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Windows XP error message
Category: Computers > Operating Systems Asked by: mark800-ga List Price: $5.00 |
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24 Apr 2005 06:00 PDT
Expires: 24 May 2005 06:00 PDT Question ID: 513455 |
Everytime I boot up I get the following error message: Error loading p2esocks_1032.dll - The specified module can not be found. I click "OK" and it goes away. Should I be concerned about this missing module? Ifo so, what do I do? If not, how can I stop this message from appearing? | |
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Re: Windows XP error message
Answered By: denco-ga on 25 Apr 2005 22:31 PDT Rated:  |
Howdy mark800-ga, Appreciate you accepting this as the answer to your question. The following procedure was sourced from this University of Hertfordshire Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences (FEIS) Technical Forum posting titled "Removing error at startup p2esocks-10**.dll." http://forums.feis.herts.ac.uk/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=656 I reworded the essential information into a more "user friendly" format. First, close all browsers and programs that you might be running. Next, go to Start, then click on Run. A window will open and in the Open: area type in: regedit Once you type in the above, click on the OK button and the Registry Editor window will open for you. The editor has a tree structure, that is, a list of areas with "plus" signs next to them. You will want to click on the plus signs to navigate this menu. Safety first, so let's back up your current registry. Click on File and then Export. Name the file somehing you will remember (p2esocks or something) and save it someplace you will not forget, such as "My Documents." Now, click on plus signs next to following areas in this order: - HKEY_CURRENT_USER - Software - Microsoft - Windows - CurrentVersion - Click on the Run folder In the right hand window of the Registry Editor, locate and delete any of the following by clicking on them once, then go to Edit and click on Delete. mslagent - C:\WINDOWS\mslagent\mslagent.exe Instant Access - rundll32.exe p2esocks_1032.dll,InstantAccess On your machine, the exact wording might vary from the above, but essentially look for and delete any instance of "mslagent" and/or any instance of "Instant Access" in the "Name" area and with "p2esocks..." in the "Data" area. Reboot into safe mode (press your F8 key right after the memory check) and select "Safe Mode" from the boot menu. The screen it boots into might look different than what you are used to, but don't worry. Go to "My Computer" than go to your "C" drive, then the "Window" folder. Click on Tools at the top, then Folder Options. Click on the View tab, then click on "Show hidden files or folders" and make sure "Hide extensions for known file types" is unchecked. Click on "Apply" then OK." In the Windows folder, locate a folder name "mslagent" and open it. Delete the file named: mslagent.exe Reboot as you normally would, and that should eliminate the error message. I suspect you deleted a file named "msagent" which indeed was not a good thing to do, as you found out. Glad you got it all sorted out. I also suspect that one of your various "cleaner" programs cleared out the mslagent file along the way at some point, hence the missing file. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Thanks! Search strategy: Google search on: p2esocks ://www.google.com/search?q=p2esocks Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher |
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Re: Windows XP error message
From: solentechnologies-ga on 24 Apr 2005 09:07 PDT |
Well one simple solution that people often overlook that may help is, it could be adware or spyware that runs in the background of your computer and needs that dll to run, and somehow it got deleted or relocated. Theres really nothing concerning about the error message, it sounds like its trying to load a program and that dll is missing so its telling you that it cant be found and wont load. If you have a spyware or adware software use it after the next couple steps, if you dont search the internet for a good one. i would recommend "spybot - search and destroy" (a link to download is at bottom of page). Your first step is to do a simple standard scan disk. reboot your computer and make sure you still have the error message, if so, run the spybot program and do a complete search that may take a while. delete all of the items it prompts and reboot your computer. This is the most common way to see what this thing may be, and it might work. best of luck. solentech.tk Download Spybot Search and Destroy http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10122137.html?part=104443&subj=dlpage&tag=button |
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Re: Windows XP error message
From: glorified-ga on 24 Apr 2005 22:02 PDT |
Hmm - that's wierd. Looks like the google "researcher" cough-borrowed-cough solentechnologies statement. I feel this is an issue since people as commenters have no real say in getting the answers since the researchers pull off what they just did here. ~Sigh, oh well maybe someday we will all be researchers. :D - GLoRiFieD |
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Re: Windows XP error message
From: denco-ga on 25 Apr 2005 12:23 PDT |
The source for my post, which I will include with my answer if it is accepted as such, was this University of Hertfordshire Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences (FEIS) Technical Forum posting titled "Removing error at startup p2esocks-10**.dll." http://forums.feis.herts.ac.uk/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=656 In addition to the information that I garnered there (also known as research) I reworded the essential information into a more "user friendly" format, instead of: "delete the following entries: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\windows\..." Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher |
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Re: Windows XP error message
From: livioflores-ga on 25 Apr 2005 20:58 PDT |
Hi!! Instant Access is apparently the only pest in your system, follow the denco's procedure and it will go away!! good luck!! |
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Re: Windows XP error message
From: denco-ga on 26 Apr 2005 09:09 PDT |
Much thanks for the 5 star rating, mark800-ga. Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher |
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