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I recently had my spare computer rebuilt. It was a Dell, and I had grown tired of having to purchase Dell components , primarily the power switch and units as they seemed to be continually failing, and Dell had manufactured their machines to only allow the Dell replacement parts in some instances. Because the motherboard had to be replaced in order to use a different power switch I replaced it with an ASUS motherboard. I am still using my old ME operating system, I have updated it since the beginning, whenever a critical or security patch had been released, but my browser is Firefox. It had been Firefox before the rebuild and it never caused problems then, and I have a hard time thinking its causing any of this now.
My computer is now shooting me various error messages which it had never done in the past.....but the fault seems to always occur in a place with the number 0187.
The faults are Explorer faults.
One is: Kernel32.DLL 4.90.0.3000 fault 0187:bff61459
Another is: MSHTML.DLL fault 0187:04cb6416
Another is: Shell32.DLL at 0187:7fco88dl
I've tried to troubleshoot the various error messages, I reinstalled IE6 and its components, and I still can't figure out where the 0187 file is located, what it is and/or what to do to replace or repair it.... The worst thing happening with my machine now is that I cannot move files within a folder into a sub folder without the kernel32 error occurring. I must turn off my virus protection in order to move any files at all. My virus program is AVG 7 , which is now causing issues. AVG 6 worked fine but I was forced to upgrade. I tried turning off the firewall to see if that were causing problems, but it didn't seem to make any difference. My firewall is Zone Alarm Pro.
I do nightly maintenance using AdAware, Spybot Search and Destroy, Spy Sweeper and Window Washer, CWShredder, NoAdware, Spyware Blaster is always running, I also use Window Cleaner, and X Cleaner, and check the registry twice, first with Registry Mechanic and then again using Registry Healer. I've checked Hijack This for anything that might have appeared out of the ordinary but nothing has turned up.
Any information as to what I can do to restore my old system back to its usual self would be very much appreciated, and any recommendations as to a different virus protection program that would be more compatible with my ME machine would also be appreciated. Norton has eaten me alive in the past, so I can't use that product, but I don't know if there is one that might be more compatible than my present set up.
Thank you in advance
Bev
I recently had my spare computer rebuilt. It was a Dell, and I had grown tired of having to purchase Dell components , primarily the power switch and units as they seemed to be continually failing, and Dell had manufactured their machines to only allow the Dell replacement parts in some instances. Because the motherboard had to be replaced in order to use a different power switch I replaced it with an ASUS motherboard. I am still using my old ME operating system, I have updated it since the beginning, whenever a critical or security patch had been released, but my browser is Firefox. It had been Firefox before the rebuild and it never caused problems then, and I have a hard time thinking its causing any of this now.
My computer is now shooting me various error messages which it had never done in the past.....but the fault seems to always occur in a place with the number 0187.
The faults are Explorer faults.
One is: Kernel32.DLL 4.90.0.3000 fault 0187:bff61459
Another is: MSHTML.DLL fault 0187:04cb6416
Another is: Shell32.DLL at 0187:7fco88dl
I've tried to troubleshoot the various error messages, I reinstalled IE6 and its components, and I still can't figure out where the 0187 file is located, what it is and/or what to do to replace or repair it.... The worst thing happening with my machine now is that I cannot move files within a folder into a sub folder without the kernel32 error occurring. I must turn off my virus protection in order to move any files at all. My virus program is AVG 7 , which is now causing issues. AVG 6 worked fine but I was forced to upgrade. I tried turning off the firewall to see if that were causing problems, but it didn't seem to make any difference. My firewall is Zone Alarm Pro.
I do nightly maintenance using AdAware, Spybot Search and Destroy, Spy Sweeper and Window Washer, CWShredder, NoAdware, Spyware Blaster is always running, I also use Window Cleaner, and X Cleaner, and check the registry twice, first with Registry Mechanic and then again using Registry Healer. I've checked Hijack This for anything that might have appeared out of the ordinary but nothing has turned up.
Any information as to what I can do to restore my old system back to its usual self would be very much appreciated, and any recommendations as to a different virus protection program that would be more compatible with my ME machine would also be appreciated. Norton has eaten me alive in the past, so I can't use that product, but I don't know if there is one that might be more compatible than my present set up.
Thank you in advance
Bev