how do I heard the bugs out of 98se

Well it does'nt smoke but unless I can train them I don't need
anymore pets.
Conflicts 98se EXPLORER stack takes a dump!
Or my browser crashes, then AIM , then I can't even finish a game of cards or chat it is so buggy, it drives me nuts no need to put much gas in the car for that trip. It would be nice to get some thing done on line for a change.

I have found this place to be helpfull and I am tring to scrape up some suport for the crew here

 

OK first make you got no viruses or spyware on your machine. Those things will cause you major headaches. You can get AVG Antivirus free and you can use Spybot S&D to look for spyware.

Limit the amount of **** that runs at your machine's startup as each program leaches your system's memory and resources.

Also empty your Recycle Bin, defrag your HD regularly and run ScanDisk once a month.

Also if you have the latest version of AIM, it does have adware installed it that can play streaming ads in your buddylist window.

 

thank you for all your help.
I do regularely dump my bin
I scan disk every time it locks up!
I bought McCafee's latest bundel complete with fire wall.
wonder why it took so long to respond, I got no mail at all!
I had the latest Mozilla did not care for the way it loaded
it froze up so I deleted it.
I have a brand new copy of win 2k and an old copy of nt 4.4
but I would have to say that I do not like the enviroment.
darn those seductive games
I have been thinking of dumping this box out and starting with
a clean install of Xp pro but I wanted to wait for the 64bit version
thank you for all your help but it looks like I am going to have to put up with the bugs for awhile

 

here is a list of everything I could find I hope it helps with your diagnosis



thanks again

Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 SE
OS Service Pack None
Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 (IE 6.0 SP1)
Computer Name Z2B4Y9 (pb2003)
User Name Peter J. Weller

Motherboard
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1250 MHz
Motherboard Name MSI KT4 Ultra (MS-6590) (6 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DIMM, Audio)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8377 Apollo KT400
System Memory 512 MB
BIOS Type AMI (01/07/03)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Monitor SAMSUNG [NoDB] (H9NW614099)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter C-Media CMI8738 Audio Chip

Storage
Floppy Drive GENERIC NEC FLOPPY DISK
Disk Drive GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE47
Optical Drive DVD-16X DVD-ROM BDV316C (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive Memorex 52MAXX 2452AJ (52x/24x/52x CD-RW)

Partitions
C: (FAT32) 38152 MB (29754 MB free)

Input
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port
Game Controller Microsoft PC-joystick driver

Network
Primary IP Address 12.221.107.52
Primary MAC Address 00-04-E2-5C-89-6A
Network Adapter Microsoft TV Data Adapter. (3.0.0.2)
Network Adapter PPP Adapter.
Network Adapter SMC EZ Card 10/100 Network Adapter NDIS5 Driver (12.221.107.52)

