Websites Can't Save To Content.IE5 Folder

[Guest]

OS: XP SP2, all updates installed successfully through and including
11-Aug-2005

On 10-Aug-2005, I suddenly started having problems with the Content.IE5
folder.
This showed itself via certain IE sites and download attempts (e.g.,
downloading Community pictures from Webshots -- although this is only one
example) are unsuccessful. Every time an IE site tries to download to that
folder now, I receive an error similiar to this (actual) one that came from
Webshots:

"The data file could not be processed because of this error:
c:\documents and settings\bill\local settings\temporary internet
files\content.ie5\8p61s2v\photodownload[1].wbz
was not found."

Actions I have taken to attempt to figure out what is wrong and/or resolve
this include:

* Logged in as another user to see if Content.IE5 was even there. It is, but
it is completely empty.
* Logged in as user (w/admin rights) and checked Content.IE5 of all other
users. The folder is empty in all cases.
* Ran the following registry check/fix utilities: Ace Utilities and
Regseeker. Neither found anything unusual.
* Ran Ad-Aware. While it did find 5 tracking cookies, removal of them did
not resolve the issue.
* Ran Spybot. It found nothing.
* Ran Symantec Antivirus check. It found nothing.
* Started machine in Safe Mode, cleared out the TIF and Temporary folders,
then went to Control Panels | Internet Options | General | Delete Files and
checked the Delete all offline content box. Restarted, same problem.
* Performed a System Restore to a point about a week ago when I know this
problem did not exist. Problem not solved.
* I read in one thread in a forum that moving the TIF folder to another
location, then moving it back to the appropriate Local Settings folder would
cause Windows to recreate the folder and its required entries. I performed
the move out of the Local Settings folder and back into it, but I have had no
success with that, either.
* Just to be on the safe side, I uninstalled and reinstalled the Webshots
software. It did not resolve the problem. (Reminder: Webshots is an example
only; it is non-exclusive.)

I am completely baffled about what is going on and how to correct it. I
regularly (virtually every day) bathe my system, as it were, by running the
various clean-up tools of Ace Utilities and Regseeker, as well as by running
full scans with Ad-Aware and running Spybot -- something I have been doing
now for a couple of years without incident. In fact, today's running of
Ad-Aware -- which as mentioned earlier found 5 tracking cookies -- represnted
the first time it has ever found ANY problems since I started using it. (The
only thing I can think of is that I was Googling all over the internet last
night trying to find something ... anything ... that might help me with this
problem, and must have picked up these wayward tracking cookies somehow along
the way.) Anyhow, they're gone now.

Does anybody have any thoughts on what is going on and how to correct it? I
have been unable to find anything helpful scouring the KBs, and a search
through all the Windows forums here on "Content.IE5" found quite a few
postings, but none that indicated the poster was having the problem I am
having.

Thanks in advance for noodling on this one ...

 

[PA Bear]

Forget about "downloading to [Content.IE5]". Are you able to access all
web-pages using IE?

What "antispyware" applications might you have running in background?

Did you scan with Ad-aware SE v1.06 and Spybot v1.4 and check for/install
updates for each before doing so?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

OS: XP SP2, all updates installed successfully through and including
11-Aug-2005

On 10-Aug-2005, I suddenly started having problems with the Content.IE5
folder.
This showed itself via certain IE sites and download attempts (e.g.,
downloading Community pictures from Webshots -- although this is only one
example) are unsuccessful. Every time an IE site tries to download to that
folder now, I receive an error similiar to this (actual) one that came
from Webshots:

"The data file could not be processed because of this error:
c:\documents and settings\bill\local settings\temporary internet
files\content.ie5\8p61s2v\photodownload[1].wbz
was not found."

