computer reboots into safe mode

"*selah*" wrote in message ...
|
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| Sometimes you can boot all the way to Normal Mode with no problem? Other
| times it won't get there, but you get an error message that fdce.vxd is
| missing & an auto-reboot to Safe Mode? Is that it? What Registry key do
| you delete it from? And it comes back?
|
| _____
| Sorry, but for some reason outlook express is not adding the for
| quoted text (although it's enabled) so I'm using these lines to indicate
| my response.

PCR: That is because we are both set for MIME at "OE, Tools tab, Options, Send tab, News Sending Format section, Plain Text Settings button". Fine, I'll pre-pend PCR to my lines.

|
| It starts booting and then reboots into safe mode and then brings up the
| error message.

That's surprizing. Normally, it is Normal Mode that won't boot & Safe Mode that will. I don't know what to make of it.

| I don't know what folder it was in but it had its own
| folder named FDCE which I deleted. I think it does come back because I
| went thru this in the past once but I don't remember if I deleted the
| folder.
| ______

PCR: Could be the folder you deleted it from was C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32", as I posted elsewhere. It shouldn't come back after that. But I'm not aware that folder has an involvement with Safe Mode. Was the file itself in that folder?

|
| Sounds like it is a driver file. Can it be you have set up User &
| Hardware Profiles? Can it be happening only when you boot to a certain
| User?
|
| ____
| There is only one user.

Did you give the User a name or are you using the Default User? If the former, it may still be you are considered to be two Users. (But I'm not quite sure.)

| ____
|
| Maybe look in "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab" for a
| red/yellow ?/!, & report back.
|
| ___
| There are no red/yellow icons in the device manager.

That is good. It will take some clicking, but perhaps look for fdce.vxd in each Driver tab there.

|
| Thanks.
|

I have been in touch with someone in another forum who had an issue a few months ago
with fdce.vxd recurring, but without any Safe Mode starts occurring.

He has informed me that "...FDCE.vxd seems to be a file that comes with a program
called Hide Files & Folders...It is to prevent users from seeing a hidden
file/folder even if the program does not load. I wrote to the company & asked why
the file remains even after un-installing their program & never heard back. You can
un-install Hide Files & Folders & then manually delete FDCE.vxd or you can continue
to use that program...just be aware that vxd file will load whether the main program
loads or not. It does not seem to be harmful in any way that I could find...hope
this helps you & anyone else wondering what it is."

Hide Files & Folders:
http://www.softstack.com/hff.html
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
cf. http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=18053
--
~PA Bear

glee wrote:
Because I can find almost no references to fdce.vxd when doing a search
online, I suggest you approach this as a possible malware problem.

Update your anti-virus app and then run a full-system virus scan.

Use CWShredder, the CoolWeb removal tool, available he
http://aumha.org/downloads/cwshredder.exe
Close all browser windows and open apps, start CWShredder and click the
Fix button.

Install Ad-Aware SE free Personal Edition, start it, click its 'Check for
Updates' link in the app to install updates, then use it to scan your
system, and remove what it finds.
Ad-Awa
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html

Install SpywareBlaster:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2859.html
Click the link in the app to check for and install updates, then click to
'Enable all protection'.
Update at least weekly.

Download, unzip, and run Hijack This from he
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html
Unzip to a folder other than your Desktop or the Temp folder, doubleclick
HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save
Log" button.
Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My
Documents, or similar).
Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT fix
anything yet.

Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at one of these forums:
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html

In your post, please state your problem clearly and what you've done so
far to fix it.

The folks there will tell you what to remove.

See the "housekeeping" you should complete before you post your log:
http://aumha.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4075

A tutorial for using Hijack This is located he
http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/

"*selah*" wrote in message
...
Sometimes our computer reboots automatically into safe mode when
starting from a cold boot. When it does this, we also get the message
that a file, fdce.vxd is missing and that the registry or win.ini refers
to it. I tried searching for it in win.ini and the registry and deleted
it from the registry but we still get this message when booting into
safe mode. This doesn't happen in normal mode.

Would appreciate any help with getting rid of this message and
preventing the automatic reboot into safe mode.

Thanks.

Please see my reply to PA Bear's response, the probable origin of fdce.vxd being
a program called Hide Files & Folders. Do you or did you have that app installed?

