researched iexplorer.exe fix, but it doesn't work

Hello, I researched this in the forum, but I'm not having any luck fixing it. Thanks in advance--you guys were great with my spyware issues.

Windows 98SE
600Mhz Intel celeron processor
320 MG RAM
40 GB hard drive
Compaq 5000 series computer
Running IE 6.0 with SP1, AVG, Zone Alarm firewall, Earthlink dial up.

I had a major crash at the end of November-- IExplore.exe error, please reinstall Windows. This was a problem because I have a Compaq that I had to install a new hard drive in, so I was now unable to use Quick Restore. A friend lent me his copy of Win 98 SE and told me to reinstall everything. I thought it would be a better idea to just extract the SHLWAPI.DLL file which seemed to be the source of the problem. The reinstallation seemed to help up until a few weeks ago.

The new problem started before (or maybe during) spyware removal. I keep getting knocked off websites with an error message that says "Microsoft IE has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvience. please send error report."

When I look at what's in the error report it says AppName: Iexplore.exe and gives me the code 0xc0000005.

I also get messages saying Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module OLE32.DLL at 0167:65f4e5b8, and the most frequent error message which has to do with msvcrt.dll

Also, Earthlink's task panel crashed once saying something very unusual happened with C++. AVG says kernel32 has changed.

Researched this in the software forum--tried the suggestions of using IEfix and using regedit to delete the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RPCKDM--but it wasn't there (Maybe because I use 98SE and the previous poster was using Win 2000?)

Other things I've tried: Restoring the registry from before I had the current IE problems, the IE repair tool, reinstalling IE6.0, reinstalling Earthlink's software. I previously removed MSJava because of the spyware risk--now I wonder if it's needed on my system for something. I have the most current Sun Java installed.

I downloaded Mozilla as an end run around the problem, but need to fix IE.

Any ideas?

 

That's the Same Nightmare I got dragged through, for the past few months...
Felt like being keelhauled at best...
I'm no expert.. but I know what works, and what doesn't.. after these 150 formats.. and trying all the almost all of the downloads out there in Internet land... and destroying a few garagle sale PC.. doing things you aren't supposed to do in them... One even sparked and smoked...

Format-C.. Then open the case, and remove the battery for ten minutes... and push-on all the contacts in the tower, to be sure they are in solid... Turns out that the HD connector was almost falling off in this PC... No wonder they gave me this PC for free...
Keep your fingers OFF the chips... Some transistors don't like to be touched by a "jolt of micro-lightning" from your fingertips... Fry a motherboard chip, and your PC is History... been there.. done that...

Reinstall the battery, and reload the OS...
Maybe your PC has a bug in the chips..? SnowWhite e-virus was bad for that... Pulling the battery kills those deepset chip-hugging bugs...

Are you AVS scanning all your floppies?.. I'm bets you've got some dirty ones.. maybe even a dirty boot floppy..?
If your OS CD is a pirate, you might do a AVS scan on it too...
If an enemy gave you a pirate CD, there's a good chance they gave you a nasty bug in it...
Make sure you are using a CLEAN fresh boot-floppy and CD...

I bet your problem is from the websites you visit... Maybe it's time to find a whole new class of links... There are huge lists of bad links to avoid...

OK.. So now you've got a clean reload... First thing to do is install "Tiny Personal Firewall", from floppy.. to give you a little-edge, to prevent any nasties from contacting the Net from your PC while you're getting things in order...

Then get the Major Geeks W98se updater... and forsure go through all the MG lists of softwares.. there's a LOT of good soft-stuff in that...
Expect to be sitting at the computer for several hours... You might want to place a couple pillows on the chair... It saves from getting "computer-bum"...

Checkout "SubDesktop", and "Experience Pack"...

Add: SeaMonkey, BlackIce, Spybot, Norton 2k, Registry Mechanic, a good Uninstaller, Office, Camera, Printer, Scanner, and a couple photo editors, and maybe Blender... and keep out of the XXX.. or soon you'll be doing it all-over-again...

