"MaxZ" <bmw@florida-counsel.com> wrote:

>I've followed the step and sued the tools refered too. It does not look like
>I have an infection. I'm thinking something more along the lines of a
>corruption somehwere. Programs affected that I know of ths far:
>
>IE 6
>
>Control Panel
>
>Explorer
>
>I've encountered similar problems in the past like this. Out of confusion
>and frustration with not being able to find/fix the bad files I was forced
>to relay and reconfigure the pc. What a headache.
>
>Advice?
>

What is the error message that Dr. Watson produces when you try to
open Control Panel? That may be a clue as to what is going on.

Fixing Internet Explorer in the absence of any error message is going
to be a real shot in the dark.

Is your Internet access actually working? Do you by any chance have
another web browser installed (Firefox, Netscape, Mozilla, etc.)?

You can check for working Internet access by using Start - Run - CMD.
In the command prompt window enter the following command:

PING WWW.YAHOO.COM

If you get a "host not found" or other error message then there is
some sort of a TCP/IP or Winsock related hangup. If the PING command
can find Yahoo then the problem is most likely something in Internet
Explorer itself.

Hope this is of some assistance.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm

SFC did not do anything. Problem still exists.

Programs affected: Control Panel, Internet Explorer, Windows explorer,
(more? . . .)

When i last tried to run these programs, windows would hang for a bit with
the hour glass, then the taskbar would flas, icons disappear, and reappear
(This is a core program of windows re-booting itself, right?).

I was able to get the follow Dr. Watson error from trying the control panel:

Event Type: BEX p1: drwtsn32.exe p2: 5.1.2600.0 p3: 3b7d84a2 p4:
dbghelp.dll p5: 5.1.2600.2180 p6: 4110969a p7" 0001295d p8:
c0000409 p9: 0000000

Technical info shows the following:

Files Included wit the error report:
C:/<PATH>/drwtsn32.exe.mdmp
C:/<path>/appcompat.txt

Thanks.




"Ron Martell" <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4gs2n1t2kba06opr6a1i98ubjqjk7ch539@4ax.com...
> "MaxZ" <bmw@florida-counsel.com> wrote:
>
> >I've followed the step and sued the tools refered too. It does not look
like
> >I have an infection. I'm thinking something more along the lines of a
> >corruption somehwere. Programs affected that I know of ths far:
> >
> >IE 6
> >
> >Control Panel
> >
> >Explorer
> >
> >I've encountered similar problems in the past like this. Out of confusion
> >and frustration with not being able to find/fix the bad files I was
forced
> >to relay and reconfigure the pc. What a headache.
> >
> >Advice?
> >
>
> What is the error message that Dr. Watson produces when you try to
> open Control Panel? That may be a clue as to what is going on.
>
> Fixing Internet Explorer in the absence of any error message is going
> to be a real shot in the dark.
>
> Is your Internet access actually working? Do you by any chance have
> another web browser installed (Firefox, Netscape, Mozilla, etc.)?
>
> You can check for working Internet access by using Start - Run - CMD.
> In the command prompt window enter the following command:
>
> PING WWW.YAHOO.COM
>
> If you get a "host not found" or other error message then there is
> some sort of a TCP/IP or Winsock related hangup. If the PING command
> can find Yahoo then the problem is most likely something in Internet
> Explorer itself.
>
> Hope this is of some assistance.
>
> Good luck
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> --
> Microsoft MVP
> On-Line Help Computer Service
> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>
> In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
> http://aumha.org/alex.htm

I'm still having the same problem also. Please... someone help us out...

Helen

"MaxZ" <bmw@florida-counsel.com> wrote in message
news:%23Cjo5VW5FHA.2484@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> SFC did not do anything. Problem still exists.
>
> Programs affected: Control Panel, Internet Explorer, Windows explorer,
> (more? . . .)
>
> When i last tried to run these programs, windows would hang for a bit with
> the hour glass, then the taskbar would flas, icons disappear, and reappear
> (This is a core program of windows re-booting itself, right?).
>
> I was able to get the follow Dr. Watson error from trying the control
> panel:
>
> Event Type: BEX p1: drwtsn32.exe p2: 5.1.2600.0 p3: 3b7d84a2 p4:
> dbghelp.dll p5: 5.1.2600.2180 p6: 4110969a p7" 0001295d p8:
> c0000409 p9: 0000000
>
> Technical info shows the following:
>
> Files Included wit the error report:
> C:/<PATH>/drwtsn32.exe.mdmp
> C:/<path>/appcompat.txt
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
> "Ron Martell" <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4gs2n1t2kba06opr6a1i98ubjqjk7ch539@4ax.com...
>> "MaxZ" <bmw@florida-counsel.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I've followed the step and sued the tools refered too. It does not look
> like
>> >I have an infection. I'm thinking something more along the lines of a
>> >corruption somehwere. Programs affected that I know of ths far:
>> >
>> >IE 6
>> >
>> >Control Panel
>> >
>> >Explorer
>> >
>> >I've encountered similar problems in the past like this. Out of
>> >confusion
>> >and frustration with not being able to find/fix the bad files I was
> forced
>> >to relay and reconfigure the pc. What a headache.
>> >
>> >Advice?
>> >
>>
>> What is the error message that Dr. Watson produces when you try to
>> open Control Panel? That may be a clue as to what is going on.
>>
>> Fixing Internet Explorer in the absence of any error message is going
>> to be a real shot in the dark.
>>
>> Is your Internet access actually working? Do you by any chance have
>> another web browser installed (Firefox, Netscape, Mozilla, etc.)?
>>
>> You can check for working Internet access by using Start - Run - CMD.
>> In the command prompt window enter the following command:
>>
>> PING WWW.YAHOO.COM
>>
>> If you get a "host not found" or other error message then there is
>> some sort of a TCP/IP or Winsock related hangup. If the PING command
>> can find Yahoo then the problem is most likely something in Internet
>> Explorer itself.
>>
>> Hope this is of some assistance.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
>> --
>> Microsoft MVP
>> On-Line Help Computer Service
>> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>>
>> In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
>> http://aumha.org/alex.htm
>
>