A hidden registry key?

[Guest ms]

I use Winpatrol, and it kept showing a warning that Script Sentry wanted to

open reg extensions. I selected No.

 

I uninstalled Script Sentry, no help, deleted all files on the drive for

Script Sentry, no help.

 

I ran RegSeeker, cleaned all "safe" entries, and searched for SS, no

entries.

 

I ran RegEdit, searched for SS, no entries.

 

I don't like them, but ran a relatively safe cleaner, Wise Registry

Cleaner, still get the WinPatrol warning screen, the path it shows does not

exist in my Utilities folder.

 

Cold boots in between.

 

So it appears Script Sentry is still somewhere in my registry, how to

locate it?

 

ms

[Guest PCR]

Re: A hidden registry key?

 

ms wrote:

| I use Winpatrol, and it kept showing a warning that Script Sentry

| wanted to open reg extensions. I selected No.

|

| I uninstalled Script Sentry, no help, deleted all files on the drive

| for Script Sentry, no help.

|

| I ran RegSeeker, cleaned all "safe" entries, and searched for SS, no

| entries.

|

| I ran RegEdit, searched for SS, no entries.

|

| I don't like them, but ran a relatively safe cleaner, Wise Registry

| Cleaner, still get the WinPatrol warning screen, the path it shows

| does not exist in my Utilities folder.

|

| Cold boots in between.

|

| So it appears Script Sentry is still somewhere in my registry, how to

| locate it?

 

What is the precise wording of the message WinPatrol is posting

including any spaces & punctuation marks? Does it say "Script Sentry"

with a space as you posted or without one?

 

| ms

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

[Guest Dan]

RE: A hidden registry key?

 

Note, I would not use any registry cleaner and I feel the only safe method is

to first back up a working registry and then carefully and slowly remove keys

only if you know what you are doing. In addition, I am not too keen on lots

of anti-virus and anti-spyware programs nowadays because many of them are too

overly aggressive and flag helpful programs as bad and so give the user too

many false positives. I feel that too much security software recently has

been rushed out the door and the user can take simple steps such as looking

in there add/remove programs for unrecognized programs as well as configuring

their computer to be much safer and using tools such as SpywareBlaster to

prevent getting infected in the first place.

 

"ms" wrote:

> I use Winpatrol, and it kept showing a warning that Script Sentry wanted to

> open reg extensions. I selected No.

>

> I uninstalled Script Sentry, no help, deleted all files on the drive for

> Script Sentry, no help.

>

> I ran RegSeeker, cleaned all "safe" entries, and searched for SS, no

> entries.

>

> I ran RegEdit, searched for SS, no entries.

>

> I don't like them, but ran a relatively safe cleaner, Wise Registry

> Cleaner, still get the WinPatrol warning screen, the path it shows does not

> exist in my Utilities folder.

>

> Cold boots in between.

>

> So it appears Script Sentry is still somewhere in my registry, how to

> locate it?

>

> ms

>

[Guest thanatoid]

Re: A hidden registry key?

 

ms <ms@invalid.com> wrote in

news:6l7a48Fb17s9U2@mid.individual.net:

> I use Winpatrol, and it kept showing a warning that Script

> Sentry wanted to open reg extensions. I selected No.

 

<SNIP>

 

Very nice.

 

If, during all your installs, you had used InCtrl or something

like it, it would have shown you exactly where ScriptSentry

garbage went in the registry and the rest of your system.

 

> So it appears Script Sentry is still somewhere in my

> registry, how to locate it?

 

It could be under the manufacturer's name, a nonsense string,

SS, or anything else they wanted to do. Have fun.

 

 

--

Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the

votes decide everything.

- Josef Stalin

[Guest MEB]

Re: A hidden registry key?

 

Well, apparently you have installed Jason's Toolkit or something did. IF

{and only if} you have installed it or can trace it to the program you did

install, then it is supposedly safe - its a security tool to block

scripting...

 

Might be in this key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\open\command

Value :

Data : c:\program files\script sentry\scriptsentry.exe "%1" %*

 

Might be best to run Regseeker to see if you have any entries ANYWHERE for

it.