Actions I have taken to attempt to figure out what is wrong and/or resolve
this include:

* Logged in as another user to see if Content.IE5 was even there. It is,
but it is completely empty.
* Logged in as user (w/admin rights) and checked Content.IE5 of all other
users. The folder is empty in all cases.
* Ran the following registry check/fix utilities: Ace Utilities and
Regseeker. Neither found anything unusual.
* Ran Ad-Aware. While it did find 5 tracking cookies, removal of them did
not resolve the issue.
* Ran Spybot. It found nothing.
* Ran Symantec Antivirus check. It found nothing.
* Started machine in Safe Mode, cleared out the TIF and Temporary folders,
then went to Control Panels | Internet Options | General | Delete Files
and checked the Delete all offline content box. Restarted, same problem.
* Performed a System Restore to a point about a week ago when I know this
problem did not exist. Problem not solved.
* I read in one thread in a forum that moving the TIF folder to another
location, then moving it back to the appropriate Local Settings folder
would cause Windows to recreate the folder and its required entries. I
performed the move out of the Local Settings folder and back into it, but
I have had no success with that, either.
* Just to be on the safe side, I uninstalled and reinstalled the Webshots
software. It did not resolve the problem. (Reminder: Webshots is an
example only; it is non-exclusive.)

I am completely baffled about what is going on and how to correct it. I
regularly (virtually every day) bathe my system, as it were, by running
the various clean-up tools of Ace Utilities and Regseeker, as well as by
running full scans with Ad-Aware and running Spybot -- something I have
been doing now for a couple of years without incident. In fact, today's
running of Ad-Aware -- which as mentioned earlier found 5 tracking
cookies -- represnted the first time it has ever found ANY problems since
I started using it. (The only thing I can think of is that I was Googling
all over the internet last night trying to find something ... anything
... that might help me with this problem, and must have picked up these
wayward tracking cookies somehow along the way.) Anyhow, they're gone now.

Does anybody have any thoughts on what is going on and how to correct it?
I have been unable to find anything helpful scouring the KBs, and a search
through all the Windows forums here on "Content.IE5" found quite a few
postings, but none that indicated the poster was having the problem I am
having.

Thanks in advance for noodling on this one ...

 

[Sandi Hardmeier - MVP]

Probably a corrupt cache folder. Log on using a different administrator
account and then delete the cache files for the affected identity.'

--
__________________________________________
Sandi - Microsoft MVP since 1999
http://www.ie-vista.com
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org

Inetexplorer has changed - for instructions on how to
find old URLs, go here:
http://msmvps.com/spywaresucks/archive/2005/05/14/46971.aspx

OS: XP SP2, all updates installed successfully through and including
11-Aug-2005

On 10-Aug-2005, I suddenly started having problems with the Content.IE5
folder.
This showed itself via certain IE sites and download attempts (e.g.,
downloading Community pictures from Webshots -- although this is only one
example) are unsuccessful. Every time an IE site tries to download to that
folder now, I receive an error similiar to this (actual) one that came
from
Webshots:

"The data file could not be processed because of this error:
c:\documents and settings\bill\local settings\temporary internet
files\content.ie5\8p61s2v\photodownload[1].wbz
was not found."

Actions I have taken to attempt to figure out what is wrong and/or resolve
this include:

* Logged in as another user to see if Content.IE5 was even there. It is,
but
it is completely empty.
* Logged in as user (w/admin rights) and checked Content.IE5 of all other
users. The folder is empty in all cases.
* Ran the following registry check/fix utilities: Ace Utilities and
Regseeker. Neither found anything unusual.
* Ran Ad-Aware. While it did find 5 tracking cookies, removal of them did
not resolve the issue.
* Ran Spybot. It found nothing.
* Ran Symantec Antivirus check. It found nothing.
* Started machine in Safe Mode, cleared out the TIF and Temporary folders,
then went to Control Panels | Internet Options | General | Delete Files
and
checked the Delete all offline content box. Restarted, same problem.
* Performed a System Restore to a point about a week ago when I know this
problem did not exist. Problem not solved.
* I read in one thread in a forum that moving the TIF folder to another
location, then moving it back to the appropriate Local Settings folder
would
cause Windows to recreate the folder and its required entries. I performed
the move out of the Local Settings folder and back into it, but I have had
no
success with that, either.
* Just to be on the safe side, I uninstalled and reinstalled the Webshots
software. It did not resolve the problem. (Reminder: Webshots is an
example
only; it is non-exclusive.)