It seems that BlackIce is the only firewall that actually works with the W98se/Seamomkey combo... Worth buying BlackIce...
Use the little disconnect icon in SeaMonkey's bottom right corner, to disconnect while your are composing.. to minimize your PC's vulnerabilty to the Net...

ZoneAlarm Doesn't work with Norton-AVS, nor SeaMonkey...
Mix those three together, and all you'll get is GRIEF...
ZoneAlarm is SUPER for other browsers and AVS's...

Watchout with some of those super powerful registry cleaners... Some of them can Destroy your OS in a second, should you just click clean, without knowing what it's cleaning... They'll CLEAN alright!.. EVERYTHING you want to keep, and more... Most of those reg-cleaners are for the experts... Reg Mech is safe...

Do all the updates... Always run the updates till you get nothing more...

I've found it's wise to reboot after every major process.. even if it doesn't tell you to reboot... and let scandisk do its thing... and let processes load before you start clicking on the mouse... W98 doesn't like to have to do ten things all at once... that's when you get those crashes... give the turtle time to fulfill commands...

Now get into the Preferences of all those softwares.. and set them to taste...
Don't forget TweakUI... and go through EVERY page of Spybot's and SeaMonkey's Pref's..

Now run AVS and Spybot... and scandisk and defrag.. if they'll work...

Then run Reg Mechanic.. and make a reg backup... You can fall back on the reg backup should your PC ever get infected by a nasty...

As far as scandisking and defragging the whole mess.. I don't know what to do.. yet..? Seems that this super load has left scandisk and defrag inoperative..? I'm stuck in the muck with that one...

I keep the download of SeaMonkey, and Major Geeks Updater, on the desktop... and should I run into any glitches, that I can't solve.. I uninstall SeaMonkey.. and reinstall... And if that didn't help.. I reinstall the Updater as a cure-all... And if that didn't work.. then it's likely I've got to format-C again...


Hope that helps... This PC is working smooth and fast with this formula...

 

Hey, thanks for the reply.

Format-C? I'm a novice, although I'm tryin' to get my geek on! LOL You may have to explain the Format-C to me...does that wipe out the hard drive for reformatting and reinstallation?

Got AVG, Zone Alarm, Spybot, RegistryFix (but I'll try Registry Mechanic), the unofficial WIN98SE service pack...I'm likin' Mozilla Firefox, but when I updated Shockwave it totally messed up my MySpace page. Still tryin' to figure that one out.

Don't visit the XXX, so that's not an issue.

I found that if I unplugged my internet connection and shut down Zone Alarm and AVG, I could get scandisk and defrag to work--wonder if that will work for you?

I'll AVscan the floppies and pirate OS CD in the meantime--thanks!

 

Re: Format-C...

I clicked the disconnect icon at the bottom of SeaMonkey.. and copied your post.. and pasted it in SeaMonkey's Compose...
Now I can write my response in peace, free from the Internet's thousand lifeless eyes...

I've found that as I'm wiring posts.. too often weird-things happen to the posts, if the PC is connected to the black shiny spiders' Web...

I think you need to find a shockwave that's old like W98 is...
Pushing those softwares up to max-beta with W98.. is like adding a gallon of nitro-methane to a 1950 stock VW's gastank... then stomping on the gas-peddle...

You're using ZoneAlarm with Mozilla... That's probably most of your troubles... That's a no-no... Before you download a software, read about it...

I tried AVG... I always had lots of problems with it in my W98's... It sort of runs like it was built in Linux for Linux.. then modified to W98... Go Norton 2k.. That's all you need for W98...

Get an eBay account...

W98 is "The Turtle"... Rejoice that the dam thing works at all... And quit trying to fix what's not broken... Get it working nice.. then backoff.. And if you get real bored after you've got it running good.. instead of updating the H out of the PC, to keep you busy.. wrecking the PC's OS by trying to modernize it too much.. download some classy photography.. and try your hand at pixel photo editing... Or Buy an iMac.. and learn that system too... And there's Linux too... Get yourself another cheapy PC, and give Linux a shot... Or..Go outside and do some living while you still can.. while you've still got breath and beat....
The PC is just a toy and a package of communication tools...
After I get financed, we'll be wearing our PC's on our arms as skin-grafts...