Peripherals
Printer Xerox DocuPrint 390HC v1.3.9
Printer Xerox DocuPrint C6
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
Ahead InCD Unknown
American Greetings CreataCard Select 6 Unknown
AOL Instant Messenger Unknown
Atari Anniversary Edition Unknown
Burn4Free 1.0.0.488 Unknown
Chinese (Simplified) Language Support Unknown
Chinese (Traditional) Language Support Unknown
Creative MediaSource Unknown
Disney's Magic Artist Unknown
DivX Player Unknown
DMI Browse Unknown
Dr. DivX 1.0.4 Unknown
European Air War Unknown
EyeDrives Unknown
FuzzyLogicIV Unknown
GoodMEM Unknown
Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer Unknown
InCD EasyWrite Reader (Ahead Software) Unknown
InfoView Unknown
Insightbb.com QIC Service Activator Unknown
Internet Explorer Q824145 Unknown
Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE v1.4.1_02 Unknown
Java Web Start Unknown
KeyMaestro Multimedia Driver V1.02.00 Unknown
Learn Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Now Unknown
LockBox Unknown
Master of the Skies - The Red Ace Unknown
McAfee WebScanX v3.1.2 (Retail/OEM) for Windows Unknown
Metal Gear Solid Unknown
Microsoft Crimson Skies Unknown
Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2004 2004 Unknown
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and Internet Tools Unknown
Microsoft Office 2000 Premium 9.00.2720 Unknown
Microsoft Outlook Express 6 Unknown
Microsoft Picture It! Express 7.0 7.0.0.0000 Unknown
Microsoft StarLancer Unknown
Microsoft Text-to-Speech Engine 4.0 (English) Unknown
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Learning Edition Unknown
Microsoft XML Parser and SDK 4.10.9406.0 Unknown
MSDN Library - Visual Studio 6.0a Unknown
MSI MSIDVD Unknown
NavHelper Unknown
NeroMediaPlayer Unknown
NetMeeting 3.0 Unknown
Netscape (7.1) Unknown
Nuts & Bolts Unknown
NVIDIA Windows 95/98/ME Display Drivers Unknown
OmniPage Pro 8.0 Unknown
Outlook Express Update Q330994 Unknown
PasswordKeeper Unknown
PC Alert 4 Unknown
PC Doctor OnCall Repair Service v2b v2b Unknown
PcBugDoctor 1,0,0,3 Unknown
PGP 5.5 Unknown
QuickTime Unknown
Radio@Netscape Plus Unknown
RealPlayer Basic Unknown
Registry First Aid 3.1.1 Unknown
Remove DivX Pro Codec Unknown
Saitek SD025 9x Drivers Unknown
Scan Manager 3.0 Unknown
SecureDoc Unknown
SereneScene Marine Aquarium 2 Unknown
Shockwave Unknown
Small Business Complete Unknown
Solar System Screen Saver Unknown
Sound Blaster Audigy LS Unknown
Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.2 1.2 Unknown
System Workshop 2.3 Unknown
Viewpoint Media Player Unknown
Winamp (remove only) Unknown
Windows 98 Q823559 Update Unknown
Windows Media Player 7.1 Unknown
WinZip 8.1 SR-1 (5266) Unknown
Yahoo! Messenger 5.5 Unknown
YAMAHA XG SoftSynthesizer S-YXG50 Unknown

I realize that there is a lot of junk in here

 

Senor,
Shadowhawk gave you the rite info. Disable McAfee, then go to www.grisoft.com and download the free version of AVG60 and install and run, you might be pleasently surprised at what you find.
Good luck and let us know what you find out.

Houston

 

Well the attacks go on I do not know if it is spoofing legit IP's
I get more banners and pop ups then system dumps I have had it

Look my box worked fine since the day I screwd it together
used it for months the I got wirerd for cable and soon the fun began I did try McCaffey then took your advice and went VXD or
what ever my google bar has a site banner blocker what a Joke
I do not know if it is Tom Ridge or John poindexter maybe it is that schmock who lost the election to the dead guy in Kansas
but some on is messing with me and I need A white hat

 

Did you run SpyBot?

 

This will be my 3Rd. attempt to respond to this thread

I'll be curt

yes to spy bot

cable came with packet sniffer Tm (firewall?)
GRC shields up say I have open ports that do not respond?
spybot found leaktest from GRC

also went to brick&mortor dealer picked up McCafee's
internet security suite 6

might as well unplugged the box and through it in a ditch
no Emails in or out from client server went round and round
with suport they did not understand my problems?

Thanks for your help sorry I hav not been back for awhile you
know problems

 

Since your talking in code. You need to do a full virus scan, trojans,worms,,etc.. Just because you have a virus program. lots of viruses, disable your virus program. Do an online scan, and see what it says.. I really dont understand your first problem, is it email, surfing, games, chat? etc..

"Conflicts 98se EXPLORER stack takes a dump! "

Whats this mean?

Or my browser crashes

Whats this mean?

You need to provide details.

 

thank you for the prompt responce

my machine is still crashing all the time after doing what you told me to do

details

M$ get a script from uncle bill

says we are sorry for any inconvienence but IE needs to close send error report? options (yes or no)
unloads my web brouser then restart at home page

ok here goes nothing I have recorded all error mesages in the las twenty or so minuets the list is long and means nothing to me
I hope it tells you somthing


EXPLORER caused a general protection fault
in module USER.EXE at 000f:00001810.
Registers:
EAX=c0030000 CS=1757 EIP=00001810 EFLGS=00000697
EBX=005f0026 SS=26a7 ESP=00008e08 EBP=005f8e82
ECX=00000000 DS=16bf ESI=00000000 FS=242f
EDX=81d1ffff ES=0000 EDI=0000711c GS=2426
Bytes at CS:EIP:
26 8b 44 0a 89 46 e2 8b f8 89 76 dc eb 69 8e 46
Stack dump:
1a8f17b7 8001217f 00000000 2a100100 00000001 04b8bd16 0251025c 32b40000 71400000 00000000 bff72677 005f8e6e 005fffbc bff7186d 8e4e2687 00000000