I am completely baffled about what is going on and how to correct it. I
regularly (virtually every day) bathe my system, as it were, by running
the
various clean-up tools of Ace Utilities and Regseeker, as well as by
running
full scans with Ad-Aware and running Spybot -- something I have been doing
now for a couple of years without incident. In fact, today's running of
Ad-Aware -- which as mentioned earlier found 5 tracking cookies --
represnted
the first time it has ever found ANY problems since I started using it.
(The
only thing I can think of is that I was Googling all over the internet
last
night trying to find something ... anything ... that might help me with
this
problem, and must have picked up these wayward tracking cookies somehow
along
the way.) Anyhow, they're gone now.

Does anybody have any thoughts on what is going on and how to correct it?
I
have been unable to find anything helpful scouring the KBs, and a search
through all the Windows forums here on "Content.IE5" found quite a few
postings, but none that indicated the poster was having the problem I am
having.

Thanks in advance for noodling on this one ...

 

[Guest]

1. CAN access web pages
2. As stated, DID run both Ad-Aware and Spybot (latest versions); results
given in post
3. Ad-Watch WAS running in background; I have since disabled it until I can
solve this problem.
--
Bill F
Dont believe everything you think.

Forget about "downloading to [Content.IE5]". Are you able to access all
web-pages using IE?

What "antispyware" applications might you have running in background?

Did you scan with Ad-aware SE v1.06 and Spybot v1.4 and check for/install
updates for each before doing so?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

OS: XP SP2, all updates installed successfully through and including
11-Aug-2005

On 10-Aug-2005, I suddenly started having problems with the Content.IE5
folder.
This showed itself via certain IE sites and download attempts (e.g.,
downloading Community pictures from Webshots -- although this is only one
example) are unsuccessful. Every time an IE site tries to download to that
folder now, I receive an error similiar to this (actual) one that came
from Webshots:

"The data file could not be processed because of this error:
c:\documents and settings\bill\local settings\temporary internet
files\content.ie5\8p61s2v\photodownload[1].wbz
was not found."

Actions I have taken to attempt to figure out what is wrong and/or resolve
this include:

* Logged in as another user to see if Content.IE5 was even there. It is,
but it is completely empty.
* Logged in as user (w/admin rights) and checked Content.IE5 of all other
users. The folder is empty in all cases.
* Ran the following registry check/fix utilities: Ace Utilities and
Regseeker. Neither found anything unusual.
* Ran Ad-Aware. While it did find 5 tracking cookies, removal of them did
not resolve the issue.
* Ran Spybot. It found nothing.
* Ran Symantec Antivirus check. It found nothing.
* Started machine in Safe Mode, cleared out the TIF and Temporary folders,
then went to Control Panels | Internet Options | General | Delete Files
and checked the Delete all offline content box. Restarted, same problem.
* Performed a System Restore to a point about a week ago when I know this
problem did not exist. Problem not solved.
* I read in one thread in a forum that moving the TIF folder to another
location, then moving it back to the appropriate Local Settings folder
would cause Windows to recreate the folder and its required entries. I
performed the move out of the Local Settings folder and back into it, but
I have had no success with that, either.
* Just to be on the safe side, I uninstalled and reinstalled the Webshots
software. It did not resolve the problem. (Reminder: Webshots is an
example only; it is non-exclusive.)

I am completely baffled about what is going on and how to correct it. I
regularly (virtually every day) bathe my system, as it were, by running
the various clean-up tools of Ace Utilities and Regseeker, as well as by
running full scans with Ad-Aware and running Spybot -- something I have
been doing now for a couple of years without incident. In fact, today's
running of Ad-Aware -- which as mentioned earlier found 5 tracking
cookies -- represnted the first time it has ever found ANY problems since
I started using it. (The only thing I can think of is that I was Googling
all over the internet last night trying to find something ... anything
... that might help me with this problem, and must have picked up these
wayward tracking cookies somehow along the way.) Anyhow, they're gone now.

