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These two programs are free and are listed on my home page

here are some other articles and strategies that may help:
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4 Simple Steps for removing Spyware, Hijackers, Viruses, and other Malware

Some other good suggestions
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( keywords: adware spyware spybot advertisement software )

This isn't so much a technical item as it is handy information collected all in one place. I had forgotten about banner pages and haven't needed them in Win2k until now.

Good Info

update - April 5 - this does not fix the problem. the closest workaround i have is to make the client go full screen. that way, there is no window area to get stuck in.

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I just noticed this on my system. It happened a few times on a system at the office. My system is Win2k and the other one is '98. We were both running version 6-something of the client, so I upgraded both. Dunno if it's fixed .. intermittent issues are sooo fun to troubleshoot.

The only two articles on this trouble at Citrix are:

Mouse stuck inside of citrix area

Mouse stuck in "client area" with ICA client

 

 

( Win2K Win98 Windows 2000 Windows 98 Citrix Metaframe Client )

To install the Recovery Console, perform the following steps:

• Insert the Windows XP CD into the CD-ROM drive.
• Click Start, and then click Run.
• In the Open box, type d:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons where d is the drive letter for the CD-ROM drive.
• A Windows Setup Dialog Box appears, which describes the Recovery Console option. The system prompts you to confirm installation. Click Yes to start the installation procedure.
• Restart the computer.

The next time you start your computer, you will see a "Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" entry on the boot menu.

as outlined in MS KB article 307654

 

 

( keywords: Win2K WinXP )

all the docs i see say it was supposed to be released in 2002 !!

Article on the matter

I think they are now calling it Software Upgrade Service ( aka SUS ) .. which you can download here

oh wow ! the first file for this wonderful service is 33MB .. and this customer only has dialup .. oh well, at least i have other stuff i can do while the downloads for the next three hours !!! just to be safe, i'm trying out a free download manager called Net Transport

Windows XP & Windows 2000

Boot to recovery console and run these two commands:
fixboot
chkdsk /r

as outlines by Microsoft Knowledgebase article Q297185

this works for both WinXP and Win2k

Address Book - Q156828

Outlook Express - Q175037

 

 

( Win98 Win2k WinXP Windows all versions 2000 XP 98 )

This fix has worked for several other techs I know and is definately something to try if your XP system won't boot.

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 307545

summary: (do these from recovery console in Windows directory)

md tmp
copy c:\windows\system32\config\system c:\windows\tmp\system.bak
copy c:\windows\system32\config\software c:\windows\tmp\software.bak
copy c:\windows\system32\config\sam c:\windows\tmp\sam.bak
copy c:\windows\system32\config\security c:\windows\tmp\security.bak
copy c:\windows\system32\config\default c:\windows\tmp\default.bak

delete c:\windows\system32\config\system
delete c:\windows\system32\config\software
delete c:\windows\system32\config\sam
delete c:\windows\system32\config\security
delete c:\windows\system32\config\default

copy c:\windows\repair\system c:\windows\system32\config\system
copy c:\windows\repair\software c:\windows\system32\config\software
copy c:\windows\repair\sam c:\windows\system32\config\sam
copy c:\windows\repair\security c:\windows\system32\config\security
copy c:\windows\repair\default c:\windows\system32\config\default

I don't know what I was thinking when I posted this originally. There was a fix from Microsoft that directed me to make many diskettes and boot to them in an attempt to fix the registry. That fix didn't work for me.

 

 

( WinXP start last know good configuration failed )

white box error .. info I found is as follows:

Fragmented memory ?

Fragmented memory #2 ?

this guy's IExplore keeps crashing

remove ctfmon.exe ?

normal.dot could be to blame