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From: Dennis on 30 Jun 2010 12:39 I get the "critical Stop" sound periodically even when my computer is not being used. Sometimes when I go to click my user name after it has been idle it will say two programs running even if only one is open. Hitting Alt-Ctrl-Del shows either no applications running or only the one I have open never two. How do I find out what program is causing the "critical Stop" alarm?
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 30 Jun 2010 13:08 Dennis wrote: > I get the "critical Stop" sound periodically even when my computer > is not being used. Sometimes when I go to click my user name after > it has been idle it will say two programs running even if only one > is open. Hitting Alt-Ctrl-Del shows either no applications running > or only the one I have open never two. How do I find out what program > is causing the "critical Stop" alarm? Are you running WinXP SP2 or SP3? What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought it)? What does Event Viewer have to say about all this?
From: Dennis on 1 Jul 2010 23:55 Windows XP Sp3 McAfee AntiVirus Plus subscription good for 303 more days. SuperAntiSpyware free version Malwarebytes free version McAfee has a built in firewall. There was no pre-installed software. This was homebuilt about 2002. McAfee has been on it for years and updated. Event Records for System with "!Warning": Process **\MCSHIELD.EXE pid (328) contained unsigned or corrupted code and was blocked from performing a privileged operation with a McAfee driver. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The time service has not been able to synchronize the system time for 49152 seconds because none of the time providers has been able to provide a usable time stamp. The system clock is unsynchronized. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The driver has detected that device \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 has predicted that it will fail. Immediately back up your data and replace your hard disk drive. A failure may be imminent. Event Record Aplication X error: Failed auto update retrieval of third-party root list sequence number from: <http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootseq.txt> with error: This network connection does not exist. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The description for Event ID ( 20 ) in Source ( Google Update ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: Network Request Error. Error: 0x80072efd. Http status code: 0. Url=https://tools.google.com/service/update2 Trying config: source=FireFox, direct connection. trying CUP:WinHTTP. Send request returned 0x80072efd. Http status code 0. trying WinHTTP. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reached crypt32 threshold of 50 events and will suspend logging for 60 minutes PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: > > Dennis wrote: >> I get the "critical Stop" sound periodically even when my computer >> is not being used. Sometimes when I go to click my user name after >> it has been idle it will say two programs running even if only one >> is open. Hitting Alt-Ctrl-Del shows either no applications running >> or only the one I have open never two. How do I find out what program >> is causing the "critical Stop" alarm? > > Are you running WinXP SP2 or SP3? > > What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your > subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than > Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? > > Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the > computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you > bought it)? > > What does Event Viewer have to say about all this?
From: Randem on 2 Jul 2010 00:09 If your drive is failing then you will get all sorts of error due to file corruption. Download a drive testing program then run it on another computer with your drive in a usb enclosure if possible or as a slave drive. If you do not have availablility of another computer you will be forced to install and run the software on the affected computer which does not go very well to guarantee quality results... -- The Top Inno Setup Script Generator - http://www.randem.com/innoscript.html
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 2 Jul 2010 01:26
First run this McAfee three-step fix: http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS100507 Next, reset Windows Update per... How do I reset Windows Update components? [Ignore the APPLIES TO section if Win7; Access KB971058 via Internet Explorer (32-bit) only; Run the Fix It in DEFAULT and AGGRESSIVE modes] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058 Reboot & test. Dennis wrote: > Windows XP Sp3 > McAfee AntiVirus Plus subscription good for 303 more days. > SuperAntiSpyware free version > Malwarebytes free version > McAfee has a built in firewall. > There was no pre-installed software. This was homebuilt about 2002. > McAfee has been on it for years and updated. > > Event Records for System with "!Warning": > > Process **\MCSHIELD.EXE pid (328) contained unsigned or corrupted code > and was blocked from performing a privileged operation with a McAfee > driver. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The time service has not been able to synchronize the system time for > 49152 seconds because none of the time providers has been able to > provide a usable time stamp. The system clock is unsynchronized. > > For more information, see Help and Support Center at > http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The driver has detected that device \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 has predicted > that it will fail. Immediately back up your data and replace your hard > disk drive. A failure may be imminent. > > Event Record Aplication X error: > Failed auto update retrieval of third-party root list sequence number > from: > <http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootseq.txt> > with error: This network connection does not exist. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The description for Event ID ( 20 ) in Source ( Google Update ) cannot > be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry > information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote > computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this > description; see Help and Support for details. The following information > is part of the event: Network Request Error. > Error: 0x80072efd. Http status code: 0. > Url=https://tools.google.com/service/update2 > Trying config: source=FireFox, direct connection. > trying CUP:WinHTTP. > Send request returned 0x80072efd. Http status code 0. > trying WinHTTP. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Reached crypt32 threshold of 50 events and will suspend logging for 60 > minutes > > > > > > > PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: >> >> Dennis wrote: >>> I get the "critical Stop" sound periodically even when my computer >>> is not being used. Sometimes when I go to click my user name after >>> it has been idle it will say two programs running even if only one >>> is open. Hitting Alt-Ctrl-Del shows either no applications running >>> or only the one I have open never two. How do I find out what program >>> is causing the "critical Stop" alarm? >> >> Are you running WinXP SP2 or SP3? >> >> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your >> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than >> Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? >> >> Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the >> computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you >> bought it)? >> >> What does Event Viewer have to say about all this? |