Does anybody have any thoughts on what is going on and how to correct it?
I have been unable to find anything helpful scouring the KBs, and a search
through all the Windows forums here on "Content.IE5" found quite a few
postings, but none that indicated the poster was having the problem I am
having.

Thanks in advance for noodling on this one ...

 

[Guest]

Sandi,
I logged is an Administrator, and deleted the Temporary Internet Files
folder for the user in question. (I think that is what you were suggesting.)
I then logged in as the user and tried to download. Same problem.
--
Bill F
Dont believe everything you think.

Probably a corrupt cache folder. Log on using a different administrator
account and then delete the cache files for the affected identity.'

--
__________________________________________
Sandi - Microsoft MVP since 1999
http://www.ie-vista.com
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org

Inetexplorer has changed - for instructions on how to
find old URLs, go here:
http://msmvps.com/spywaresucks/archive/2005/05/14/46971.aspx

OS: XP SP2, all updates installed successfully through and including
11-Aug-2005

On 10-Aug-2005, I suddenly started having problems with the Content.IE5
folder.
This showed itself via certain IE sites and download attempts (e.g.,
downloading Community pictures from Webshots -- although this is only one
example) are unsuccessful. Every time an IE site tries to download to that
folder now, I receive an error similiar to this (actual) one that came
from
Webshots:

"The data file could not be processed because of this error:
c:\documents and settings\bill\local settings\temporary internet
files\content.ie5\8p61s2v\photodownload[1].wbz
was not found."

Actions I have taken to attempt to figure out what is wrong and/or resolve
this include:

* Logged in as another user to see if Content.IE5 was even there. It is,
but
it is completely empty.
* Logged in as user (w/admin rights) and checked Content.IE5 of all other
users. The folder is empty in all cases.
* Ran the following registry check/fix utilities: Ace Utilities and
Regseeker. Neither found anything unusual.
* Ran Ad-Aware. While it did find 5 tracking cookies, removal of them did
not resolve the issue.
* Ran Spybot. It found nothing.
* Ran Symantec Antivirus check. It found nothing.
* Started machine in Safe Mode, cleared out the TIF and Temporary folders,
then went to Control Panels | Internet Options | General | Delete Files
and
checked the Delete all offline content box. Restarted, same problem.
* Performed a System Restore to a point about a week ago when I know this
problem did not exist. Problem not solved.
* I read in one thread in a forum that moving the TIF folder to another
location, then moving it back to the appropriate Local Settings folder
would
cause Windows to recreate the folder and its required entries. I performed
the move out of the Local Settings folder and back into it, but I have had
no
success with that, either.
* Just to be on the safe side, I uninstalled and reinstalled the Webshots
software. It did not resolve the problem. (Reminder: Webshots is an
example
only; it is non-exclusive.)

I am completely baffled about what is going on and how to correct it. I
regularly (virtually every day) bathe my system, as it were, by running
the
various clean-up tools of Ace Utilities and Regseeker, as well as by
running
full scans with Ad-Aware and running Spybot -- something I have been doing
now for a couple of years without incident. In fact, today's running of
Ad-Aware -- which as mentioned earlier found 5 tracking cookies --
represnted
the first time it has ever found ANY problems since I started using it.
(The
only thing I can think of is that I was Googling all over the internet
last
night trying to find something ... anything ... that might help me with
this
problem, and must have picked up these wayward tracking cookies somehow
along
the way.) Anyhow, they're gone now.

Does anybody have any thoughts on what is going on and how to correct it?
I
have been unable to find anything helpful scouring the KBs, and a search
through all the Windows forums here on "Content.IE5" found quite a few
postings, but none that indicated the poster was having the problem I am
having.

