Windows 95/98/ME DKabppls.exe

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Rudy

This file in Windows/system (312KB) opens on startup (Win98 6.0).

Strangely, I can't find any mention of it on GOOGLE or Microsoft Help.

Is it a 'legit' program ? Do I need it ? Do I need it to run on startup ?
The reason I'm asking is there are 2 'windows' that hang up this computer on
shutdown and I get the warning window: "..stopped responding...WAIT ?
END
TASK?" but both have NO NAME at the top so I don't know what they are,
where, or why they're running and often WAIT or END TASK won't get it done.
Neither will CTL ALT DEL X2..
Then I have to power down to shut down which is not a good thing..

I ve pulled the list of Running Programs from CTL/ALT/DEL and this one is
the 'most suspect" ?

Any ideas ?

R
 
Rudy wrote:
> This file in Windows/system (312KB) opens on startup (Win98 6.0).
>
> Strangely, I can't find any mention of it on GOOGLE or Microsoft Help.
>
> Is it a 'legit' program ? Do I need it ? Do I need it to run on startup ?
> The reason I'm asking is there are 2 'windows' that hang up this computer on
> shutdown and I get the warning window: "..stopped responding...WAIT ?
> END
> TASK?" but both have NO NAME at the top so I don't know what they are,
> where, or why they're running and often WAIT or END TASK won't get it done.
> Neither will CTL ALT DEL X2..
> Then I have to power down to shut down which is not a good thing..
>
> I ve pulled the list of Running Programs from CTL/ALT/DEL and this one is
> the 'most suspect" ?
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> R
>
>


Do you have a Dell , laser printer?
If so the file is probably legit.
Right click on the file and look at the properties...
report back if you have any further questions.

BTW: Though I doubt it's a virus, it never hurts to run a virus scan
with a recently updated virus checker
 
philo wrote:
> Rudy wrote:
>> This file in Windows/system (312KB) opens on startup (Win98 6.0).
>>
>> Strangely, I can't find any mention of it on GOOGLE or Microsoft Help.
>>
>> Is it a 'legit' program ? Do I need it ? Do I need it to run on startup
>> ?
>> The reason I'm asking is there are 2 'windows' that hang up this computer
>> on shutdown and I get the warning window: "..stopped responding...WAIT
>> ?
>> END
>> TASK?" but both have NO NAME at the top so I don't know what they are,
>> where, or why they're running and often WAIT or END TASK won't get it
>> done.
>> Neither will CTL ALT DEL X2..
>> Then I have to power down to shut down which is not a good thing..
>>
>> I ve pulled the list of Running Programs from CTL/ALT/DEL and this one is
>> the 'most suspect" ?
>>
> Do you have a Dell , laser printer?

Or a Lexmark printer? Was such a printer ever installed?
 
"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Do you have a Dell , laser printer?
> If so the file is probably legit.
> Right click on the file and look at the properties...
> report back if you have any further questions.

The previous owner may have had a Dell printer, but I dont.
Yes, I see the info in properties
>
> BTW: Though I doubt it's a virus, it never hurts to run a virus scan
> with a recently updated virus checker

Have done with AVG 7.5 and also ran SPYBOT and Ad-Aware, finding no
problems. No sign of a DELL in printers. The ADD/Remove shows some "Dell
software" but it wont remove it, referring to DELL drivers on Disk "D".
There is no trace of DELL in any normal folder I can find. Probably removed
(and not UNINSTALLED) by previous owner.
 
"Rudy" <NotHere@noway.net> wrote in message
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>
> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:OVhlrjJrIHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
>
> > Do you have a Dell , laser printer?
> > If so the file is probably legit.
> > Right click on the file and look at the properties...
> > report back if you have any further questions.
>
> The previous owner may have had a Dell printer, but I dont.
> Yes, I see the info in properties
> >
> > BTW: Though I doubt it's a virus, it never hurts to run a virus scan
> > with a recently updated virus checker
>
> Have done with AVG 7.5 and also ran SPYBOT and Ad-Aware, finding no
> problems. No sign of a DELL in printers. The ADD/Remove shows some "Dell
> software" but it wont remove it, referring to DELL drivers on Disk "D".
> There is no trace of DELL in any normal folder I can find. Probably
removed
> (and not UNINSTALLED) by previous owner.
>
>

Of course your answer has now appeared the instant I replied to your other
post about you not answering.
Sheesh.

If the previous owner had a Dell printer, and you do not use one...
and cannot uninstall the software...
then I suggest running msconfig and taking anything loading that's
associated with that printer
out of startup.
It's absolutely not needed there and once removed from startup
you can reboot...save the configuration change...then hopefully your machine
will shut down
without hanging.
 
This application is apparently associated with a DELL laser printer - a
W5200n XL or W5300n XL. My guess is that it's a supplementary utility -
perhaps it monitors the printer status and gives progress messages about the
print job, or it provides you with a printer management utility.

