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Late to the party- Service pack 2 is awful

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Pachinko

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So I finally upgraded to service pack 2 and now explorer.exe crashes in 10 seconds to 1 minute whenever I'm browsing my folders and the media player update it came with means I can't watch anything with media player now either. It just gives me those soft crashes, where you have to send an error report and it closes the program.

Looking through the error report it seems to be a number of driver issues. Is there any way I can fix this that doesn't involve starting over becuase if that's the case I'll just have to deal with it for another month or 2 until I can get a dvd drive to back up some of my files.
 
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Freestyler

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:lol (got SERViced)

And yet again, a major update proves 100% fine for me. I swear some people must do strange things when they install these updates.
 
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MrAngryFace said:
YOU GOT SERViced!
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How can Microsoft suck so much, consistantly. Seriously?
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:lol:lol:lol My whole neighbourhood must be awake by now. Btw avoid SP2 at all costs. In case you have the masochistic urge to keep it, tell me exactly when this happens. If it happens when you're accessing folders with video files I got the fix for you cause it used to happen to me all the time.
 
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Gianny

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Well it has worked great so far with the exception of one very annoying pop up. I did a restore point, also ran ad-aware and search & destroy before I installed SP2, but there is this ad from that keeps popping up everytime I opened explorer. I have ran ad-aware and Search and Destroy time and time again but that pop up won't go away. Its for Orbitz and SBC ads...damm I hate it.

Besides that, system seems to be working fine, faster even.
 
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scarybore

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If it happens when you're accessing folders with video files I got the fix for you cause it used to happen to me all the time.
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Oh please do tell, Ive had the problem ever since I had to wipe my hard drive in a last ditch attempt to fix a major mouse fuck up (and sadly it didnt do the trick but it was a last resort :D )
 
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Pachinko

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That's exactly when it happens actually. If the folder is filled with video files it seems to crash in seconds but if it just has a few videos, it doesn't crash until I try to cliick on one of them. So if you have any sort of fix then by all means. :D


Thankfully even with this problem I can still view my files in non microsoft programs without issue.
 
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Pachinko said:
That's exactly when it happens actually. If the folder is filled with video files it seems to crash in seconds but if it just has a few videos, it doesn't crash until I try to cliick on one of them. So if you have any sort of fix then by all means.

Thankfully even with this problem I can still view my files in non microsoft programs without issue.
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Write regedit in
Start->Run... and remove the following registry key and everything will be fixed:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32

(InProcServer32 is the key you have to remove)
 
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Gianny said:
Damm I hate those ads...they are from http://ads.flashtrack.net Anyone has any idea how to remove that beaaaitch.
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If it is what I think it is (check if this HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\UnawareObj.UnawareObj or the regostry keys at the end of my post exist if they do then this is it) then do this:


Click Start > Run.
Type, or copy and paste, the following text:

regsvr32 /u "<path to dll>\XML.dll"

then click OK.

Also:
Type regedit in "Run".
Delete the keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{48E832EC-B061-49E2-BBC1-AC818623B742}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{890089B7-B385-442F-97B6-99060E8BD08F}

Exit the Registry Editor.

Restart.
 
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Gianny btw have you installed the official Kazza or any other spyware infested P2P? The particular spyware is one tough sonofabeach and my solution will not fix it for sure. In case you have installed kazaa unistall it cause it's full of spyware and instead download kazaa lite, clean kazaa, or something like it.
 
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adelgary said:
How can Microsoft suck so much, consistantly. Seriously?
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When you're pretty much the only game in town, you don't have to worry about those little, annoying things in life like quality assurance.
 
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Gianny

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I do have those keys... I just checked.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\UnawareObj.UnawareObj
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\UnawareObj.UnawareObj.1


So where do I go from there?

I already erase the PROCSERVER 32
 
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Gianny said:
I do have those keys... I just checked.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\UnawareObj.UnawareObj
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\UnawareObj.UnawareObj.1


So where do I go from there?

I already erase the PROCSERVER 32
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Did you do what I wrote in my previous post? Also delete both of these keys (UnawareObj.UnawareObj).
 
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Gianny

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I did all of it except this part. It told me it couldn't be found

Click Start > Run.
Type, or copy and paste, the following text:

regsvr32 /u "<path to dll>\XML.dll"

then click OK.


I just restarted and opened explorer and that ad came back up again.

I had Kazzaa Lite, but I don't anyone since I did a clean install a couple of months back.

This ad had never given mi problems before. It is now, that I cannot deleted and it keeps popping up as soon as I open Explorer...well within 30 seconds.
 
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Gianny said:
I did all of it except this part. It told me it couldn't be found

Click Start > Run.
Type, or copy and paste, the following text:

regsvr32 /u "<path to dll>\XML.dll"

then click OK.


I just restarted and opened explorer and that ad came back up again.

I had Kazzaa Lite, but I don't anyone since I did a clean install a couple of months back.

This ad had never given mi problems before. It is now, that I cannot deleted and it keeps popping up as soon as I open Explorer...well within 30 seconds.
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You have to search for the XML.dll in your hdd then replace the <path to dll> with the path the dll is.
 
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Gianny

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I should just give up.

This is where that file is C:\Program Files\XML

In that folder there is a alt.min, t.bak, xclean, Xcpy1_ins, and XML.dll

I don't know if im doing it right. Here's what Im typing.


regsvr32 /u "<C:\Program Files\XML.dll>"


Load Library The specific Module cannot be found


Anyone can help me? Thanks in advance
 
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Lil' Dice

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How can people, with extensive knowledge of the workings of XP and PCs, have problems installing SP2?
I downloaded it while drunk, at 2:00am in the morning, installed it with no problems, and i just learned how to create a new desktop folder in XP.....
 