NETSCP caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 0167:bff9da1a.
Registers:
EAX=005c0014 CS=0167 EIP=bff9da1a EFLGS=00010202
EBX=006bf980 SS=016f ESP=005bfef8 EBP=005c0018
ECX=005bffc4 DS=016f ESI=005c0120 FS=309f
EDX=005c0038 ES=016f EDI=005c0038 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
50 51 ff 75 08 8d 85 e0 fe ff ff 50 ff 75 0c e8
Stack dump:
AIM caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 0167:bff7b9f6.
Registers:
EAX=7fc39e61 CS=0167 EIP=bff7b9f6 EFLGS=00210202
EBX=7c04ab60 SS=016f ESP=00540000 EBP=00540028
ECX=00541dd8 DS=016f ESI=00000001 FS=216f
EDX=00000001 ES=016f EDI=81d24ae8 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
57 89 65 e8 75 04 33 c0 eb 54 85 c0 74 4b c7 45
Stack dump:
00000001 7c04ab60 7fc39e61 00000001 7c04ab60 7fc39e61 00541dd8 bffc05b4 bff79250 ffffffff 00541de8 bff7ce23 7fc39e61 00000001 7fc33046 7fc39e61

RUNDLL32 caused an invalid page fault in
module <unknown> at 0000:606045df.
Registers:
EAX=00003047 CS=0167 EIP=606045df EFLGS=00010246
EBX=0063faf6 SS=016f ESP=0063faa0 EBP=0063fadc
ECX=ed9014a0 DS=016f ESI=0063fb36 FS=2187
EDX=00017ce4 ES=016f EDI=00630000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:

Stack dump:
bff72317 00000000 00000001 0063fafe 8afa213f 3ff7213f 01a816df 01120000 80f00000 12340000 95600000 0063fc3c bff7186d 00003047 00630000 0063fb3c PCI Devices
Bus 0, Device 6, Function 0 Accton EN1207F Series Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 0, Device 12, Function 0 C-Media CMI8738 Audio Chip
Bus 0, Device 8, Function 1 Creative Game Port [NoDB]
Bus 0, Device 8, Function 0 Creative SB Audigy LS [NoDB]
Bus 0, Device 0, Function 0 nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Video Adapter
Bus 0, Device 16, Function 3 VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
Bus 0, Device 17, Function 0 VIA VT8233A/VT8235 PCI-ISA Bridge
Bus 0, Device 17, Function 1 VIA VT82C571 IDE Controller
Bus 0, Device 1, Function 0 VIA VT8377 Apollo KT400 Chipset - AGP Controller
Bus 0, Device 0, Function 0 VIA VT8377 Apollo KT400 Chipset - System Controller
Bus 0, Device 16, Function 0 VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
Bus 0, Device 16, Function 1 VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
Bus 0, Device 16, Function 2 VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller

PnP Devices
PNP0303 101/102-Key or MS Natural Keyboard
PNP0501 16550A-compatible UART Serial Port
PNP0501 16550A-compatible UART Serial Port
PNP0C08 ACPI Driver/BIOS
PNP0C0F ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
PNP0C0F ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
PNP0C0F ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
PNP0C0F ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
BUTTON ACPI System Button
COMPBATT Composite Power Source
PNP0200 DMA Controller
PNP0401 ECP Parallel Port
PNP0700 Floppy Disk Controller
PNP0F13 Logitech PS/2 Port Mouse
PNP0C02 Motherboard Resources
PNP0C04 Numeric Data Processor
PNP0800 PC Speaker
PNP0A03 PCI Bus
PNP0C0C Power Button
PNP0000 Programmable Interrupt Controller
PNP0B00 Real-Time Clock
ACPI_INTERRUPT SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus
PNP0C0E Sleep Button
PNP0C01 System Board Extension
PNP0C01 System Board Extension
PNP0100 System Timer

USB Devices
06A3 053C USB Human Interface Device

Ports
COM1 Communications Port (COM1)
COM2 Communications Port (COM2)
LPT1 ECP Printer Port (LPT1
SETUP caused an invalid page fault in
module <unknown> at 0000:10026410.
Registers:
EAX=00003cd7 CS=0167 EIP=10026410 EFLGS=00010246
EBX=0071ee32 SS=016f ESP=0071eddc EBP=0071ee18
ECX=ed91c850 DS=016f ESI=0071ee72 FS=3a37
EDX=00017ce4 ES=016f EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:

