Startup.

That might be a way to fix it?

 

[Burnout]

Originally posted by sUn
Try checking your Startup tab?

Start Menu> Programs> Startup.

That might be a way to fix it?

Very sparce do programs which install into the start up put items in the start up folder. msconfig, like miata13B suggested, would not only show things in the start up folder, if any, but also things with registry keys to start up.

 

[alternatedayz90]

aaaagggghhhhh...miata ur idea screwed up my comp ( no im not mad at u) o well i geuss it was comin....now its stuck on basic mode and now it wont open "regedit" or "misconfig"....i cant even log onto my interner anymore infact this is my sisters labtop. anyhow i gotta erase everything

 

[skip0110]

I'm fairly sure that there is a way out of this diagnostic mode. I'd give you a hand but its been moths since i've been near a windows machine....you might want to wait on the reformat....there must be a way out of it....

 

[miata13B]

Originally posted by alternatedayz90
aaaagggghhhhh...miata ur idea screwed up my comp ( no im not mad at u) o well i geuss it was comin....now its stuck on basic mode and now it wont open "regedit" or "misconfig"....i cant even log onto my interner anymore infact this is my sisters labtop. anyhow i gotta erase everything

What excactly did you do??? Did you follow the directions on the microsoft site or did you follow my msconfig thing??? if you did, boot the computer up while tapping the "F8" key constant until you get a menu that asks for safe mode normal mode and such, go into safe mode. . . You should be able to access this and get back to normal mode. . . After that you should be able to boot up fine. . . I hope you did not go into regedit and started deleting things left and right without making a backup. . . that would be frowned upon. . . Backup backup backup. . . Anyways tell me what you did and we'll go from there. . .

 

[alternatedayz90]

the f8 thing didnt work the 1st 3 times but i just tried it again and well it worked....sry bout message above

 

[alternatedayz90]

arrgh itsback to normal mode and im right back where i started

 

[alternatedayz90]

o well it only annoys me for about 5 minutes or so now...i can live with it

 

[Shannon]

Make a screenshot of the error (I'm suprised someone hasn't said this already) so we know exactly what it is. When it pops up next time, hit the Print Scr button, go into MS Paint and press Ctrl+V, save and post it up here.

 

[alternatedayz90]

Originally posted by Shannon
Make a screenshot of the error (I'm suprised someone hasn't said this already) so we know exactly what it is. When it pops up next time, hit the Print Scr button, go into MS Paint and press Ctrl+V, save and post it up here.

u hav the same folder in your pc...is it really that important to hav a screenshot...but anything that might work would be kool so here it is

 

[alternatedayz90]

dam sry its gonna take to long to upload on my 56k

 

[Shannon]

Is it an error that pops ups or is it the system32 folder that pops up? If it's the latter, chances are something is accessing that folder and is bringing it to focus.

 

[alternatedayz90]

the folder itself pops up

 

[Shannon]

Hmm, do me a favor:

• Start > Run. Type in regedit
• On the left their should be HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Click on the + sign.
• Click the + sign next to SOFTWARE
• Click the + sign next to Microsoft
• Click the + sign next to Windows
• Click the + sign next to Current Version
• And finally, double click on Run
• On the right hand side, is there "RFX_auto_upgrade"?

 

[alternatedayz90]

hmm...um no that doesnt work

 

[alternatedayz90]

like i said befor eit just shuts down that one day i dunno y but it popped up and stayed

 

[alternatedayz90]

Originally posted by Shannon
Hmm, do me a favor:

• Start > Run. Type in regedit
• On the left their should be HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Click on the + sign.
• Click the + sign next to SOFTWARE
• Click the + sign next to Microsoft
• Click the + sign next to Windows
• Click the + sign next to Current Version
• And finally, double click on Run
• On the right hand side, is there "RFX_auto_upgrade"?

theres only the defualt entry...but its value is not set.

any bright ideas anyone?