cmd is not a valid win32 application

[Guest]

Recently I have been getting wierd ie 7 errors,not errors per say ,system
restarts during ie7 operation and surfing . Error log shows many strange
things,memory causing hardware error,driver error causing problem,i even
tried removing mcafee and all ie 7 add ons,even google yes and yahoo no
difference. right now may even crash while i am online. I have serched and
seen many of the same errors no one has any answers that work for sure,all
are about around the same time we did an update of some kind. SO i did a
restore to 3 weeks ago same problem. During this check i tried the CMD in the
run window and get the error above. I can open a dos window from start bar
,but not from cmd. ....... Well any suggestions? I am really not happy MS on
this ,if auto update has caused this I will have many pc's to fix for free ,
becuase i recomended auto updates. send help assap

Gary Greco

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Not a valid win32 application
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000726.htm

Try these in Start | Run:
cmd.exe
%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe
%windir%\system32\cmd.exe

You most likely have some sort of malware; a trojan/virus/worm.

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and anti-spyware
software.

Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe Mode can
be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to conceal themselves
in areas Windows protects while using them. Safe mode can prevent those
applications access and therefore unprotect the viruses or other malware
allowing for easier removal.

''In safe mode, you have access to only basic files and drivers
(mouse, monitor, keyboard, mass storage, base video, default system
services), just the minimum device drivers required to start Windows.''

Because of that some malware does not load in Safe Mode and is easier to get
rid of.

How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=61#winxo

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

I know this is going to seem weird, and i may be a little early in saying
this but,I reinstalled the old ram and my problems have stopped....

2 250mg Patriot dual channel pc3200 ddr chips, versus the 3 1gb Pony chips,
doesn't make sense,system posted no problems booted fine. usually they won't
even go through post. I felt that runing the Memory tester in dos overnite
would have told me if there was any problems, it said there wasn't. Anyone
run inot this before?

It says on their web site this will run on my A7N8x Deluxe mb, this acts
more like a chipset issue , controlling ram maybe?

Latest bios revision 1008 8/14/04, everyday WE want to blame Viruses for
more problems, but my online scan and Mcafee scan showed nothing. This is
very odd for me not to have tried this earlier.

But everything pointed to a software related issue. Send any thoughts I will
keep in touch,been running good for 5 hours now longer than anytime in the
last 2 weeks.

Thanks in advance and to Wes



Gary


Gary L Greco

 

[Wesley Vogel]

It beats me, Gary.

"4. Hardware incompatibility" is right there in the Computerhope article.
My money was on malware.

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