Are you planning on following up with your thread in the aumha.net forum? Please
either reply there, or list it as Closed, and the moderator will delete it.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"*selah*" wrote in message
...
Sometimes our computer reboots automatically into safe mode when
starting from a cold boot. When it does this, we also get the message
that a file, fdce.vxd is missing and that the registry or win.ini refers
to it. I tried searching for it in win.ini and the registry and deleted
it from the registry but we still get this message when booting into
safe mode. This doesn't happen in normal mode.

Would appreciate any help with getting rid of this message and
preventing the automatic reboot into safe mode.

Thanks.

Good detective work, Glee, if that's it.

| but without any Safe Mode starts occurring.


*selah* said... "It starts booting and then reboots into safe mode and then brings up the error message."

So, that file may prevent a boot into Safe Mode, whether/not it causes the failure to boot to Normal Mode. And sometimes *selah* gets all the way to Normal Mode.

I don't know what happens when *selah* purposely attempts to boot to Safe Mode by holding F5 as he boots, though, or by holding CTRL for the Startup Menu.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"glee" wrote in message ...
| I have been in touch with someone in another forum who had an issue a few months ago
| with fdce.vxd recurring, but without any Safe Mode starts occurring.
|
| He has informed me that "...FDCE.vxd seems to be a file that comes with a program
| called Hide Files & Folders...It is to prevent users from seeing a hidden
| file/folder even if the program does not load. I wrote to the company & asked why
| the file remains even after un-installing their program & never heard back. You can
| un-install Hide Files & Folders & then manually delete FDCE.vxd or you can continue
| to use that program...just be aware that vxd file will load whether the main program
| loads or not. It does not seem to be harmful in any way that I could find...hope
| this helps you & anyone else wondering what it is."
|
| Hide Files & Folders:
| http://www.softstack.com/hff.html
| --
| Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
| http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|
|
| "PA Bear" wrote in message
| ...
| cf. http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=18053
| --
| ~PA Bear
|
| glee wrote:
| Because I can find almost no references to fdce.vxd when doing a search
| online, I suggest you approach this as a possible malware problem.
|
| Update your anti-virus app and then run a full-system virus scan.
|
| Use CWShredder, the CoolWeb removal tool, available he
| http://aumha.org/downloads/cwshredder.exe
| Close all browser windows and open apps, start CWShredder and click the
| Fix button.
|
| Install Ad-Aware SE free Personal Edition, start it, click its 'Check for
| Updates' link in the app to install updates, then use it to scan your
| system, and remove what it finds.
| Ad-Awa
| http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
| http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html
|
| Install SpywareBlaster:
| http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2859.html
| Click the link in the app to check for and install updates, then click to
| 'Enable all protection'.
| Update at least weekly.
|
| Download, unzip, and run Hijack This from he
| http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html
| Unzip to a folder other than your Desktop or the Temp folder, doubleclick
| HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan".
|
| When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save
| Log" button.
| Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My
| Documents, or similar).
| Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT fix
| anything yet.
|
| Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at one of these forums:
| http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30
| http://forums.spywareinfo.com/,
| http://castlecops.com/forum67.html
|
| In your post, please state your problem clearly and what you've done so
| far to fix it.
|
| The folks there will tell you what to remove.
|
| See the "housekeeping" you should complete before you post your log:
| http://aumha.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4075
|
| A tutorial for using Hijack This is located he
| http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/
|
| "*selah*" wrote in message
| ...
| Sometimes our computer reboots automatically into safe mode when
| starting from a cold boot. When it does this, we also get the message
| that a file, fdce.vxd is missing and that the registry or win.ini refers
| to it. I tried searching for it in win.ini and the registry and deleted
| it from the registry but we still get this message when booting into
| safe mode. This doesn't happen in normal mode.
|
| Would appreciate any help with getting rid of this message and
| preventing the automatic reboot into safe mode.
|
| Thanks.
|
|

OE Tools Send News Plain Text MIME Switch from 'Quoted Printable'
to 'None' and they'll be there.

/Please/ reply to your thread at Aumha Forums or I will delete it.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security)
Aumha.org VSOP & Moderator


*selah* wrote:
Sorry, but for some reason outlook express is not adding the for
quoted text (although it's enabled) so I'm using these lines to indicate
my response.