Thanks in advance for noodling on this one ...

 

[PA Bear]

Try undoing all changes you made and disabling all protection settings you'd
enabled using Ad-aware SE Pro. From your reply to Sandi's post and this
one, it sounds like it's the cause of the behavior.

1. CAN access web pages

Despite the behavior you state, are you able to successfully download the
images from Webshots? (Most anti-malware experts recommend uninstalling/not
using Webshots, Bill, and I suspect Ad-aware SE Pro is in agreement here,
hence the problems.)
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

1. CAN access web pages
2. As stated, DID run both Ad-Aware and Spybot (latest versions); results
given in post
3. Ad-Watch WAS running in background; I have since disabled it until I
can solve this problem.

Forget about "downloading to [Content.IE5]". Are you able to access all
web-pages using IE?

What "antispyware" applications might you have running in background?

Did you scan with Ad-aware SE v1.06 and Spybot v1.4 and check
for/install updates for each before doing so?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

OS: XP SP2, all updates installed successfully through and including
11-Aug-2005

On 10-Aug-2005, I suddenly started having problems with the
Content.IE5 folder.
This showed itself via certain IE sites and download attempts (e.g.,
downloading Community pictures from Webshots -- although this is only
one example) are unsuccessful. Every time an IE site tries to
download to that folder now, I receive an error similiar to this
(actual) one that came from Webshots:

"The data file could not be processed because of this error:
c:\documents and settings\bill\local settings\temporary internet
files\content.ie5\8p61s2v\photodownload[1].wbz
was not found."

Actions I have taken to attempt to figure out what is wrong and/or
resolve this include:

* Logged in as another user to see if Content.IE5 was even there. It
is, but it is completely empty.
* Logged in as user (w/admin rights) and checked Content.IE5 of all
other users. The folder is empty in all cases.
* Ran the following registry check/fix utilities: Ace Utilities and
Regseeker. Neither found anything unusual.
* Ran Ad-Aware. While it did find 5 tracking cookies, removal of them
did not resolve the issue.
* Ran Spybot. It found nothing.
* Ran Symantec Antivirus check. It found nothing.
* Started machine in Safe Mode, cleared out the TIF and Temporary
folders, then went to Control Panels | Internet Options | General |
Delete Files and checked the Delete all offline content box.
Restarted, same problem. * Performed a System Restore to a point
about a week ago when I know this problem did not exist. Problem not
solved. * I read in one thread in a forum that moving the TIF folder
to another location, then moving it back to the appropriate Local
Settings folder would cause Windows to recreate the folder and its
required entries. I performed the move out of the Local Settings
folder and back into it, but I have had no success with that, either.
* Just to be on the safe side, I uninstalled and reinstalled the
Webshots software. It did not resolve the problem. (Reminder:
Webshots is an example only; it is non-exclusive.)

I am completely baffled about what is going on and how to correct it.
I regularly (virtually every day) bathe my system, as it were, by
running the various clean-up tools of Ace Utilities and Regseeker, as
well as by running full scans with Ad-Aware and running Spybot --
something I have been doing now for a couple of years without
incident. In fact, today's running of Ad-Aware -- which as mentioned
earlier found 5 tracking cookies -- represnted the first time it has
ever found ANY problems since I started using it. (The only thing I
can think of is that I was Googling all over the internet last night
trying to find something ... anything ... that might help me with
this problem, and must have picked up these wayward tracking cookies
somehow along the way.) Anyhow, they're gone now.

Does anybody have any thoughts on what is going on and how to correct
it? I have been unable to find anything helpful scouring the KBs, and
a search through all the Windows forums here on "Content.IE5" found
quite a few postings, but none that indicated the poster was having
the problem I am having.

Thanks in advance for noodling on this one ...

 

[Guest]

Undid all the changes, etc., you suggest. Still no luck.
--
Bill F
Dont believe everything you think.

