Strange Dates

I am running 2K PRO on a P4 1.6 system w/384Mb memory.

I recently started getting a Stop Error when trying to read or write from/to my CD-RW (TDK CDRW8432.) Everything else seems to work as normal. I decided to delete/reload the associated software and uninstall/reinstall the burner to see if that would correct the problem.

When I went to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel I noticed that a number of the programs had "Last Used" dates of 1/23/2150. I'm wondering if this may be one of the problems.
Is there a way to reset these dates?
Could this be a virus? I know you can only go to 2099 on the system clock. I have tried to religiously run Norton Anti-Virus once a week!

Blue Screen of Death read:

STOP: 0x0000000A (0x000000B0, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x8041D465)
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Address 8041D465 base at 80400000, DateStamp 3df90c0d - ntoskrnl.exe

The "DateStamp" wording is what made me think the future date may be causing the error

 

Seems logical but the DateStamp followed by that somewhat bizzare number is just telling you the version date of your ntoskernl.exe file. The date is given there as the total number of seconds after some time in 1970 I think. Easier to right-click on the exe and look at properties. It will have a Date Stamp in more conventional terms.

I would try removing the offending app. Then reapplying your SP (and SP3 if you don't already have it). Then a reinstall of the app.

 

Thanks Newt,

I found 5 instances of ntoskrnl.exe, all were last modified in 2002. All were in WINNT subdirectories (system32, sytem32/dllcache, drivercache/i386, servicepackfiles/i386, and $NTUninstallQ811493$). The first 3 were 1,628KB, the last 2 were 1,673KB.

Could the different file sizes be the problem or point to a virus?

I'll let you know what happens after I reinstall SP3.

Thanks again for your assistance.

 

Newt,

Unfortunately, reinstalling SP3 didn't work.

I tried to read a cd that was set up to read/write info like a hard drive and got the same error. I then reset and tried to set up a blank disk to act as a read/write disk. Things looked good initially. The DirectCD program formated the disk as it was supposed to but, when it "turned control" over to DirectCD so that the formated CD showed up in "Start Menu" as a drive with the name I had given it during formating, I got the same error message.

I'm now wondering if I need to get a new program to replace Adaptec Direct CD. I hate to spend the $ only to find out that it isn't a software compatibility problem.

 

As long as the version/date/whatever is the same on the first 3 you mentioned, you are fine. I imagine you used the "uninstall later if needed" option when you loaded a SP and are seeing the older version that the PC could revert to if needed.

I'm not much of a CD guy at all and there certainly could be problems there.

Try one more very generalized cleanup thing and if you post back with no success, then I'd say you gotta start looking at a software issue with the CD stuff. This may help and certainly won't hurt. It will at least pretty much eliminate issues with your PC, OS, and system files.

1. Virus Scan the PC from an online scanner. I like Housecall.

2. Dump all your temp files, temporary internet files, and cookies.

3. Download, install, update, and then run Ad-aware and Spybot - in that order.

4. start~run~cmd then chkdsk x: /r (where "x" is any partition - do them all).

5. start~run~sfc /scannow

If you post back no joy from the above, I'll move this to the hardware section since some CD gurus check that section but not this one.

 

Frustration/ Frustration/

Nothing seems to work. I think I am looking at a software fix. Thinking back, the problems started after one of Mr. Gates' security fixes. wonder if the fix made the program incompatible w/2000.

I do have a question about the TEMP file. Mine contains a lot of "Office 2000...setup.txt" files. Can I delete these?

Thanks again for your assistance.

 

Temp files - the answer is "yes, probably ".

Make a folder and move all the files to it. In a week or so if things are working, you'll know they are safe to delete.