Mike Rochip

I found some info on the SysmonLogManager.Snapin here. The last entry by Samlar offers a solution to fixing the issue. I'm guessing it would also be OK just to let Ccleaner remove it since it doesn't appear to be needed but using the fix in the post may be the safest way to go just in case. In general Ccleaner is very conservative with the entries it flags for removal and they are almost always safe to remove. As hazelnut said if you have doubts you can allow Ccleaner to create a backup before cleaning when it asks. You could also create a System Restore Point if you wish. A lot of forum members create registry backups with ERUNT which is an excellent [and fast] registry backup utility. It can also be set to create a backup whenever the computer boots and it doesn't use a lot of memory and resources like System Restore does.

I ran into this today and have never seen it before. Looks like good advice though. I use Firefox to view every page, lol.

Update: I just ran through the Troubleshooting tips by clicking Troubleshoot in the Settings tab on the Display Properties screen. It has some interesting info including how to check if the secondary display card (the old one in this case) is compatible with Windows and with dual monitors by checking the HCL list. Since the old card did work before I'm guessing it is compatible with Windows but it might be worthwhile to check the list. It also mentions that the cards DO have to be in a certain order in the PCI slots for them to be detected properly. It tells how to place them in the proper order. I always thought that was just a quirk with my ancient PC, lol. Several websites I looked at also mentioned to be sure you have the latest drivers for both cards.

Hmmmm. It looks like the old card that came with the PC is not being detected. Just to be sure I understand, you have two different video cards, right? Do you remember or can you see what the make and model of the old one is? I assume if you take the new one out, the old one works again like it used to. You do seem to have some IRQ conflicts but since the AIW 9800 card is working I wouldn't think that's an issue. My understanding is that IRQs can be shared and managed by the PC when neccessary. Maybe someone with more knowledge will chime in on that. What I have found on my PC [keeping in mind that both me and my PC are "special cases" ] is that my PCI cards will only all work and be detected when they are in a certain order in the slots in the PC. I have been able to make cards work by rearranging them in the PC. However, the danger in doing that is that when the PC boots if the video card aren't detected you could boot with a blank screen after the BIOS runs. One thing you could safely try is moving the old card to a different empty slot assuming you have extra empty ones. So let me know if you can determine the brand and number of the old card and whether you have any extra empty slots to try and if I'm right that taking out the new card allows the old one to function again. Sorry I haven't been much help so far but hopefully we can figure this out...

For Device Manager click Start>Control Panel>System>Hardware>Device Manager Make sure both cards and monitors are listed under 'Display adapters' and 'Monitors.' There will be a yellow flag or a red X next to any problem devices. You can right click on the device and then Properties and it will give detailed info on the device and the problem. If the device is disabled you can reenable it. You can also try Start>All Programs>Accesories>System Tools>System Information. Under Hardware Rescouces in the left pane there will be options you can check including Conflicts, Forced Hardware, and IRQs. In IRQs see if two different devices are using the same IRQ number. Also go to Start>Control Panel>Display and click on the Settings tab> Check to make sure that both monitors are listed under Display and "Expand my Windows Desktop onto this monitor" is checked under both monitors listed in the Display drop down menu. IMPORTANT Don't change the "use this device as the pimary monitor." If it is changed to the monitor that isn't working right you may get a blank screen when Windows boots. Let me know if you have any questions.

Have you tried connecting the new monitor to the card it worked with and the old one to the other card? Changing the settings for the new monitor in Display Properies? Checking Device Manager for info on conficts or a bad driver, etc.?

I'm amazed that the authorities apparently could not be bothered to investigate. Whether it's a type of animal not seen before or a strange combination of existing ones I would think it would make for an interesting study. Maybe someone will do a DNA study if possible. I hope the same thing doesn't happen again if someone finds Bigfoot or the Lochness Monster .

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Good advice. This time I'll listen to it! I'm still wondering if you can download updates in a way they can be saved and reinstalled later. I Googled "saving Windows updates" and it looks like it's easy enough to do but it must be done prior to installing the updates. tech-recipes Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Windows Update Catalog [Alternative WU site, allows saving updates to PC before installing them] So I guess this answers my question unless I can find a way to redownload the updates without reinstalling Windows.

What I took this to mean was that MS "is working to reduce piracy" by trying to force PC manufacturers to install Windows rather than Linux or other competing operating systems. This seems bizarre. Are they thinking people are purchasing a Linux system in order to install a pirated version of Windows? Why not simply purchase a Windows PC to begin with? The cost savings can't be all that great. I would think most people who would be inclined to use a pirated copy of Windows are trying to upgrade an older version or installing it on a home built PC rather than going to the trouble and expense of buying a brand new PC with another OS on it. It makes more sense to me that this initiative is to increase Windows sales rather than combatting piracy.

But the wireless extension cords DO exist! ThinkGeek Be sure to read the warning though !

