Application configuration

[Guest]

Very big problem...

A lot of applications won't work, suddenly my XP Home edition has a login
screen that looks like XP Professional and when shutting down, the shut down
is a XP Professional shut down screen but it still says home edition on that
and the login screen.

I cannot open applications like Firefox and media players. The error message
says the path name of the program, and then says "This application has failed
to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the
application may fix this problem."

I googled to find something that might help, but didn't find anything
clear... Everything I saw had something to do with C++ and Visual C++ and
maybe Visual Basic, I'm not sure...

After looking around, I saw that it might help if I used this program,
Dependency Walker, to find what modules the applications relied on to
function... At first it said the applications were missing efsadu.dll and
msjava.dll so I downloaded this and copied them to the WINDOWS folder, system
folder, and system32 folder...
Then it said they were missing mpr.dll and I downloaded and copied it into
the same directories, except it was already in the system32 folder and was
already in use...

I'm stuck... I reformatted a few weeks ago and I don't want to reformat
again...

 

[Guest]

Do you have anti-virus software and a firewall running on your computer ?? I
would say you need to scan for viruses and spyware.

MD

 

[Guest]

Yeah, I did scan. It removed some stuff, but it didn't help... Also my
spyware scanners happen to be some of the applications effected by this
"application configuration" problem. The anti-virus program happens to
work... Also after the scan, it suddenly caught three things in my C:\System
Volume Information folder that looked like Trojans and Dialers...

 

[steam3801]

Very big problem...

A lot of applications won't work, suddenly my XP Home edition has a login
screen that looks like XP Professional and when shutting down, the shut down
is a XP Professional shut down screen but it still says home edition on that
and the login screen.

I cannot open applications like Firefox and media players. The error message
says the path name of the program, and then says "This application has failed
to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the
application may fix this problem."

I googled to find something that might help, but didn't find anything
clear... Everything I saw had something to do with C++ and Visual C++ and
maybe Visual Basic, I'm not sure...

After looking around, I saw that it might help if I used this program,
Dependency Walker, to find what modules the applications relied on to
function... At first it said the applications were missing efsadu.dll and
msjava.dll so I downloaded this and copied them to the WINDOWS folder, system
folder, and system32 folder...
Then it said they were missing mpr.dll and I downloaded and copied it into
the same directories, except it was already in the system32 folder and was
already in use...

I'm stuck... I reformatted a few weeks ago and I don't want to reformat
again...

Do you have auto updates set to on? If so, when was the last auto
update run, and what was included in it?

 

[Guest]

Yes, Auto Updates are set to on but I forget what the last download was. If
the what I'm reading in the System Restore menu is what we're looking for, it
looks like Friday May 19 was the last update and it had "Software
Distribution Service" in it? I don't think that's it though. So Auto Updates
may have something to do with this?

 

[steam3801]

Yes, Auto Updates are set to on but I forget what the last download was. If
the what I'm reading in the System Restore menu is what we're looking for, it
looks like Friday May 19 was the last update and it had "Software
Distribution Service" in it? I don't think that's it though. So Auto Updates
may have something to do with this?

Oh yes, in deedy-deed I do diddly-oo do. And more than likely
something to do with one (or both) of versions of .Net you've got
installed (1.1 or 2)

 

[Guest]

Alright. Then how do I fix it? If Auto updates is the culprit, then
reformatting and redoing all the auto updates sounds like it will lead to the
same problem all over again... What should I do?

 

[Guest]

I can't find an edit option so I have to double post...

Oh dear. I was looking around the auto updates site on my sister's laptop...
it looks like this .NET you speak of is optional. So this .NET is what
screwed me over? If so, then if I reformat and not install .NET, then I
should not run across this problem again? Also, is there a way to fix this
without reformatting?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I can't find an edit option so I have to double post...

Oh dear. I was looking around the auto updates site on my sister's
laptop... it looks like this .NET you speak of is optional. So this
.NET is what screwed me over?

No, that's *highly* unlikely. Look elsewhere for your solution.

 

[steam3801]

Alright. Then how do I fix it? If Auto updates is the culprit, then
reformatting and redoing all the auto updates sounds like it will lead to the
same problem all over again... What should I do?

Well, let's not get too carried away - I suspect the .Net component
may only be part of the problem (the logon screen change - had this
happen many times after .Net components installed).

As for the other things, no, I don't think you can blame it all on
..Net.

"Redoing all the auto updates" should not be considered, or at least
making it "auto updates".

Turn off auto, and do it yourself, from time to time. Then *YOU* (and
not Microsoft) can determine what gets installed on your computer.

 

[Guest]

So .NET is only part of the problem... What other possible problems and what
can I do to fix all of this? Is it more trouble than it's worth and I should
reformat? If so, then reformat, turn off auto updates, and install only what
I think should be installed?