Stack dump:
bff72317 00000000 00000001 0071ee3a 7e3647af 3ff747af 04a016df 020a0000 00000000 00000000 35940000 0071f0ac bff7186d 00003cd7 00000000 0071ee78
PGPKEYS caused an invalid page fault in
module <unknown> at 0000:02c25cf0.
Registers:
EAX=000032c7 CS=0167 EIP=02c25cf0 EFLGS=00010246
EBX=0075fb1a SS=016f ESP=0075fac4 EBP=0075fb00
ECX=f0d27480 DS=016f ESI=0075fb4e FS=3aaf
EDX=00017ce4 ES=016f EDI=bff80000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:

Stack dump:
bff72317 00000000 00000000 0075fb22 8b1e43ff 414d43ff 000016df 00010000 00860000 05980000 05980000 0075fe28 bff7186d 000032c7 bff80000 0075fb54
MCVSSHLD caused an invalid page fault in
module <unknown> at 0000:10026410.
Registers:
EAX=00001247 CS=0167 EIP=10026410 EFLGS=00010246
EBX=0065f312 SS=016f ESP=0065f2bc EBP=0065f2f8
ECX=ee656120 DS=016f ESI=0065f352 FS=4a97
EDX=00017ce4 ES=016f EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:

Stack dump:
bff72317 00000000 00000003 0065f31a 83161207 3ff71207 052c16df 05320000 00000000 6d380000 111d82e4 0065f8f4 bff7186d 00001247 00000000 0065f358

 

sorry the junk in the middle is system info
here is the last error msg

MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in
module <unknown> at 0000:606045df.
Registers:
EAX=0000232f CS=0167 EIP=606045df EFLGS=00010246
EBX=0056f946 SS=016f ESP=0056f8f0 EBP=0056f92c
ECX=ed888380 DS=016f ESI=0056f986 FS=59e7
EDX=00017ce4 ES=016f EDI=00560000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:

Stack dump:
bff72317 00000000 00000001 0056f94e 894a5107 3ff75107 0e3c16df 02020000 00000000 01d90000 b64f008f 0056fa8c bff7186d 0000232f 00560000 0056f98c

I do not know if you can make heads or tails out of this junk
but it is all I can give you now


thanks again

 

That does not sound good. This is what you need, indeed.
HijackThis
SpyBot Search & Destroy
Housecall, online AV scan
Online Trojan Scan
When clean, run the Internet Explorer Repair Tool.

 

Yes you have lots of junk. I just helped someone who had lots of seemingly unrelated crashes, but after 20 different viruses, and over 150 infected files.

1. Did you download the AVG from the link that was given you?

2. Download it, reboot to the safe mode, install it and run it from the safe mode.

Lots of folks are trying to help you here, but you appear to be jumping around all over. You're gonna have to narrow the search, and to start that. FULL VIRUS SCAN.

 

Thank you all for the encouragment
and the good advice
I did install the AVG thanks I did not install it during a boot to safe mode I will make a disk and try that


some thing else has poped up not meaning to bop around but I really need to get a handle on these bugs
I found an insidious bug called n-Case trying to reinstall itself I did a little reading on it too, nasty lill bug that one
and not one that will go quietly either
went to regedit to weedle it out manualy folowed the step by step that another bb posted could not find the address so I aborted the process and am going to do what you posted first
well I am going to sleep for a bit first anyway
Gnight I found info on n-Case at the link below

<www.doxdesk.com>

 

Good Morning all
was up late into the night
I think that most af my problems were related to that n-Case bug
did every thing you guys sugested spy bot found and tryed to delete n-Case as well as over seventy six other entrys n-case tryed to tell me that third party software was trying to delete it and that I realy did not want to. at the prompt I said I was sure but it still is not gone it tries once and a while to reinstall itsef under the guize that my system is unstable and needs a patch but I am on to it now. thank you one and all for your help

 

Glad you found the culprit. I still would do a full system cleaning, and probably remove any software your not using..

 

That n-Case if a vial one, it even kills Fastrack, a competitor. It uses a randomly named executable to reinstall itself.
Go here if you would like a place to check up on what is starting up at boot.