I was trying to recreate the 'phantom user' issue on my PC and to test my theory I manually added a bogus user ID to the SAM and Security hives in the registry. BAD IDEA ! Anyway, after having the sign-in screen come up blank with no way to log into Windows I decided to reinstall Windows. For some insane reason I could not manually download updates because the update site would only work if Automatic Updates was enabled which caused CPU usage to peg at 100% because of an issue with svchost.exe. Although other people have had this issue no-one seems to have found a solution. Things did get better after SP2 was finally downloaded but it was a frustrating couple of days to do it. [Dialup]. Is it possible to download the updates and save them so as not to have to download them again in the future if I decide to do something else as stupid? In other words if I have to reinstall Windows could I install the updates from saved files on the PC rather than from the update site? On the bright side my theory as to what caused her issue was right. I also noticed DjLizard has an easy fix that would have fixed the issue I created by using the recovery console but I couldn't access Ccleaner until I had reloaded Windows. I seem to learn only by doing things the hard way . Also, does anyone know if there is an application that causes snakes or fire or loud swear words to come out of the PC if you try to do stupid things to the registry? I could really use it.

Those are just text files that are created when the updates are installed. If the updates went OK then they are safe to remove. If an update failed they can contain info as to what the issue was. As a side note I have found that there is a ton of useful info in log files that you would normally never see. If you do a search for *.log files you'll be amazed at what you can learn about your computer and its contents by what's contained in them. Also, if I notice log files to be cleaned when Ccleaner is run I often look at them first [open in Notepad] because it indicates a change or an issue with the application that generated the log. Often it's not an indication of a problem, but the few times it is it's worth knowing about.

Is this what you're looking for? 4UOnly I wasn't sure if you want to manage existing passwords or add password protection to existing files on your PC. If you haven't searched SnapFiles yet they seem to have quite a few freeware applications either way. Hope this helps...

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My favorite autobleeped out bad word: d*** CHENEY! Of course in my opinion... I'd bleep out the word Cheney, too .

You're right I couldn't believe how slow it was! Probably a lot of volume which is probably a good thing. With all the warnings people may be taking Updates seriously, which of course they should. I think the site timed out on me a couple times which I think was the wierd error I got after I fixed the first problem. When they download automatically they use Background Intelligent Transfer which loads them using excess bandwidth. Lord knows we dialup users have a whole lot of unused bandwidth! I already have WGA and so far it hasn't caused any problems and supposedly isn't phoning home to MS anymore, at least that's what MS says, lol. Also, when I couldn't get Windows Update to work I tried the WinDiz extension for Firefox and can say that is definitely not the way to go. It doesn't give much info about the updates it is saying are needed and says they're downloaded and installed when apparently they aren't according to Windows Update. @Tarun I pretty much agree with your advice. I learned the hard way about changing service settings. However, if I were to tell you the specs of my PC I would be laughed off the forum. Add that to dialup and it is a real advantage for me to have unnecessary services not running. I actually created a spreadsheet I update whenever a service status is changed either by me or [if it's possible] by a program so I can undo any detrimental changes. I know the tweaking sites can give bad advice especially to the unfortunate user who changes more than one service at a time without checking the impact on the PC. I did re-enable Error Reporting Service because of what you and Dj said though .

I had trouble downloading updates Tuesday and have since figured it all out but I'm wondering if anyone else has had this happen. I always download the updates manually because I like to see what is being installed and prefer to do it at my convenience since I'm on dialup. This time an error message appeared saying the updates could not be downloaded because one or more of the following services were not running: Automatic Update Background Intelligent Transfer Service [bITS] Event Log However all three were running and stopping and restarting them had no effect and neither did rebooting. The issue ended up being that Automatic Update has to be set to Automatic. It did not matter if it was already running or not or stopped and restarted, etc. Microsoft instructs on the error screen that all 3 be set to Automatic. In fact, BITS does not need to be set to Automatic or even running to manually download updates. [Event Log is a required service.] So it appears that the Update site is not really looking to see if the AU service is running or not but is instead trying to force the user to change its setting to Automatic. My guess is that MS prefers Auto Updates to be always on which I can understand but I [and many tweak sites] prefer Manual or Disabled. Just wondering if anyone else had this happen or had trouble downloading this month's updates.

I wish the article had explained this quote: "Under an internal Microsoft program known as the Unlicensed PC Initiative, the company is working to reduce piracy by curbing the number of new PCs sold without Windows ? and, increasingly, Office -- preloaded on them." Does that mean MS is going to pressure PC manufacturers to use Windows instead of competing operating systems such as Linux? They have not been too successful in convincing regulators [at least in the EU] that forcing users of Windows to use MS's choice of Web browser [iE] and search engine [MSN] is a fair business practice. I find it hard to believe that they will be any more successful forcing an entire OS on consumers.

Thanks rridgely, I've been using that for some time now [on your recommendation] and I like it. Most of the warnings have been yellow and concern people giving the site their email address and then receiving unwanted offers. But once or twice the red warning came up and had good information about questionable downloads or links the site offered. Can't be too careful these days.

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Tarun as of now is the latest addition to the Moderating team. CONGRATULATIONS Tarun! Well deserved !

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Sorry about that. I didn't see you post for some reason. Thanks for the link to the video, I didn't know there was one. Way better than reading an article.