 

--

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http://peoplescounsel.org

a Peoples' counsel

_ _

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"ms" <ms@invalid.com> wrote in message

news:6l7a48Fb17s9U2@mid.individual.net...

| I use Winpatrol, and it kept showing a warning that Script Sentry wanted

to

| open reg extensions. I selected No.

|

| I uninstalled Script Sentry, no help, deleted all files on the drive for

| Script Sentry, no help.

|

| I ran RegSeeker, cleaned all "safe" entries, and searched for SS, no

| entries.

|

| I ran RegEdit, searched for SS, no entries.

|

| I don't like them, but ran a relatively safe cleaner, Wise Registry

| Cleaner, still get the WinPatrol warning screen, the path it shows does

not

| exist in my Utilities folder.

|

| Cold boots in between.

|

| So it appears Script Sentry is still somewhere in my registry, how to

| locate it?

|

| ms

[Guest MEB]

Re: A hidden registry key?

 

Oh sorry, that's Jason's Toolbox not Toolkit...

 

--

MEB

http://peoplescounsel.org

a Peoples' counsel

_ _

~~

[Guest Buffalo]

Re: A hidden registry key?

 

 

 

ms wrote:

> I use Winpatrol, and it kept showing a warning that Script Sentry

> wanted to open reg extensions. I selected No.

>

> I uninstalled Script Sentry, no help, deleted all files on the drive

> for Script Sentry, no help.

>

> I ran RegSeeker, cleaned all "safe" entries, and searched for SS, no

> entries.

>

> I ran RegEdit, searched for SS, no entries.

>

> I don't like them, but ran a relatively safe cleaner, Wise Registry

> Cleaner, still get the WinPatrol warning screen, the path it shows

> does not exist in my Utilities folder.

>

> Cold boots in between.

>

> So it appears Script Sentry is still somewhere in my registry, how to

> locate it?

>

> ms

 

I found this line "- Uninstaller removes registry keys the previous version

left behind" on this page about Jason's ScriptSentry.

 

http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/index.php?s=uninstalling+scriptsentry

Perhaps you could try installing the latest version of ScriptSentry and then

using the its unistaller.

Best of luck.

PS: I like ScriptSenty

[Guest ms]

Re: A hidden registry key?

 

ms <ms@invalid.com> wrote in news:6l7a48Fb17s9U2@mid.individual.net:

> I use Winpatrol, and it kept showing a warning that Script Sentry

> wanted to open reg extensions. I selected No.

>

> I uninstalled Script Sentry, no help, deleted all files on the drive

> for Script Sentry, no help.

>

> I ran RegSeeker, cleaned all "safe" entries, and searched for SS, no

> entries.

>

> I ran RegEdit, searched for SS, no entries.

>

> I don't like them, but ran a relatively safe cleaner, Wise Registry

> Cleaner, still get the WinPatrol warning screen, the path it shows

> does not exist in my Utilities folder.

>

> Cold boots in between.

>

> So it appears Script Sentry is still somewhere in my registry, how to

> locate it?

>

> ms

 

Thanks to all

 

ms

[Guest ms]

Re: A hidden registry key?

 

"PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in news:eowg#XlKJHA.4324

@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

> ms wrote:

>| I use Winpatrol, and it kept showing a warning that Script Sentry

>| wanted to open reg extensions. I selected No.

>|

>| I uninstalled Script Sentry, no help, deleted all files on the drive

>| for Script Sentry, no help.

>|

>| I ran RegSeeker, cleaned all "safe" entries, and searched for SS, no

>| entries.

>|

>| I ran RegEdit, searched for SS, no entries.

>|

>| I don't like them, but ran a relatively safe cleaner, Wise Registry

>| Cleaner, still get the WinPatrol warning screen, the path it shows

>| does not exist in my Utilities folder.

>|

>| Cold boots in between.

>|

>| So it appears Script Sentry is still somewhere in my registry, how to

>| locate it?

>

> What is the precise wording of the message WinPatrol is posting

> including any spaces & punctuation marks? Does it say "Script Sentry"

> with a space as you posted or without one?

>

>| ms

>

Thanks, PCR

 

My cleaning must have worked, as the message has not reappeared today so

it may finally be gone.

 

If I may, a new subject, an old thread on this computer I'm using, this

was the Dell with a shaded video problem, faint grey shading on each line

of text. You felt it was a defective video card, that must be it.

 

I had gone to the Dell site, identified the video driver, installed it,

still got the shading, no help, but it added a minor error screen on boot

up. I fired up the machine after a few weeks, figured if installing the

driver caused the error screen, uninstalling the driver would remove the

error screen.