None? OK, I'll try that myself, thanks.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
| OE Tools Send News Plain Text MIME Switch from 'Quoted
Printable'
| to 'None' and they'll be there.
|
| /Please/ reply to your thread at Aumha Forums or I will delete it.
| --
| ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
| MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security)
| Aumha.org VSOP & Moderator
|
|
| *selah* wrote:
| Sorry, but for some reason outlook express is not adding the for
| quoted text (although it's enabled) so I'm using these lines to
indicate
| my response.
|

"PCR" wrote in message
...

PCR: That is because we are both set for MIME at "OE, Tools tab,
Options, Send tab, News Sending Format section, Plain Text Settings
button". Fine, I'll pre-pend PCR to my lines.


See! This is a "MIME, None" sent to a "MIME, Quoted Printable", & it
gets no indents! Nothing will put indents on a "MIME, Quoted Printable",
that I know of!

"PCR" wrote in message
...
| None? OK, I'll try that myself, thanks.
|

I don't think that worked, PA. Setting it to "None" did not add indent
characters in the response to a post that was sent as "Quoted
Printable". However, indents do occur in a response to one that was sent
as "None". So, right, it isn't MIME that prevents indents, but it's
"Quoted Printable".

This is a "MIME, None" sent to a "MIME, None", & it gets the indents. It
won't get them sent to a "MIME, Quoted Printable", though-- as I did
above in this thread.

|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "PA Bear" wrote in message
| ...
| | OE Tools Send News Plain Text MIME Switch from 'Quoted
| Printable'
| | to 'None' and they'll be there.
| |
| | /Please/ reply to your thread at Aumha Forums or I will delete it.
| | --
| | ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
| | MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security)
| | Aumha.org VSOP & Moderator
| |
| |
| | *selah* wrote:
| | Sorry, but for some reason outlook express is not adding the for
| | quoted text (although it's enabled) so I'm using these lines to
| indicate
| | my response.
| |
|

The *OP* needs to make the MIME change, not you!

/You/ might need to uncheck Tools Options Send Reply to messages using
the format in which they were sent.
--
~PAÞ


PCR wrote:
"PCR" wrote in message
...
None? OK, I'll try that myself, thanks.


I don't think that worked, PA. Setting it to "None" did not add indent
characters in the response to a post that was sent as "Quoted
Printable". However, indents do occur in a response to one that was sent
as "None". So, right, it isn't MIME that prevents indents, but it's
"Quoted Printable".

This is a "MIME, None" sent to a "MIME, None", & it gets the indents. It
won't get them sent to a "MIME, Quoted Printable", though-- as I did
above in this thread.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
OE Tools Send News Plain Text MIME Switch from 'Quoted
Printable' to 'None' and they'll be there.

/Please/ reply to your thread at Aumha Forums or I will delete it.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security)
Aumha.org VSOP & Moderator


*selah* wrote:
Sorry, but for some reason outlook express is not adding the for
quoted text (although it's enabled) so I'm using these lines to
indicate my response.

I see. Yea, that would do it. (But I am already unchecked where you say at the present moment.) OK, thanks.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"PA Bear" wrote in message ...
| The *OP* needs to make the MIME change, not you!
|
| /You/ might need to uncheck Tools Options Send Reply to messages using
| the format in which they were sent.
| --
| ~PAÞ
|
|
| PCR wrote:
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| None? OK, I'll try that myself, thanks.
|
|
| I don't think that worked, PA. Setting it to "None" did not add indent
| characters in the response to a post that was sent as "Quoted
| Printable". However, indents do occur in a response to one that was sent
| as "None". So, right, it isn't MIME that prevents indents, but it's
| "Quoted Printable".
|
| This is a "MIME, None" sent to a "MIME, None", & it gets the indents. It
| won't get them sent to a "MIME, Quoted Printable", though-- as I did
| above in this thread.
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "PA Bear" wrote in message
| ...
| OE Tools Send News Plain Text MIME Switch from 'Quoted
| Printable' to 'None' and they'll be there.
|
| /Please/ reply to your thread at Aumha Forums or I will delete it.
| --
| ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
| MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security)
| Aumha.org VSOP & Moderator
|
|
| *selah* wrote:
| Sorry, but for some reason outlook express is not adding the for
| quoted text (although it's enabled) so I'm using these lines to
| indicate my response.
|