"The application failed to initialize properly"

[Guest]

I loaded new drivers from the gateway site and now occasionally I can't open
any programs, including opening the control panel. The mouse still functions
and an open window can be minimized but any running programs won't respond
and I can't even restart or turn off the computer w/o pulling the power plug.
When I try to run any program (including trying to restart) I get the ""The
application failed to initialize properly (xxxxx) click ok to close window"
err message. Any help would be appreciated. I have downloaded CounterSpy
and removed spyware and used PC mechanic to clean up my registry (which cause
the computer to freeze up once or twice). Thanks.

 

[Li'l Roberto]

I loaded new drivers from the gateway site and now occasionally I can't
open
any programs, including opening the control panel. The mouse still
functions
and an open window can be minimized but any running programs won't
respond
and I can't even restart or turn off the computer w/o pulling the
power plug.
When I try to run any program (including trying to restart) I get the
""The
application failed to initialize properly (xxxxx) click ok to close
window"
err message. Any help would be appreciated. I have downloaded
CounterSpy
and removed spyware and used PC mechanic to clean up my registry
(which cause
the computer to freeze up once or twice). Thanks.

To roll back the drivers to the ones prior to the D/l from the
Gateway site do this,

winkey+pause/break> Hardware Tab >Devices Manager, select the device.
Right click > select properties > Driver Tab, choose roll back
driver.
Things such as PC Mechanic are dangerous in the wrong hands .. so
it's likely your drivers are not the cause of your problem, can
you restore the PC to a date prior to unleashing PC M.

rgds
Li'l Roberto

 

[Rock]

I loaded new drivers from the gateway site and now occasionally I can't open
any programs, including opening the control panel. The mouse still functions
and an open window can be minimized but any running programs won't respond
and I can't even restart or turn off the computer w/o pulling the power plug.
When I try to run any program (including trying to restart) I get the ""The
application failed to initialize properly (xxxxx) click ok to close window"
err message. Any help would be appreciated. I have downloaded CounterSpy
and removed spyware and used PC mechanic to clean up my registry (which cause
the computer to freeze up once or twice). Thanks.

Registry cleaners are fraught with problems, more trouble than they are
worth unless you know what you are doing. Avoid them. There are other
free programs to run to remove spyware. No one program can do everything.

Run these programs to check for spyware/malware. After installing
update them, then boot into safe mode and run them. You should update
and run them weekly.

Cwshredder
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Ad-aware SE
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10247783.html

Pest Patrol Free Pest Scanner
http://store.ca.com/dr/v2/ec_main.e...tchingYou&client=ComputerAssociates&sid=35715

If you’re still having problems after running these then run HijackThis
and post the log to one of the specialty forums, _NOT_ this one.

HijackThis
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155

Forums to Interpret HijackThis Logs:

http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/

After your system is clean use these programs to help keep it clean:

Spywareblaster
www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html

Spywareguard
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html

IE-SPYAD
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm

 

[Kelly]

Hi Karen,

Try a rollback via the Device Manager for your newly added drivers. As per
the rest, scrap them and use:

Run Ad-Aware SE, Spybot and HijackThis:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

Note: Update the first two programs, once installed, before running.

Free Online Virus Scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

Good luck and keep us posted!

--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

 

[Plato]

I loaded new drivers from the gateway site and now occasionally I can't open
any programs, including opening the control panel. The mouse still functions

Why did you do that? Was something not working?