 

Uninstalling the driver, the display properties, etc caused new issues,

so I reinstalled it and now just have the simple screen again. It says:

 

Rndll error: Error in C:\Windows\System\NvCpl.dll. missing entry

Nv Startup

 

It relates to the driver, several driver entries are in my HKLM/RUN key

placed there by the install. Any idea on how to clean up that error

screen?

 

ms

[Guest ms]

Re: A hidden registry key?

 

"MEB" <meb@not here@hotmail.com> wrote in

news:OaY53npKJHA.3080@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

> Well, apparently you have installed Jason's Toolkit or something did.

> IF

> {and only if} you have installed it or can trace it to the program you

> did install, then it is supposedly safe - its a security tool to block

> scripting...

>

> Might be in this key:

> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\open\command

> Value :

> Data : c:\program files\script sentry\scriptsentry.exe "%1" %*

>

> Might be best to run Regseeker to see if you have any entries

> ANYWHERE for

> it.

>

 

Thanks MEB, you must be seeing my posts again.

 

ms

[Guest MEB]

Re: A hidden registry key?

 

Always was [you were blocked for about a week], just never responded to what

was going on.

 

Perhaps we can continue in a new attitude, time will tell.

 

--

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http://peoplescounsel.org

a Peoples' counsel

_ _

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"ms" <ms@invalid.com> wrote in message

news:6l9pu5Fb57srU2@mid.individual.net...

| "MEB" <meb@not here@hotmail.com> wrote in

| news:OaY53npKJHA.3080@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

|

| > Well, apparently you have installed Jason's Toolkit or something did.

| > IF

| > {and only if} you have installed it or can trace it to the program you

| > did install, then it is supposedly safe - its a security tool to block

| > scripting...

| >

| > Might be in this key:

| > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\open\command

| > Value :

| > Data : c:\program files\script sentry\scriptsentry.exe "%1" %*

| >

| > Might be best to run Regseeker to see if you have any entries

| > ANYWHERE for

| > it.

| >

|

| Thanks MEB, you must be seeing my posts again.

|

| ms

[Guest PCR]

Re: A hidden registry key?

 

ms wrote:

| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in news:eowg#XlKJHA.4324

| @TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

|

|> ms wrote:

|>| I use Winpatrol, and it kept showing a warning that Script Sentry

|>| wanted to open reg extensions. I selected No.

|>|

|>| I uninstalled Script Sentry, no help, deleted all files on the drive

|>| for Script Sentry, no help.

|>|

|>| I ran RegSeeker, cleaned all "safe" entries, and searched for SS,

|>| no entries.

|>|

|>| I ran RegEdit, searched for SS, no entries.

|>|

|>| I don't like them, but ran a relatively safe cleaner, Wise Registry

|>| Cleaner, still get the WinPatrol warning screen, the path it shows

|>| does not exist in my Utilities folder.

|>|

|>| Cold boots in between.

|>|

|>| So it appears Script Sentry is still somewhere in my registry, how

|>| to locate it?

|>

|> What is the precise wording of the message WinPatrol is posting

|> including any spaces & punctuation marks? Does it say "Script Sentry"

|> with a space as you posted or without one?

|>

|>| ms

|>

| Thanks, PCR

|

| My cleaning must have worked, as the message has not reappeared today

| so it may finally be gone.

 

All right. Very good. I see others have popped in who know more about

Script Sentry anyway.

 

| If I may, a new subject, an old thread on this computer I'm using,

| this was the Dell with a shaded video problem, faint grey shading on

| each line of text. You felt it was a defective video card, that must

| be it.

|

| I had gone to the Dell site, identified the video driver, installed

| it, still got the shading, no help, but it added a minor error screen

| on boot up. I fired up the machine after a few weeks, figured if

| installing the driver caused the error screen, uninstalling the

| driver would remove the error screen.

|

| Uninstalling the driver, the display properties, etc caused new

| issues, so I reinstalled it and now just have the simple screen

| again. It says:

|

| Rndll error: Error in C:\Windows\System\NvCpl.dll. missing entry

| Nv Startup

|

| It relates to the driver, several driver entries are in my HKLM/RUN

| key placed there by the install. Any idea on how to clean up that

| error screen?

 

I think you are right that it relates to an NVIDEA driver. I was just

about to research it, but am called away. Read through some of these at

Google...