Try undoing all changes you made and disabling all protection settings you'd
enabled using Ad-aware SE Pro. From your reply to Sandi's post and this
one, it sounds like it's the cause of the behavior.

1. CAN access web pages

Despite the behavior you state, are you able to successfully download the
images from Webshots? (Most anti-malware experts recommend uninstalling/not
using Webshots, Bill, and I suspect Ad-aware SE Pro is in agreement here,
hence the problems.)
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

1. CAN access web pages
2. As stated, DID run both Ad-Aware and Spybot (latest versions); results
given in post
3. Ad-Watch WAS running in background; I have since disabled it until I
can solve this problem.

Forget about "downloading to [Content.IE5]". Are you able to access all
web-pages using IE?

What "antispyware" applications might you have running in background?

Did you scan with Ad-aware SE v1.06 and Spybot v1.4 and check
for/install updates for each before doing so?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP


Bill F wrote:
OS: XP SP2, all updates installed successfully through and including
11-Aug-2005

On 10-Aug-2005, I suddenly started having problems with the
Content.IE5 folder.
This showed itself via certain IE sites and download attempts (e.g.,
downloading Community pictures from Webshots -- although this is only
one example) are unsuccessful. Every time an IE site tries to
download to that folder now, I receive an error similiar to this
(actual) one that came from Webshots:

"The data file could not be processed because of this error:
c:\documents and settings\bill\local settings\temporary internet
files\content.ie5\8p61s2v\photodownload[1].wbz
was not found."

Actions I have taken to attempt to figure out what is wrong and/or
resolve this include:

* Logged in as another user to see if Content.IE5 was even there. It
is, but it is completely empty.
* Logged in as user (w/admin rights) and checked Content.IE5 of all
other users. The folder is empty in all cases.
* Ran the following registry check/fix utilities: Ace Utilities and
Regseeker. Neither found anything unusual.
* Ran Ad-Aware. While it did find 5 tracking cookies, removal of them
did not resolve the issue.
* Ran Spybot. It found nothing.
* Ran Symantec Antivirus check. It found nothing.
* Started machine in Safe Mode, cleared out the TIF and Temporary
folders, then went to Control Panels | Internet Options | General |
Delete Files and checked the Delete all offline content box.
Restarted, same problem. * Performed a System Restore to a point
about a week ago when I know this problem did not exist. Problem not
solved. * I read in one thread in a forum that moving the TIF folder
to another location, then moving it back to the appropriate Local
Settings folder would cause Windows to recreate the folder and its
required entries. I performed the move out of the Local Settings
folder and back into it, but I have had no success with that, either.
* Just to be on the safe side, I uninstalled and reinstalled the
Webshots software. It did not resolve the problem. (Reminder:
Webshots is an example only; it is non-exclusive.)

I am completely baffled about what is going on and how to correct it.
I regularly (virtually every day) bathe my system, as it were, by
running the various clean-up tools of Ace Utilities and Regseeker, as
well as by running full scans with Ad-Aware and running Spybot --
something I have been doing now for a couple of years without
incident. In fact, today's running of Ad-Aware -- which as mentioned
earlier found 5 tracking cookies -- represnted the first time it has
ever found ANY problems since I started using it. (The only thing I
can think of is that I was Googling all over the internet last night
trying to find something ... anything ... that might help me with
this problem, and must have picked up these wayward tracking cookies
somehow along the way.) Anyhow, they're gone now.

Does anybody have any thoughts on what is going on and how to correct
it? I have been unable to find anything helpful scouring the KBs, and
a search through all the Windows forums here on "Content.IE5" found
quite a few postings, but none that indicated the poster was having
the problem I am having.

Thanks in advance for noodling on this one ...

 

[Sandi Hardmeier - MVP]

Perhaps cache size is smaller than download size? Or IE (the computer, more
precisely) doesn't recognise the file type extension.

