i am running win2k on a gateway e1200. whenever i try to
open internet explorer or the recycle bin i get an error
message stating that "this module was created with a trial
version of delphi. the trial period has expired". internet
explorer closes and there we set. i have no found a way to
get past this. help.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7a9901c3b465$ee4e47b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> i am running win2k on a gateway e1200. whenever i try to
> open internet explorer or the recycle bin i get an error
> message stating that "this module was created with a trial
> version of delphi. the trial period has expired". internet
> explorer closes and there we set. i have no found a way to
> get past this. help.

This kind of voodoo error message usually means that you
need to run chkdsk on all your drives:

/start, /run , cmd
chkdsk /f c:
chkdsk /f d:
...

hth,
msp

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7a9901c3b465$ee4e47b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> i am running win2k on a gateway e1200. whenever i try to
> open internet explorer or the recycle bin i get an error
> message stating that "this module was created with a trial
> version of delphi. the trial period has expired". internet
> explorer closes and there we set. i have no found a way to
> get past this. help.

on microsoft.public.windowsxp.general there have been several reports of
this. it appears to be a plugin or toolbar for ie that came with some
ad-ware.... running adaware gets rid of it. search that group for 'delphi'
and you should find the link.

Hi - Well, you kinda need to know what the parasite(s) is/are before you can
do much about fixing them except to apply some general tools like AdAware
and/or SpyBot S&D (see below). If they don't fix it, then start here:

Download HijackThis, free, here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip

Unzip it to any convenient folder, start it then press Scan. Click on
SaveLog when it's finished which will create hijackthis.log. Now click the
Config button, then Misc Tools and click on Generate StartupList.log which
will create Startuplist.txt

Then go to one of the following forums:

Spyware and Hijackware Removal Support, here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/in...74&act=SF&f=11

or Net-Integration here:
http://www.net-integration.net/cgi-b...ST;f=27;t=6949

or Tom Coyote here:
http://tomcoyote.org/forums/index.ph...9fa61cc7098fba

Sign in, then copy and paste both files into a message asking for
assistance, Someone will answer with detailed instructions for the removal
of your parasite(s).


For the general hijack case, the best way to start is to get Ad-Aware 6.0,
Build 181 or later, here: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/.
Update and run this regularly to get rid of most "spyware/hijackware" on
your machine. If it has to fix things, be sure to re-boot and rerun
AdAware again and repeat this cycle until you get a clean scan. The reason
is that it may have to remove things which are currently "in use" before it
can then clean up others.

Another excellent program for this purpose is SpyBot Search and Destroy
available here: http://security.kolla.de/ SpyBot Support Forum here:
http://www.net-integration.net/cgi-b.../ikonboard.cgi. I recommend
using both normally. After fixing things with SpyBot S&D, be sure to
re-boot and rerun SpyBot again and repeat this cycle until you get a clean
"no red" scan. The reason is that SpyBot sometimes has to remove things
which are currently "in use" before it can then clean up others.


Note that sometimes you need to make a judgement call about what these
programs report as spyware. See here, for example:
http://www.imilly.com/alexa.htm


--
Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



In news:7a9901c3b465$ee4e47b0$(E-Mail Removed),
(E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)>
typed:
> i am running win2k on a gateway e1200. whenever i try to
> open internet explorer or the recycle bin i get an error
> message stating that "this module was created with a trial
> version of delphi. the trial period has expired". internet
> explorer closes and there we set. i have no found a way to
> get past this. help.

This happened to me. You will need to delete the CPR program from Add/Remove
programs. The catch is you will need to do a system restore back to when the
program was not expired. If you just remove the program the problem will still
appear. I hope you have Windows XP or Me to do the system restore.



"Jim Byrd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<#(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Hi - Well, you kinda need to know what the parasite(s) is/are before you can
> do much about fixing them except to apply some general tools like AdAware
> and/or SpyBot S&D (see below). If they don't fix it, then start here:
>
> Download HijackThis, free, here:
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip
>
> Unzip it to any convenient folder, start it then press Scan. Click on
> SaveLog when it's finished which will create hijackthis.log. Now click the
> Config button, then Misc Tools and click on Generate StartupList.log which
> will create Startuplist.txt
>
> Then go to one of the following forums:
>
> Spyware and Hijackware Removal Support, here:
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/in...74&act=SF&f=11
>
> or Net-Integration here:
> http://www.net-integration.net/cgi-b...ST;f=27;t=6949
>
> or Tom Coyote here:
> http://tomcoyote.org/forums/index.ph...9fa61cc7098fba
>
> Sign in, then copy and paste both files into a message asking for
> assistance, Someone will answer with detailed instructions for the removal
> of your parasite(s).
>
>
> For the general hijack case, the best way to start is to get Ad-Aware 6.0,
> Build 181 or later, here: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/.
> Update and run this regularly to get rid of most "spyware/hijackware" on
> your machine. If it has to fix things, be sure to re-boot and rerun
> AdAware again and repeat this cycle until you get a clean scan. The reason
> is that it may have to remove things which are currently "in use" before it
> can then clean up others.
>
> Another excellent program for this purpose is SpyBot Search and Destroy
> available here: http://security.kolla.de/ SpyBot Support Forum here:
> http://www.net-integration.net/cgi-b.../ikonboard.cgi. I recommend
> using both normally. After fixing things with SpyBot S&D, be sure to
> re-boot and rerun SpyBot again and repeat this cycle until you get a clean
> "no red" scan. The reason is that SpyBot sometimes has to remove things
> which are currently "in use" before it can then clean up others.
>
>
> Note that sometimes you need to make a judgement call about what these
> programs report as spyware. See here, for example:
> http://www.imilly.com/alexa.htm
>
>
> --
> Please respond in the same thread.
> Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
>
>
>
> In news:7a9901c3b465$ee4e47b0$(E-Mail Removed),
> (E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)>
> typed:
> > i am running win2k on a gateway e1200. whenever i try to
> > open internet explorer or the recycle bin i get an error
> > message stating that "this module was created with a trial
> > version of delphi. the trial period has expired". internet
> > explorer closes and there we set. i have no found a way to
> > get past this. help.

This happened to me. You will need to delete the CPR program from Add/Remove
programs. The catch is you will need to do a system restore back to when the
program was not expired. If you just remove the program the problem will still
appear. I hope you have Windows XP or Me to do the system restore.