 

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Rundll+error+C%3A%5CWindows%5CSystem%5CNvCpl.dll&btnG=Search

 

Do nothing rash, if it seems to get complex. Read through some, work up

a plan & post it. I'll be back tomorrow or someone else may comment in

the meantime.

 

| ms

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

[Guest ms]

Re: A hidden registry key?

 

"PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in

news:#7piTczKJHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

> ms wrote:

>| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in news:eowg#XlKJHA.4324

>| @TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

>|

>|> ms wrote:

>|>| I use Winpatrol, and it kept showing a warning that Script Sentry

>|>| wanted to open reg extensions. I selected No.

>|>|

>|>| I uninstalled Script Sentry, no help, deleted all files on the

>|>| drive for Script Sentry, no help.

>|>|

>|>| I ran RegSeeker, cleaned all "safe" entries, and searched for SS,

>|>| no entries.

>|>|

>|>| I ran RegEdit, searched for SS, no entries.

>|>|

>|>| I don't like them, but ran a relatively safe cleaner, Wise Registry

>|>| Cleaner, still get the WinPatrol warning screen, the path it shows

>|>| does not exist in my Utilities folder.

>|>|

>|>| Cold boots in between.

>|>|

>|>| So it appears Script Sentry is still somewhere in my registry, how

>|>| to locate it?

>|>

>|> What is the precise wording of the message WinPatrol is posting

>|> including any spaces & punctuation marks? Does it say "Script

>|> Sentry" with a space as you posted or without one?

>|>

>|>| ms

>|>

>| Thanks, PCR

>|

>| My cleaning must have worked, as the message has not reappeared today

>| so it may finally be gone.

>

> All right. Very good. I see others have popped in who know more about

> Script Sentry anyway.

>

>| If I may, a new subject, an old thread on this computer I'm using,

>| this was the Dell with a shaded video problem, faint grey shading on

>| each line of text. You felt it was a defective video card, that must

>| be it.

>|

>| I had gone to the Dell site, identified the video driver, installed

>| it, still got the shading, no help, but it added a minor error screen

>| on boot up. I fired up the machine after a few weeks, figured if

>| installing the driver caused the error screen, uninstalling the

>| driver would remove the error screen.

>|

>| Uninstalling the driver, the display properties, etc caused new

>| issues, so I reinstalled it and now just have the simple screen

>| again. It says:

>|

>| Rndll error: Error in C:\Windows\System\NvCpl.dll. missing entry

>| Nv Startup

>|

>| It relates to the driver, several driver entries are in my HKLM/RUN

>| key placed there by the install. Any idea on how to clean up that

>| error screen?

>

> I think you are right that it relates to an NVIDEA driver. I was just

> about to research it, but am called away. Read through some of these

> at Google...

>

> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Rundll+error+C%3A%5CWindows%5CSyst

> em%5CNvCpl.dll&btnG=Search

>

> Do nothing rash, if it seems to get complex. Read through some, work

> up a plan & post it. I'll be back tomorrow or someone else may comment

> in the meantime.

>

Many thanks for that link, down in the page was the exact same issue I

had, a fix, and the fix works for me also. Below:

---

Go to Start > Run > Msconfig > Startup tab, and just uncheck the line

 

NvCplDaemon = RUNDLL32.EXE c:\windows\SYSTEM\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup

 

Click OK, and reboot.

---

 

Just that simple.

 

Thanks again for the help

 

ms

[Guest PCR]

Re: A hidden registry key?

 

ms wrote:

| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in

| news:#7piTczKJHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

|

|> ms wrote:

|>| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in news:eowg#XlKJHA.4324

|>| @TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

|>|

|>|> ms wrote:

|>|>| I use Winpatrol, and it kept showing a warning that Script Sentry

|>|>| wanted to open reg extensions. I selected No.

|>|>|

|>|>| I uninstalled Script Sentry, no help, deleted all files on the

|>|>| drive for Script Sentry, no help.

|>|>|

|>|>| I ran RegSeeker, cleaned all "safe" entries, and searched for SS,

|>|>| no entries.

|>|>|

|>|>| I ran RegEdit, searched for SS, no entries.

|>|>|

|>|>| I don't like them, but ran a relatively safe cleaner, Wise

|>|>| Registry Cleaner, still get the WinPatrol warning screen, the

|>|>| path it shows does not exist in my Utilities folder.

