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Old June 30th 04, 10:09 AM
Mart
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Default AV software and PC in safe mode

Jane, I'm more concerned than ever with 'oltrga.exe' at the moment.

When you look at its Properties, what (if any) details are shown under the
'Version' tab? A search for "oltrga" - or anything like it - on Google
reveals nothing!

Even the 'oltrga.lgc' file is a mystery. The .lgc suffix *could* be related
to anything - possibly a log file. Are you able to open it with notepad (or
wordpad) and read anything which might enlighten us? How big is the
oltrga.lgc file?

Mart


"Jane" wrote in message
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Booted PC two times in normal. Lots of different errors.
But am focused... Oltrga error did not come up in normal
boot first time. It did the second time. It also
occurred immediately after desktop appeared in boot to
safe mode. Did search on PC. Found 2 instances of
oltrga: C:\windows\oltrga.exe and
C:\windows\applog\oltrga.lgc. Looked in add/remove progs
and couldn't see anything obvious. Properties didn't clue
me in. Size is 376KB, created on 6/30/02, modified 5/24/02
(curious?). Properties for the .lgc file showed created on
6/1/02.
Normal boot error occurred right after desktop loaded
and a McAfee Active shield stating software has
expired...renew. "Oltrga has caused an error in
kernel32.dll. Oltrga will now close." Clicked on close.
I then got another error message. "Oltrga" "An error has
occurred in your program. To keep working anyway, click
Ignore....." I clicked on close and got the OE error.
Boot going into safe mode gave same error regarding
kernel32.dll. Am still able to ctrl+alt+del to get to
close program window and shut down machine.
FYI, system restore fails. It was not brought back to
state before restore ran and failed.
Thank you.
-----Original Message-----
OK, let's try to take one item at a time.

Let's worry about Oltrga.exe first, then come back to the

OE (or possibly 0E
?) errors. You might wish to confirm OE or 0E on the next

post - either way,
it's *probably* hardware related.

I've done a search for Oltrga on the web and drawn a

blank. Can you do a
search on your machine for the Oltrga.exe file (in Safe

Mode if necessary)
and right-click on it to look for its Properties. See if

you can find the
copyright or company and other details are and see if you

can determine what
it belongs to - name of the folder it's in etc. and more

importantly, just
what it is supposed to do g

We need to find out what it is and disable (and possibly

remove) it before
moving to the next error(s).

Mart


wrote in message
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Hello, Mart:
Thank you for responding to my question re AV and safe
mode. I have been following the error resolution advice
in posts re going to safe mode and running various
troubleshooting methods to resolve issues. Suggestions
were to run Striker, AV, Ad-Adaware, Spybot, etc. Ran
into probs with AV and AOL. Thus, this post.
I had asked questions about multiple errors in post on
6/27. I've copied it into this reply... In normal

now, I
believe I get an explorer error message almost

immediately
and I have to shut down. I will have to retest and will
do another post with outcome. Unfortunately, don't have
the time right now. Have searched everywhere for the
Oltrga error and the OE error below. Can't find a thing
about either one. Oltrga.exe is not on my Win XP Home

PC.
Seem to recall it's in Windows folder on problem PC.
My friend's son lost the system recovery disks. HP

no
longer supplies replacements. System restore fails.
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6/27 post
Hello,

Helping friend with his Win Me OS problems. Start to
boot, but get error OE:017F:BFF8E648. Had to pull plug,
would not shut down. Researched previous posts and MS
errors but cannot find reference to this specific error
and others.

Booted in safe mode got error "Oltrga has caused an
error in kernel32.dll. Oltrga will now close"

System attempted to reboot, then got "CMDNINST

caused a
general protection fault in module GDI.EXE @

0005:00002a77.

Tried to do a system restore and received Rstrui has
caused and error in GDI.EXE. Rstrui will now close.

Explorer has caused an error in GDI.EXE and will now
close.

Found reference to GDI.EXE...maybe has to with Fonts
folder in Windows?

Can find no reference in any search regarding oltrga.
System was unprotected.

Any info is greatly appreciated about the above

files,
msgs as uncertain what they are.

Thanks again.
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-----Original Message-----
Before you go too far with installing more (AV, AOL,
etc., etc.) software,
maybe you should sort out the Normal Mode issue first!

CD ROM will not work in Safe Mode as you need the

drivers
installing - which
only happens in Normal Mode.

Just what errors are you seeing? - Please give exact
error report messages.

Mart


"Jane" wrote in
message
...
Just found this newsgroup. It is great.

Trying to help friend with his computer. He did not

have
any AV or firewall software on his HP Pavilion

running
Win
Me. Now, all sorts of errors. Can run in safe mode
only.

Had bought Norton Internet Security 2004 to install

on
his
PC. Have seen posts re NAV not working well with Me.
Have
second thoughts now. What AV/firewall software do you
suggest for Win Me system? Working in safe mode is

new
to
me. Called AOL and got very foreign speaking person
who
did not answer my question. Can I run AOL in safe

mode?
It is V 7.0. AOL gives me invalid or busy port

message
so
cannot download AV software or troubleshooting

programs
from web.

Am using my PC with Win XP Home and Nort Int Sec Prof
2004
to send this e-mail. Can I somehow use this PC to

get
troubleshooting files to his PC if no AOL? Can I
install
an AV program while in safe mode? Seems CD drive on

HP
Pavilion does not work in safe mode. Is this

correct?
I
can burn a CD with my system.

Appreciate all advice.


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