-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Need help guys
- From: "Lisa Toothman" <lisat36@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:49:48 -0500
Thanks G and Don. This is just driving us nuts. Explains the Dr thing
though. We were wondering were the hell that came from . *g*
Lisa T.
On 2/21/07, dswabc <dswabc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I have renamed and replaced my HOSTS file a few
> times with no problems. In
> Windows Explorer, search for HOSTS. It should be
> in:
>
> C:\windows\drivers\etc
>
> Rename existing file to hosts.bak then copy a new
> file into the same folder.
> Many people, myself included, use a custom hosts
> file to block several
> thousand websites from sending advertising to me.
>
> Unfortunately, it also prevents me from using
> links to advertisers in many
> newsletters that I receive because such links go
> through those websites to
> track referral sources to pay the newsletter. I
> would really like to find a
> fix for that inconvenience.
>
> Don
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "GMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 11:50 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Need help guys
>
>
> > Hi Lisa,
> > Dr. Watson is a program that comes with
> Windows that basically debugs
> > problems like this. Error Reporting uses the
> output generated by Dr.
> > Watson
> > to determine if it's an OS problem they need to
> fix or if it's just a
> > corruoted file on the person's PC, which
> they'll ignore, of course.
> >
> > In a seriously small nutshell, the HOSTS
> file is a text file used by
> > Windows to hold domain info for your internet
> connection. If this file
> > becomes corrupted, the system does what your
> sister's system is doing.
> > I've
> > never dealt with a corrupted HOSTS file before,
> so I'll have to look up
> > the
> > fix. I'm almost positive that you'll be told
> to delete it, but it's a
> > protected file that won't go quietly. I'll let
> you know what I learn,
> > unless someone else already knows and chimes in
> with the directions.
> >
> > Peace,
> > GMan
> >
> > "The only dumb questions are the ones that are
> never asked!"
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lisa Toothman" <lisat36@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:48 PM
> > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Need help guys
> >
> >
> >> First I got my computer up and running.
> Router is crap but that's not
> >> important now we are just switching the dsl
> box for now. The problem is
> >> my
> >> sister's new computer. It's getting a Windows
> Explorer error. This is
> >> what
> >> is coming up when she tries to figure out what
> it is, where it came from
> >> and/or how to fix the problem.
> >> Data Execution Prevention
> >> Name: Windows Explorer
> >> Publisher: Microsoft Corporation
> >>
> >> Dr Watson Postmortom Debugger has encountered
> a problem and needs to
> >> close.
> >>
> >> *we have no idea what this Dr Watson thing is*
> >>
> >> c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
> (-reading error)
> >>
> >> Any idea what this is and how to fix it?
> >>
> >> TIA
> >>
> >> Lisa T
> >
>
>
>
>
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