Thanks for the unplug tip...
For a Defragger.. I'm now exploring a trial download of "Diskeeper 10"...
I sat here watching the red lines vanish.. and the blue lines get fatter... I'll probably purchase the CD... or offer them their next level.. in trade for their CD's...

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"Format-C"... Zowie!.. It's a lot more than just "click the mouse and wait for something to happen"... It's about as same and rough as changing a baby's diaper... Only thang missing is the smell and the heaves...

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Pre-Format:

First thing.. Update, and Run Spybot.. and AVS...

Transfer to floppies, or CD.. ALL your treasured files, addresses, pix, bookmarks, favorites... Make a floppy copy of your present registry backups.. to analyze later... to expose and trap the evil one(s).. hurting the Internet.. and you....

There should be a software that compares the old sick backup to the new system backup.. and details the differences... and prepares an email to send to the bad guy, informing them that their vile-eturd was found in this machine.. and flushed out!.. and that you intend to fully boycott their sites.. Forever!.. That tells them that they ain't gonna ever get any of your Money...
The email should open with the loud audio of a classic toilet flushing.. so to give them a reasonably meaningful message.. about how you felt about them wrecking your PC's OS...
I'd call "FlushOff!"

Now that your PC is clean.. download a copy of "Tiny Personal Firewall".. saved to floppy or CD, or both....

If you can.. save all your prized downloads to CD... and their keys and serials, if required... reinstalling them might be a bitch without that crucial data...

Save your Internet connection profile... print a copy...

Plug all your toys in...
Cameras probably need to be disconnected before you install camera software...
Don't be unplugging and plugging hardware wires into the tower when the thing is running...
Sometimes that can pooch a motherboard... Something to do with poorly designed connectors...

If you've got furry critters.. make sure the PC's connections can't be knocked out by a playful cat, dog, bunny, or kid... Especially bunnies!.. They love to chew on wires... They'll even chew through an AC wire, and burn your house down... Bunnies are for stews, not pets...

If the PC sits on the floor.. make sure it's not near a heater or vent... The fans will heat what their supposed to cool...

Never sweep near a PC that is running... The fans will suck up the airborne dirt.. and suicide... You can't clean a PC fan's plugged bearings... Once plugged up, the fan is history... You can free it up.. but it will fail when you least expect it... That's why corporations spend a couple 100-grand to make computer rooms sterile... Check your fans... New fans are cheap... Overheating in the tower will cause the meanest glitches and crashes... PC's should have dust filters...

If your Internet card doesn't register with the new OS.. Shut down.. remove the card.. and place it in a different slot.. and restart... That's what this Compaq needs done, everytime... It's a PAIN in the thing... Probably I've got the wrong card...

Surf: "clean windows 98se install".. print a copy... (Check out Bud's)

Surf: the computer manufacturer, for OS loading guides, and known glitches... print a copy..

Download a copy of your mouse drivers to floppy or CD... Same for the keyboard, if you've got a fancy dancy one...

Best to do this downloading with a clean PC... Yours sounds like it's in serious trouble, and very likely buggy as H...

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Now you are ready to format... after swimming "the cesspool of prep"... "The diaper is now half done..."

Restart in MS DOS.. Type-in "format C:"...
Tap Enter... and choose "y"... and wait for the hard drive to get erased...

For your purposes.. all the data on the hard drive is washed off... (but wizards could still read it)...
It's probably a good plan, to format the HD a few times.. but I'm not up how how a second format is done immediately after the first...

Put the Boot floppy in to drive A.. and the CD into Drive D... and switch it Off...

Restart.. Choose install with CD.. and watch the slide show...

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If you want to get into super clean installing an OS.. or partitioning... and ghost slaves... That's a whole other level of computer larnin'... to detail it here now would be like using gold dust for table salt...

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