|>|>|

|>|>| Cold boots in between.

|>|>|

|>|>| So it appears Script Sentry is still somewhere in my registry, how

|>|>| to locate it?

|>|>

|>|> What is the precise wording of the message WinPatrol is posting

|>|> including any spaces & punctuation marks? Does it say "Script

|>|> Sentry" with a space as you posted or without one?

|>|>

|>|>| ms

|>|>

|>| Thanks, PCR

|>|

|>| My cleaning must have worked, as the message has not reappeared

|>| today so it may finally be gone.

|>

|> All right. Very good. I see others have popped in who know more about

|> Script Sentry anyway.

|>

|>| If I may, a new subject, an old thread on this computer I'm using,

|>| this was the Dell with a shaded video problem, faint grey shading on

|>| each line of text. You felt it was a defective video card, that must

|>| be it.

|>|

|>| I had gone to the Dell site, identified the video driver, installed

|>| it, still got the shading, no help, but it added a minor error

|>| screen on boot up. I fired up the machine after a few weeks,

|>| figured if installing the driver caused the error screen,

|>| uninstalling the driver would remove the error screen.

|>|

|>| Uninstalling the driver, the display properties, etc caused new

|>| issues, so I reinstalled it and now just have the simple screen

|>| again. It says:

|>|

|>| Rndll error: Error in C:\Windows\System\NvCpl.dll. missing entry

|>| Nv Startup

|>|

|>| It relates to the driver, several driver entries are in my HKLM/RUN

|>| key placed there by the install. Any idea on how to clean up that

|>| error screen?

|>

|> I think you are right that it relates to an NVIDEA driver. I was

|> just about to research it, but am called away. Read through some of

|> these at Google...

|>

|>

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Rundll+error+C%3A%5CWindows%5CSyst

|> em%5CNvCpl.dll&btnG=Search

|>

|> Do nothing rash, if it seems to get complex. Read through some, work

|> up a plan & post it. I'll be back tomorrow or someone else may

|> comment in the meantime.

|>

| Many thanks for that link, down in the page was the exact same issue I

| had, a fix, and the fix works for me also. Below:

| ---

| Go to Start > Run > Msconfig > Startup tab, and just uncheck the line

|

| NvCplDaemon = RUNDLL32.EXE c:\windows\SYSTEM\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup

|

| Click OK, and reboot.

| ---

|

| Just that simple.

|

| Thanks again for the help

 

You are welcome. Maybe continue clicking a few more of those anyhow just

to see what that line was supposed to do. Can it be you'd rather have it

activated & working? (I don't know.)

 

So... what about the grayness on monitor lines? Have you tried adjusting

colors at...?... "Control Panel, Display, Settings, Advanced button,

Color".

 

How old is the monitor? I've had TWO go dark on me-- & this one suddenly

will open its menu screen without my pressing the button for it! It

seems to be a tad better now that I've blown away most of the dust

though.

 

| ms

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

[Guest ms]

Re: A hidden registry key?

 

"PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in news:eQ#Xo6#KJHA.5596

@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:

> ms wrote:

>| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in

>| news:#7piTczKJHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

>|

>|> ms wrote:

>|>| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in news:eowg#XlKJHA.4324

>|>| @TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

>|>|

>|>|> ms wrote:

>|>|>| I use Winpatrol, and it kept showing a warning that Script Sentry

>|>|>| wanted to open reg extensions. I selected No.

>|>|>|

>|>|>| I uninstalled Script Sentry, no help, deleted all files on the

>|>|>| drive for Script Sentry, no help.

>|>|>|

>|>|>| I ran RegSeeker, cleaned all "safe" entries, and searched for SS,

>|>|>| no entries.

>|>|>|

>|>|>| I ran RegEdit, searched for SS, no entries.

>|>|>|

>|>|>| I don't like them, but ran a relatively safe cleaner, Wise

>|>|>| Registry Cleaner, still get the WinPatrol warning screen, the

>|>|>| path it shows does not exist in my Utilities folder.

>|>|>|

>|>|>| Cold boots in between.

>|>|>|

>|>|>| So it appears Script Sentry is still somewhere in my registry, how

>|>|>| to locate it?

>|>|>

>|>|> What is the precise wording of the message WinPatrol is posting

>|>|> including any spaces & punctuation marks? Does it say "Script

>|>|> Sentry" with a space as you posted or without one?

