be read.

None of the searches I have run on this memory location have been fruitful. Has anyone else had this? What about success in fixing it?

Could do with a bit more information to help diagnose this issue. Does it occur during boot, after the OS has loaded, whilst working, during idle.....does the PC reboot?

Sorry bout that.

Generally it occurs during the boot when systray items are being pulled in. It gives a click box to select ok to close or cancel to debug. Canceling causes a blank screen for a bit, then the O/S continues to load. Most of the time it runs ok after that.

What more can i offer?

Were things ok in the past?

Did this just start happening?

Any new software?

Do you run Spybot? AdAware? AV scan?

I've seen similar posts with the same error with very different solutions.

Look in Event Viewer for more details: Start/ Run/ eventvwr.msc

Look for Red X at boot time especially if associated with explorer.exe

Post full error messages.

Hi,
I have the same error message (not only at boot up), no solution yet. Had some viruses, recovered from those. Would it help to post a HIJACKTHIS log here?
Sometimes my system freezes and after ending the process “explorer.exe” and restarting I can continue.

It's very annoying and I would appreciate some suggestions

I solved my problem. I uninstalled Omniquad MyPrivacy. This program repeatedly crashed. I'm sure it corrupted and caused problems. After uninstall, I made sure the registry was clear of all OMP entries and reinstalled. It has worked just fine since.

Don't click OK when you get the message. Click cancel. Since explorer.exe is the main controller for windows, it will require a restart if you close it.

I'd look for a program that may crash on occassion or one that you installed just prior to the error appearing.

Don't forget the adware/spyware scans.

Ok thanks, but I have no such program like Omniquad installed. I have again checked for virusses and run the latest Adaware + Spybot. Attached my HJT file.

Also: In my system log (event viewer) there is always the same red error msg at each startup: "DCOM gor error "The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enbled devices assiated with it. Attempting to start the services upnphost with arguments in order to run the server {204810B9-}"
Is it related ?
My HJT:
Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2
Scan saved at 0836, on 30-11-2004
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
D:\WIN_XP\System32\smss.exe
D:\WIN_XP\system32\winlogon.exe
D:\WIN_XP\system32\services.exe
D:\WIN_XP\system32\lsass.exe
D:\WIN_XP\System32\Ati2evxx.exe
D:\WIN_XP\system32\svchost.exe
D:\Program Files\Sygate\SPF\Smc.exe
D:\WIN_XP\System32\svchost.exe
D:\WIN_XP\system32\LEXBCES.EXE
D:\WIN_XP\system32\spoolsv.exe
D:\WIN_XP\system32\LEXPPS.EXE
D:\PROGRA~1\Iomega\System32\AppServices.exe
D:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe
D:\WIN_XP\System32\svchost.exe
D:\Program Files\Sophos SWEEP for NT\SWNETSUP.EXE
D:\Program Files\Sophos SWEEP for NT\SWEEPSRV.SYS
D:\WIN_XP\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
D:\WIN_XP\System32\ctfmon.exe
D:\Program Files\Iomega\AutoDisk\ADService.exe
D:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_05\bin\jusched.exe
D:\Program Files\RFA\r***ent.exe
D:\Program Files\Sophos SWEEP for NT\ICMON.EXE
D:\Program Files\Lexmark X125\LEX125SU.exe
D:\WIN_XP\System32\imapi.exe
D:\WIN_XP\System32\wuauclt.exe
D:\Program Files\Hijackthis\hijackthis1982.exe
D:\WIN_XP\explorer.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.google.nl/
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://red.clientapps.yahoo.com/cust...//my.yahoo.com
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://red.clientapps.yahoo.com/cust.../www.yahoo.com
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://red.clientapps.yahoo.com/cust...ch/search.html
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://red.clientapps.yahoo.com/cust.../www.yahoo.com
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) = http://red.clientapps.yahoo.com/cust.../www.yahoo.com
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = D:\WIN_XP\PCHealth\HelpCtr\System\panels\blank.htm
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page_bak = http://www.google.nl/
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings,ProxyOverride = localhost
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
O2 - BHO: Yahoo! Companion BHO - {02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670} - D:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\ycomp5_3_12_0. dll
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - D:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - D:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - D:\WIN_XP\System32\msdxm.ocx
O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Companion - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - D:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\ycomp5_3_12_0. dll
O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {46AE04C0-BCFA-4728-90E7-00EB4A8B3863} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] D:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_05\bin\jusched.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SmcService] D:\PROGRA~1\Sygate\SPF\smc.exe -startgui
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [r***ent] D:\Program Files\RFA\r***ent.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MSConfig] D:\WIN_XP\msconfig.exe /auto
O4 - Global Startup: InterCheck Monitor.LNK = D:\Program Files\Sophos SWEEP for NT\ICMON.EXE
O4 - Global Startup: Lexmark X125 Configuratieprogramma.lnk = D:\Program Files\Lexmark X125\LEX125SU.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OSA.EXE
O4 - Global Startup: Shortcut to tclock.lnk = D:\Program Files\tclocklight-040702-2\tclock.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://D:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - D:\WIN_XP\System32\msjava.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - D:\WIN_XP\System32\msjava.dll
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {4528BBE0-4E08-11D5-AD55-00010333D0AD} - D:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\yhexbmes0411.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger - {4528BBE0-4E08-11D5-AD55-00010333D0AD} - D:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\yhexbmes0411.dll
O9 - Extra button: ICQ Pro - {6224f700-cba3-4071-b251-47cb894244cd} - D:\PROGRA~1\ICQ\ICQ.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: ICQ - {6224f700-cba3-4071-b251-47cb894244cd} - D:\PROGRA~1\ICQ\ICQ.exe
O9 - Extra button: Preispiraten 2.02 - {86DE8B3B-1EB7-4386-84BD-EBE94348A913} - D:\Program Files\Preispiraten 2.0b\preispiraten2.exe
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - D:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Chat 1.3 - http://cs5.chat.sc5.yahoo.com/c174/chat.cab
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...?1093038778407
O16 - DPF: {74D05D43-3236-11D4-BDCD-00C04F9A3B61} (HouseCall Control) - http://a840.g.akamai.net/7/840/537/2...ll/xscan53.cab
O16 - DPF: {94C53FB6-01B7-4BA7-848B-E43D11B84F5F} (WEB.DE IE Drop-Upload) - http://217.17.197.101/scripts/WDU_1251.cab
O16 - DPF: {A17E30C4-A9BA-11D4-8673-60DB54C10000} (YahooYMailTo Class) - http://us.dl1.yimg.com/download.yaho...ymmapi_416.dll

Get a simmilar message with the new free vrsion of Sygate spf but not with Omniquad

i've also been having the same problem, and it happens everytime ad-watch is launched at startup, could this be a coinsidence?

thx for any suggestions

Sean

stop ad-watch from automatically starting & see