Reply to earlier post: "startup causes explorer to fail"

[Guest mcnulty.nathan]

this is a response to:

>On Jul 15, 8:03 pm, "glee" <gle...@spamindspring.com> wrote:

> Are you sure the programs are not running? Just because you do not see their icons

> in the Notification Area does not mean they are not running....if explorer crashes

> and restarts, the icons will disappear but the programs may still be running. Press

> Ctrl+Alt+Del to open the Task Manager, and see if the Zone Alarm processes are

> running, as well as whatever else is normally in your startup axis. Some things may

> be listed on the Applications tab, but most will probably be on the Processes tab.

>

> Lose Registry Mechanic. There is no reason or use for a Registry cleaner in XP,

> except perhaps to help you break things. What have you 'fixed" with it, and have

> you kept the backups it should be making for all its fixes?

>

> As Ben mentioned, you can try starting in safe Mode to see if the Explorer error

> occurs there...but heed Ken's warning and don't "fiddle around" there, just see if

> the error occurs or not.

>

> When you get the error (in normal or Safe Mode), click the Click Here link at the

> bottom of the message box to see the data that the error report contains, and post

> back with that info.

> --

> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+http://dts-l.org/http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

>

> <mcnulty_nat...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

>

> news:1184496836.019656.64820@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...

 

well, thanks for the idea to use safe mode.. it does not occur whilst

in safe mode...

 

by the way i had not yet used registry mechanic, i had got it as i

tought it might be useful...

 

so booting normally i get the error:

The instruction at "0x7c883f9c" referenced memory at "0x7c883f9c". The

memory could not be "written".

and no option of finding out more. cancel will debug and close will

restart. so upon cancel i get the error:

dr watson postmortem debugger has failed blah blah, when i clicked to

get further informayion i got this:

 

Error type: BEX P1:drwtsn32.exe

P2:5.1.2600.0 P3:3b7d84a2 P4:dbghelp.dll

 

and some more numbers P5 etc...

 

thanks for the help realy appreciate it

sorry for the delay i have been away

 

AS AN ASIDE: i am getting really annoyed as i cannot reply to any

messages, especialy ones where i have posted a problem and someone is

trying to help me with a question, such requiring me to respond with a

new post as this... i have clicked reply and typed my message and then

submit and it claims my post was successful however 3 DAYS later it

still has not appeared!!!! i cant see this could be moderating... i

have not used any violent words or anything.. i have tried using

firefox and IE and still no luck!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME

 

i have had this problem for AGES!!! and i have posted the problem in

google groups before but no-one responded helpfully, simply saying

learn USENET!!!

 

Nathan