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Gianny said:
I should just give up.

This is where that file is C:\Program Files\XML

In that folder there is a alt.min, t.bak, xclean, Xcpy1_ins, and XML.dll

I don't know if im doing it right. Here's what Im typing.


regsvr32 /u "<C:\Program Files\XML.dll>"


Load Library The specific Module cannot be found


Anyone can help me? Thanks in advance
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Try:

regsvr32 /u "<C:\Program Files\XML\XML.dll>"

(You forgot the XML folder in your path)
 
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Ecrofirt

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There's got to be some common factor among all the people who are having a problem with SP2.

It's just a matter of figuring it out, and then reminding MS that they're good for nothing.
 
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The Shadow

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I installed it the day the network version was available and haven't had a single problem at all.


Lil' Dice said:
How can people, with extensive knowledge of the workings of XP and PCs, have problems installing SP2?
I downloaded it while drunk, at 2:00am in the morning, installed it with no problems, and i just learned how to create a new desktop folder in XP.....
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I remember reading something in my cognitive psychology class that people tend to think they're much more experienced than they really are. If they think they're good drivers and "estimate" that they're a 9, they are in fact closer to a 6 when tested.

I've seen this with PC "experts" before. One story I never get tired of telling is about one guy who considered himself an enthusiast that built and fixed his friends PCs all the time, ended up putting a jumper on the rest switch pins on a motherboard and then took it to me (when I worked at a PC shop) to fix it. He couldn't figure out why it wouldn't boot up.
 
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Gianny said:
I should just give up.

This is where that file is C:\Program Files\XML

In that folder there is a alt.min, t.bak, xclean, Xcpy1_ins, and XML.dll

I don't know if im doing it right. Here's what Im typing.


regsvr32 /u "<C:\Program Files\XML.dll>"


Load Library The specific Module cannot be found


Anyone can help me? Thanks in advance
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Try
regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\XML\XML.dll"
or
regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\XML\XML.dll"

I repeat it will not solve your problem for sure the spyware sucks bad.
 
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The Shadow said:
I remember reading something in my cognitive psychology class that people tend to think they're much more experienced than they really are. If they think they're good drivers and "estimate" that they're a 9, they are in fact closer to a 6 when tested.

I've seen this with PC "experts" before. One story I never get tired of telling is about one guy who considered himself an enthusiast that built and fixed his friends PCs all the time, ended up putting a jumper on the rest switch pins on a motherboard and then took it to me (when I worked at a PC shop) to fix it. He couldn't figure out why it wouldn't boot up.
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I don't know what people are, they might be as lame as you describe, but the fact that Microsoft is so incredibly stupid not to include a simple registry fix for the .avi problems which were present on the SP1 release is beyond stupidity. It's deliberate incompetence.
Or fixing the "zombies" problems by reducing the upload connections, instead of actually building a release that is, just for once, secure. Or creating security patches that have new worse flaws etc. etc. etc. Do not compare man do not compare.
 
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MrPing1000 said:
installed sp2 yesterday, plain sailing so far. Now how do i turn the windows firewall off?
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Start->Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Services

Double click "Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)" set it to disabled and restart
 
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aaaaa0

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I don't know what people are, they might be as lame as you describe, but the fact that Microsoft is so incredibly stupid not to include a simple registry fix for the .avi problems which were present on the SP1 release is beyond stupidity. It's deliberate incompetence.
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The problem with AVIs is usually because you have a buggy codec installed into your system. Explorer tries to display thumbnails and extract info for AVIs using the shmedia.dll plugin.

shmedia.dll will try to load the AVI to do this. To load the AVI, shmedia.dll needs to load the codec for that AVI.

If the codec has bugs in it, it's possible that Explorer will crash or hang. If the AVI is incomplete or corrupted, it may confuse the codec, which can cause Explorer to crash or hang.

Removing this registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32
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Basically tells Explorer not to generate thumbnails/extract info at all for AVIs by telling it not to load shmedia.dll at all.

Why should MS be responsible if a 3rd party writes a piece of shitty software that crashes Explorer?

Why should MS disable a feature that works fine if you don't have buggy codecs installed?

Try uninstalling DivX (or upgrading to the latest version -- there's at least one known bug in DivX that will crash AMD64 systems with SP2) and the real problem might go away.
 
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aaaaa0 said:
The problem with AVIs is usually because you have a buggy codec installed into your system. Explorer tries to display thumbnails and extract info for AVIs using the shmedia.dll plugin.

shmedia.dll will try to load the AVI to do this. To load the AVI, shmedia.dll needs to load the codec for that AVI.

If the codec has bugs in it, it's possible that Explorer will crash or hang. If the AVI is incomplete or corrupted, it may confuse the codec, which can cause Explorer to crash or hang.

Removing this registry key:


Basically tells Explorer not to generate thumbnails/extract info at all for AVIs by telling it not to load shmedia.dll at all.

Why should MS be responsible if a 3rd party writes a piece of shitty software that crashes Explorer?

Why should MS disable a feature that works fine if you don't have buggy codecs installed?

Try uninstalling DivX (or upgrading to the latest version -- there's at least one known bug in DivX that will crash AMD64 systems with SP2) and the real problem might go away.
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Yeah there are problems with Divx, Xvid, ffdshow etc etc etc. And I know exactly what it does. The problem is not with the codecs it's with the explorer. And it's happening with every processor not just with AMD64. The shitty software is SP2 not Divx. And btw just to clear this out I'm not using Divx and don't have AMD64. And I've even heard computers crashing with just .mpg video files in them.
 
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BoboBrazil

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SP2 has one noticeable problem with me and that is the info bar blocks alot of .wmv files and makes me click the show restricted content tab, which is annoying. Is there any way to disable this?
 
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