If you don't have this printer, delete it in the printers applet and
uninstall all associated utilities. Otherwise, just uninstall the utilities.
Or download the latest set of drivers and delete then reinstall the printer.

Your google searching should have returned this result - are you sure your
www connection is working properly?
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Rudy" <NotHere@noway.net> wrote in message
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> This file in Windows/system (312KB) opens on startup (Win98 6.0).
>
> Strangely, I can't find any mention of it on GOOGLE or Microsoft Help.
>
> Is it a 'legit' program ? Do I need it ? Do I need it to run on startup
> ?
> The reason I'm asking is there are 2 'windows' that hang up this computer
> on
> shutdown and I get the warning window: "..stopped responding...WAIT ?
> END
> TASK?" but both have NO NAME at the top so I don't know what they are,
> where, or why they're running and often WAIT or END TASK won't get it
> done.
> Neither will CTL ALT DEL X2..
> Then I have to power down to shut down which is not a good thing..
>
> I ve pulled the list of Running Programs from CTL/ALT/DEL and this one is
> the 'most suspect" ?
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> R
>
>
 
"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in
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>
> "Rudy" <NotHere@noway.net> wrote in message
> news:eOnHK4JrIHA.1768@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:OVhlrjJrIHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>>
>> > Do you have a Dell , laser printer?
>> > If so the file is probably legit.
>> > Right click on the file and look at the properties...
>> > report back if you have any further questions.
>>
>> The previous owner may have had a Dell printer, but I
>> dont. Yes, I see the info in properties
>> >
>> > BTW: Though I doubt it's a virus, it never hurts to run
>> > a virus scan with a recently updated virus checker
>>
>> Have done with AVG 7.5 and also ran SPYBOT and Ad-Aware,
>> finding no problems. No sign of a DELL in printers. The
>> ADD/Remove shows some "Dell software" but it wont remove
>> it, referring to DELL drivers on Disk "D". There is no
>> trace of DELL in any normal folder I can find. Probably
> removed
>> (and not UNINSTALLED) by previous owner.
>>
>>
>
> Of course your answer has now appeared the instant I
> replied to your other post about you not answering.
> Sheesh.
>
> If the previous owner had a Dell printer, and you do not
> use one... and cannot uninstall the software...
> then I suggest running msconfig and taking anything loading
> that's associated with that printer
> out of startup.
> It's absolutely not needed there and once removed from
> startup you can reboot...save the configuration
> change...then hopefully your machine will shut down
> without hanging.

If you want things REALLY clean, do a search for "DELL" or
"Lexmark" (they use a lot of re-branded Lexmarks as PA said)
and/or the file you mentioned /in the registry/, remove /all/
references to it, and find (somewhere in the Windows directory)
and remove the file itself as well as (/some/ caution advised
here) any other files with the exact same date and time -
especially if they are DELL files :-)

If there is a Dell printer directory on your system, delete the
whole thing.

I doubt you will have any new problems after doing this. For
safety, COPY all the things I said instead of deleting them
entirely (you can save registry branches to some directory from
regedit, THEN delete them in the registry, and if needed, double
clicking on the saved .reg files will put them back in).

If I were you, I would ***DEFINITELY*** reformat, fdisk,
partition, and reinstall everything. EIGHT YEARS! P R E V I O U
S O W N E R !!!!!!
Y I K E S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


--
Of course, it is no easy matter to be polite in so far, I mean,
as it requires us to show great respect for everybody, whereas
most people deserve none at all and again in so far as it
demands that we should feign the most lively interest in people,
when we must be very glad that we have nothing to do with them.

- Arthur Schopenhauer
 
thanatoid wrote:
<snip>
> If I were you, I would ***DEFINITELY*** reformat, fdisk,
> partition, and reinstall everything. EIGHT YEARS! P R E V I O U
> S O W N E R !!!!!!
> Y I K E S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Agreed.
 
Jeff Richards wrote:
> If you don't have this printer, delete it in the printers applet and
> uninstall all associated utilities. Otherwise, just uninstall the
utilities.
> Or download the latest set of drivers and delete then reinstall the
printer.

There isnt any trace of the printer or its utilities..Just the files in
Windows/System that all begin with DKappXXX which on checking 'properties'
reveals they are all associated with DELL/LEXMARK

I suppose I'll just have to delete them as I can't 'uninstall'

> Your google searching should have returned this result - are you sure your
> www connection is working properly?

Seems to be working fine..GOOG only returned 2 vague unusable refs to
DKabppls.exe
Same on both computers.

thanks for the suggestions
R
 

> If you want things REALLY clean, do a search for "DELL" or
> "Lexmark" (they use a lot of re-branded Lexmarks as PA said)
> and/or the file you mentioned /in the registry/, remove /all/ references
to it,

Yes, I found it there..files for both DLL and LEXMARK of which I have
neither

and find (somewhere in the Windows directory)
> and remove the file itself as well as (/some/ caution advised
> here) any other files with the exact same date and time -
> especially if they are DELL files :-)

Will do

> I doubt you will have any new problems after doing this. For
> safety, COPY all the things I said instead of deleting them
> entirely (you can save registry branches to some directory from
> regedit, THEN delete them in the registry, and if needed, double
> clicking on the saved .reg files will put them back in).