--
__________________________________________
Sandi - Microsoft MVP since 1999
http://www.ie-vista.com
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org

Inetexplorer has changed - for instructions on how to
find old URLs, go here:
http://msmvps.com/spywaresucks/archive/2005/05/14/46971.aspx

Undid all the changes, etc., you suggest. Still no luck.
--
Bill F
Dont believe everything you think.

Try undoing all changes you made and disabling all protection settings
you'd
enabled using Ad-aware SE Pro. From your reply to Sandi's post and this
one, it sounds like it's the cause of the behavior.

1. CAN access web pages

Despite the behavior you state, are you able to successfully download the
images from Webshots? (Most anti-malware experts recommend
uninstalling/not
using Webshots, Bill, and I suspect Ad-aware SE Pro is in agreement here,
hence the problems.)
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

1. CAN access web pages
2. As stated, DID run both Ad-Aware and Spybot (latest versions);
results
given in post
3. Ad-Watch WAS running in background; I have since disabled it until I
can solve this problem.

Forget about "downloading to [Content.IE5]". Are you able to access
all
web-pages using IE?

What "antispyware" applications might you have running in background?

Did you scan with Ad-aware SE v1.06 and Spybot v1.4 and check
for/install updates for each before doing so?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP


Bill F wrote:
OS: XP SP2, all updates installed successfully through and
including
11-Aug-2005

On 10-Aug-2005, I suddenly started having problems with the
Content.IE5 folder.
This showed itself via certain IE sites and download attempts
(e.g.,
downloading Community pictures from Webshots -- although this is
only
one example) are unsuccessful. Every time an IE site tries to
download to that folder now, I receive an error similiar to this
(actual) one that came from Webshots:

"The data file could not be processed because of this error:
c:\documents and settings\bill\local settings\temporary internet
files\content.ie5\8p61s2v\photodownload[1].wbz
was not found."

Actions I have taken to attempt to figure out what is wrong and/or
resolve this include:

* Logged in as another user to see if Content.IE5 was even there.
It
is, but it is completely empty.
* Logged in as user (w/admin rights) and checked Content.IE5 of all
other users. The folder is empty in all cases.
* Ran the following registry check/fix utilities: Ace Utilities and
Regseeker. Neither found anything unusual.
* Ran Ad-Aware. While it did find 5 tracking cookies, removal of
them
did not resolve the issue.
* Ran Spybot. It found nothing.
* Ran Symantec Antivirus check. It found nothing.
* Started machine in Safe Mode, cleared out the TIF and Temporary
folders, then went to Control Panels | Internet Options | General |
Delete Files and checked the Delete all offline content box.
Restarted, same problem. * Performed a System Restore to a point
about a week ago when I know this problem did not exist. Problem
not
solved. * I read in one thread in a forum that moving the TIF
folder
to another location, then moving it back to the appropriate Local
Settings folder would cause Windows to recreate the folder and its
required entries. I performed the move out of the Local Settings
folder and back into it, but I have had no success with that,
either.
* Just to be on the safe side, I uninstalled and reinstalled the
Webshots software. It did not resolve the problem. (Reminder:
Webshots is an example only; it is non-exclusive.)

I am completely baffled about what is going on and how to correct
it.
I regularly (virtually every day) bathe my system, as it were, by
running the various clean-up tools of Ace Utilities and Regseeker,
as
well as by running full scans with Ad-Aware and running Spybot --
something I have been doing now for a couple of years without
incident. In fact, today's running of Ad-Aware -- which as
mentioned
earlier found 5 tracking cookies -- represnted the first time it
has
ever found ANY problems since I started using it. (The only thing I
can think of is that I was Googling all over the internet last
night
trying to find something ... anything ... that might help me with
this problem, and must have picked up these wayward tracking
cookies
somehow along the way.) Anyhow, they're gone now.

Does anybody have any thoughts on what is going on and how to
correct
it? I have been unable to find anything helpful scouring the KBs,
and
a search through all the Windows forums here on "Content.IE5" found
quite a few postings, but none that indicated the poster was having
the problem I am having.

Thanks in advance for noodling on this one ...