>|>|>

>|>|>| ms

>|>|>

>|>| Thanks, PCR

>|>|

>|>| My cleaning must have worked, as the message has not reappeared

>|>| today so it may finally be gone.

>|>

>|> All right. Very good. I see others have popped in who know more about

>|> Script Sentry anyway.

>|>

>|>| If I may, a new subject, an old thread on this computer I'm using,

>|>| this was the Dell with a shaded video problem, faint grey shading on

>|>| each line of text. You felt it was a defective video card, that must

>|>| be it.

>|>|

>|>| I had gone to the Dell site, identified the video driver, installed

>|>| it, still got the shading, no help, but it added a minor error

>|>| screen on boot up. I fired up the machine after a few weeks,

>|>| figured if installing the driver caused the error screen,

>|>| uninstalling the driver would remove the error screen.

>|>|

>|>| Uninstalling the driver, the display properties, etc caused new

>|>| issues, so I reinstalled it and now just have the simple screen

>|>| again. It says:

>|>|

>|>| Rndll error: Error in C:\Windows\System\NvCpl.dll. missing entry

>|>| Nv Startup

>|>|

>|>| It relates to the driver, several driver entries are in my HKLM/RUN

>|>| key placed there by the install. Any idea on how to clean up that

>|>| error screen?

>|>

>|> I think you are right that it relates to an NVIDEA driver. I was

>|> just about to research it, but am called away. Read through some of

>|> these at Google...

>|>

>|>

> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Rundll+error+C%3A%5CWindows%5CSyst

>|> em%5CNvCpl.dll&btnG=Search

>|>

>|> Do nothing rash, if it seems to get complex. Read through some, work

>|> up a plan & post it. I'll be back tomorrow or someone else may

>|> comment in the meantime.

>|>

>| Many thanks for that link, down in the page was the exact same issue I

>| had, a fix, and the fix works for me also. Below:

>| ---

>| Go to Start > Run > Msconfig > Startup tab, and just uncheck the line

>|

>| NvCplDaemon = RUNDLL32.EXE c:\windows\SYSTEM\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup

>|

>| Click OK, and reboot.

>| ---

>|

>| Just that simple.

>|

>| Thanks again for the help

>

> You are welcome. Maybe continue clicking a few more of those anyhow

just

> to see what that line was supposed to do. Can it be you'd rather have

it

> activated & working? (I don't know.)

>

> So... what about the grayness on monitor lines? Have you tried

adjusting

> colors at...?... "Control Panel, Display, Settings, Advanced button,

> Color".

>

When I opened this thread 6 months ago, you suggested and I did that, no

luck.

> How old is the monitor? I've had TWO go dark on me-- & this one

suddenly

> will open its menu screen without my pressing the button for it! It

> seems to be a tad better now that I've blown away most of the dust

> though.

>

 

This is a good monitor, used OK on other computers.

 

This is only a backup machine, due to other issues, no energy here to

solve this issue. But I thank you for your interest. I use this computer

to browse when my W2K machine is sick. Right now it does not browse.

BTW, W2K and W98SE are my favorite OS's.

 

ms

[Guest PCR]

Re: A hidden registry key?

 

ms wrote:

| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in news:eQ#Xo6#KJHA.5596

| @TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:

|

|> ms wrote:

|>| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in

|>| news:#7piTczKJHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

|>|

|>|> ms wrote:

|>|>| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in news:eowg#XlKJHA.4324

|>|>| @TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

|>|>|

|>|>|> ms wrote:

|>|>|>| I use Winpatrol, and it kept showing a warning that Script

|>|>|>| Sentry wanted to open reg extensions. I selected No.

|>|>|>|

|>|>|>| I uninstalled Script Sentry, no help, deleted all files on the

|>|>|>| drive for Script Sentry, no help.

|>|>|>|

|>|>|>| I ran RegSeeker, cleaned all "safe" entries, and searched for

|>|>|>| SS, no entries.

|>|>|>|

|>|>|>| I ran RegEdit, searched for SS, no entries.

|>|>|>|

|>|>|>| I don't like them, but ran a relatively safe cleaner, Wise

|>|>|>| Registry Cleaner, still get the WinPatrol warning screen, the

|>|>|>| path it shows does not exist in my Utilities folder.

|>|>|>|

|>|>|>| Cold boots in between.