Good plan..
>
> If I were you, I would ***DEFINITELY*** reformat, fdisk,
> partition, and reinstall everything. EIGHT YEARS! P R E V I O U
> S O W N E R !!!!!!
> Y I K E S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Problem is, I don't have the disks to reinstall everything. There are
several programs that came on the HP like the CD player and Disk burner as
well as the Ethernet card thats running now (the drivers of which, and the
old ISA NIC that I left in AZ for the season: 1600 miles away)

All I have is a Win98SE disk but nothing else for all the other software on
the machine. I'll slowly work my way thru it

thanks
R
 
Re: DKabppls.exe SOLVED

I'll be removing the DELL/LEXMARK files per suggestions of the experts here.
Thanks
R
 
This is the site that Google found - it may be useful as a reference to all
the files involved.
http://driveragent.com/archive/11935/devices
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Rudy" <NotHere@noway.net> wrote in message
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> Jeff Richards wrote:
>> If you don't have this printer, delete it in the printers applet and
>> uninstall all associated utilities. Otherwise, just uninstall the
> utilities.
>> Or download the latest set of drivers and delete then reinstall the
> printer.
>
> There isnt any trace of the printer or its utilities..Just the files in
> Windows/System that all begin with DKappXXX which on checking 'properties'
> reveals they are all associated with DELL/LEXMARK
>
> I suppose I'll just have to delete them as I can't 'uninstall'
>
>> Your google searching should have returned this result - are you sure
>> your
>> www connection is working properly?
>
> Seems to be working fine..GOOG only returned 2 vague unusable refs to
> DKabppls.exe
> Same on both computers.
>
> thanks for the suggestions
> R
>
>
 
"Rudy" <NotHere@noway.net> wrote in
news:#Vkn0$TrIHA.4884@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

>
>> If you want things REALLY clean, do a search for "DELL" or
>> "Lexmark" (they use a lot of re-branded Lexmarks as PA
>> said) and/or the file you mentioned /in the registry/,
>> remove /all/ references
> to it,
>
> Yes, I found it there..files for both DLL and LEXMARK of
> which I have neither
>
> and find (somewhere in the Windows directory)
>> and remove the file itself as well as (/some/ caution
>> advised here) any other files with the exact same date and
>> time - especially if they are DELL files :-)
>
> Will do
>
>> I doubt you will have any new problems after doing this.
>> For safety, COPY all the things I said instead of deleting
>> them entirely (you can save registry branches to some
>> directory from regedit, THEN delete them in the registry,
>> and if needed, double clicking on the saved .reg files
>> will put them back in).
>
> Good plan..
>>
>> If I were you, I would ***DEFINITELY*** reformat, fdisk,
>> partition, and reinstall everything. EIGHT YEARS! P R E V
>> I O U S O W N E R !!!!!!
>> Y I K E S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Problem is, I don't have the disks to reinstall everything.
> There are several programs that came on the HP like the CD
> player and Disk burner as well as the Ethernet card thats
> running now (the drivers of which, and the old ISA NIC that
> I left in AZ for the season: 1600 miles away)
>
> All I have is a Win98SE disk but nothing else for all the
> other software on the machine. I'll slowly work my way
> thru it
>
> thanks
> R

My pleasure. There are many sites on the web where you can find
drivers for almost any hardware imaginable, not to mention the
manufacturer's site will usually have the latest - in most cases
improved - drivers.

Some of those "driver" sites require sign-up or just make you go
around in circles, but some are very easy to use and very good.

Google.

Regards.
t.


--
Of course, it is no easy matter to be polite in so far, I mean,
as it requires us to show great respect for everybody, whereas
most people deserve none at all and again in so far as it
demands that we should feign the most lively interest in people,
when we must be very glad that we have nothing to do with them.

- Arthur Schopenhauer
 
<snip>
>
> My pleasure. There are many sites on the web where you can find
> drivers for almost any hardware imaginable, not to mention the
> manufacturer's site will usually have the latest - in most cases
> improved - drivers.
>
> Some of those "driver" sites require sign-up or just make you go
> around in circles, but some are very easy to use and very good.
>
> Google.
>
> Regards.
> t.
>


FWIW: www.driverguide.com

though usually a PITA to use and requires free registration
unless you want to look at a lot of advertisements...seems to always come
through
for me.


There was one case in particular ... even going to the website
of the manufacturer did not come up with a driver...
but driverguide had it as someone had posted the driver that came from
another division of the company which was located in a different country.
 
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