Code 164

[captain zed]

Hi Folks, i'm looking for a little advice.
Tonight i downloaded the latest version of MBAM, and when i tried to install, windows told me i could not create any more threads on this system and gave a code 164.
I still have over 180Gb space on my hard drive and am a little confused as to why this is happening. I thought maybe i had downloaded too much crap or something so i went to control to uninstall some maybe unwanted stuff. Windows keeps telling me i cannot do this or i have already uninstalled this.It then asks if would like to remove this from the list. I hit yes and it doesn't remove it.
Having said all that i downloaded i-tunes the other day to register my new i-phone.
I decided to uninstall everything related to apple but i cannot get rid of it.
Any suggestions??

 

[Taffycat]

Hi Zed I can't answer your main Error Code 164 question... (being a cat of little brain ) but regarding the Apple apps that you want to remove, it would seem that there is a recommended "order" for their removal. According to the Apple website it is:

1. iTunes
2. QuickTime
3. Apple Software Update
4. Apple Mobile Device Support
5. Bonjour
6. Apple Application Support (iTunes 9 or later)

Hope it helps just a wee bit. Good luck with the main problem

 

[Ian]

I've never seen that 164 error before - can you take a screenshot of the messagebox that shows it so I can take a closer look please

 

[captain zed]

Hi Ian,
Thanks for your reply. For some reason things appear to have somehow rectified theirselves. LAst night i couldn't get any any microsoft updates but today it seems to have updated somehow.
Last night i spent some time cleaning up in safe mode and dumped some stuff i didn't really need and the problem is now gone. What i have noticed is that all my previous system restore points have disappeared except for one which was done yesterday at 17:27. I wasn't even using the pc at this time.
Now i'm a little unsure what to do next but i would like to make a Vista back up CD. I don't know how to do this either so it's study time.....again,lol.
Regarding the code 164 issue, it hasn't cropped up yet but when it does i will send ya screenshot.
Here's a screen shot i got online today of microsoft error codes with 164 and its message.
Any suggestions on the back up cd would be appreciated.

 

[captain zed]

Sorry folks....hope this one is bigger

 

[captain zed]

Hi Zed I can't answer your main Error Code 164 question... (being a cat of little brain ) but regarding the Apple apps that you want to remove, it would seem that there is a recommended "order" for their removal. According to the Apple website it is:

1. iTunes
2. QuickTime
3. Apple Software Update
4. Apple Mobile Device Support
5. Bonjour
6. Apple Application Support (iTunes 9 or later)

Hope it helps just a wee bit. Good luck with the main problem

Hi TC....thanks for the tip....i'm giving it a try right now. I will let ya know how it goes.

 

[captain zed]

Hi folks....me again. I just thought i would report back with some scan results i got from the latest version of MBAM......see the screeenshot. I still have to see how things go but it seems like everything is okay.....so far.

 

[captain zed]

Hi Zed I can't answer your main Error Code 164 question... (being a cat of little brain ) but regarding the Apple apps that you want to remove, it would seem that there is a recommended "order" for their removal. According to the Apple website it is:

1. iTunes
2. QuickTime
3. Apple Software Update
4. Apple Mobile Device Support
5. Bonjour
6. Apple Application Support (iTunes 9 or later)

Hope it helps just a wee bit. Good luck with the main problem

Hi TC....that tip worked a treat. Balance has been restored and my pcis absolutely flying again....trouble is my i-phone still has to be registered....might try again tomorrow,lol. I'm knackered now. Thanks again

 

[Ian]

Now i'm a little unsure what to do next but i would like to make a Vista back up CD. I don't know how to do this either so it's study time.....again,lol.
Regarding the code 164 issue, it hasn't cropped up yet but when it does i will send ya screenshot.
Here's a screen shot i got online today of microsoft error codes with 164 and its message.
Any suggestions on the back up cd would be appreciated.

That's good news that the error has gone It may just have been a one-off.

What sort of backup CD do you want, one that will re-install a clean version of Vista or one that is a complete image of your hard drive (i.e. includes your software, documents, mail etc...).

It might be worth making a new thread on that and then we can help out

 

[captain zed]

Thanks Ian,

Will post a new thread