Unsigned driver (strln.sys by veritas software) is eating my system!

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At shutdown an unsigned driver (strln.sys by Veritas Software Inc) is
doing things that cause data to be corrupted. I caught it by using
"verifier.exe" which checks drivers in WinXP. It really likes to eat
my Mozilla profiles for some reason. But I'm scared it may be doing
other things as well. So far, using scandisk hasn't found any errors
on the hard disk (Thank god).

There must be some way to tell what software added this driver so I
can remove it! How do I tell what software on my machine has added
this unsigned driver? Unsigned drivers don't come with WinXP do they?
Is there a safe way to not load this driver (and still have XP boot?)

I have no scheduled tasks and I use no backup type software, which
seems to be what Veritas Software makes (http://www.veritas.com). I
also turned off Start-Up programs and disabled one service (Turned off
virus software. The rest are all Microsoft and one Nvidia graphics
card service.)

Thanks for any info...................Sam
 
Try going to run,type:SigVerif If you have unsigned drivers that show,
write them down,then close out,open search in my computer,type in the
exe or .dll info for each,R.click on a result,properties.
 
That's seemingly not a Microsoft product, so you should be able to get help
here:
http://support.veritas.com/index.htm
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It is still a Microsoft problem also:
1. XP hangs totally, won't boot, if I remove the Veritas drivers.
2. XP doesn't seem to have a way to tell what software installed which
drivers. Or does it? Too bad it doesn't keep a record of that
somewhere.
3. Now that I have removed the settings in Microsofts "verifier.exe"
the system doesn't hang on shut down. So it must be in part
Microsoft's "verifier.exe" that is causing it to hang, in addition to
the Veritas "ssrtln.sys".
4. XP acts very naughty! Restore can't be undone sometimes (even
though the first screen says so), and the solution to everything in XP
seems to be a fresh install. Bad XP!
5. I'm not sure that "ssrtln.sys" doesn't come with XP. Can anyone
here confirm that?

 
It is still a Microsoft problem also:
1. XP hangs totally, won't boot, if I remove the Veritas drivers.
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I don't think so. I gave you the link for obtaining the 3rd party support
that you need. If you put a Chevy part in a Ford automobile, it might work
but if it doesn't you'd seek a solution from Chevy -- not Ford, as it's not
their product. And this is an XP newsgroup, not a Veritas one.
2. XP doesn't seem to have a way to tell what software installed which
drivers. Or does it? Too bad it doesn't keep a record of that
somewhere.
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Maybe, but I don't know the answer to that one. However, the individual
programs usually have an installation log so you could try searching all the
files in your Programs Files folder, specifying the driver name as text to
search within the files for. Might take a while to finish that kind of
search.
3. Now that I have removed the settings in Microsofts "verifier.exe"
the system doesn't hang on shut down. So it must be in part
Microsoft's "verifier.exe" that is causing it to hang, in addition to
the Veritas "ssrtln.sys".
Click to expand...

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=244617
That's just a (rather nice) driver troubleshooting tool for 2000 and XP.
It's meant to help its User discover the actual root cause of a problem.
4. XP acts very naughty! Restore can't be undone sometimes (even
though the first screen says so), and the solution to everything in XP
seems to be a fresh install. Bad XP!
Click to expand...

Some Micrsoft Updates can not be uninstalled. When you install such an
update then you can not restore your system to an earlier time. There is a
3rd party product called Go Back (from Symantec, who also owns Norton and
McAfee) that will let you do that, but you need a fast HDD (like one having
an 8meg cache of its own, which really speeds up a system) and lots of HDD
space (since it constantly archives many old copies of files). If you have a
good enough computer to handle the CPU and HDD load then Go Back is indeed a
fine product.
5. I'm not sure that "ssrtln.sys" doesn't come with XP. Can anyone
here confirm that?
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It doesn't come with 2000 or 98. I don't have an XP or ME system running at
the moment, so I can't search those operating systems. But the general rule
is if the properties of a file doesn't specify a Microsoft copyright then it
didn't come with a Microsoft operating system.

Again, I suggest that you contact the 3rd party vendor at
http://support.veritas.com/index.htm for a proper solution to the problem
you are experiencing.
 
i have detected which application is installing "ssrtln.sys" into you
system. it should be recording software. please look into it


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j2inne
 
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