|>|>|>|

|>|>|>| So it appears Script Sentry is still somewhere in my registry,

|>|>|>| how to locate it?

|>|>|>

|>|>|> What is the precise wording of the message WinPatrol is posting

|>|>|> including any spaces & punctuation marks? Does it say "Script

|>|>|> Sentry" with a space as you posted or without one?

|>|>|>

|>|>|>| ms

|>|>|>

|>|>| Thanks, PCR

|>|>|

|>|>| My cleaning must have worked, as the message has not reappeared

|>|>| today so it may finally be gone.

|>|>

|>|> All right. Very good. I see others have popped in who know more

|>|> about Script Sentry anyway.

|>|>

|>|>| If I may, a new subject, an old thread on this computer I'm using,

|>|>| this was the Dell with a shaded video problem, faint grey shading

|>|>| on each line of text. You felt it was a defective video card,

|>|>| that must be it.

|>|>|

|>|>| I had gone to the Dell site, identified the video driver,

|>|>| installed it, still got the shading, no help, but it added a

|>|>| minor error screen on boot up. I fired up the machine after a few

|>|>| weeks, figured if installing the driver caused the error screen,

|>|>| uninstalling the driver would remove the error screen.

|>|>|

|>|>| Uninstalling the driver, the display properties, etc caused new

|>|>| issues, so I reinstalled it and now just have the simple screen

|>|>| again. It says:

|>|>|

|>|>| Rndll error: Error in C:\Windows\System\NvCpl.dll. missing entry

|>|>| Nv Startup

|>|>|

|>|>| It relates to the driver, several driver entries are in my

|>|>| HKLM/RUN key placed there by the install. Any idea on how to

|>|>| clean up that error screen?

|>|>

|>|> I think you are right that it relates to an NVIDEA driver. I was

|>|> just about to research it, but am called away. Read through some of

|>|> these at Google...

|>|>

|>|>

|>

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Rundll+error+C%3A%5CWindows%5CSyst

|>|> em%5CNvCpl.dll&btnG=Search

|>|>

|>|> Do nothing rash, if it seems to get complex. Read through some,

|>|> work up a plan & post it. I'll be back tomorrow or someone else may

|>|> comment in the meantime.

|>|>

|>| Many thanks for that link, down in the page was the exact same

|>| issue I had, a fix, and the fix works for me also. Below:

|>| ---

|>| Go to Start > Run > Msconfig > Startup tab, and just uncheck the

|>| line

|>|

|>| NvCplDaemon = RUNDLL32.EXE c:\windows\SYSTEM\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup

|>|

|>| Click OK, and reboot.

|>| ---

|>|

|>| Just that simple.

|>|

|>| Thanks again for the help

|>

|> You are welcome. Maybe continue clicking a few more of those anyhow

|> just to see what that line was supposed to do. Can it be you'd

|> rather have it activated & working? (I don't know.)

|>

|> So... what about the grayness on monitor lines? Have you tried

|> adjusting colors at...?... "Control Panel, Display, Settings,

|> Advanced button, Color".

|>

| When I opened this thread 6 months ago, you suggested and I did that,

| no luck.

 

Hmm. OK. Too bad.

 

|> How old is the monitor? I've had TWO go dark on me-- & this one

|> suddenly will open its menu screen without my pressing the button

|> for it! It seems to be a tad better now that I've blown away most of

|> the dust though.

|>

|

| This is a good monitor, used OK on other computers.

 

Hmm. That's interesting. Did I know that 6 months ago too?

 

| This is only a backup machine, due to other issues, no energy here to

| solve this issue. But I thank you for your interest. I use this

| computer to browse when my W2K machine is sick. Right now it does

| not browse.

 

All right, then. If you should discover the Win2K never will browse, we

can get back to your monitor on the Win98. But you'll have to remind us

all over again what has been tried! Sounds like a driver or a settings

problem to me, if it works well on another machine without the gray

shading. Otherwise, I'd have suspected the monitor is going bad. Check

that all is plugged in solidly. Blow some dust out of the vents,

(although I less/less suspect that is my own issue with the menu screen

popping up). Run through the monitor's own settings screens & put things

to default if possible. (Suddenly my own monitor's auto & menu buttons

won't work-- but at least the menu screen is not being displayed!

Sheesh!)

 

| BTW, W2K and W98SE are my favorite OS's.

 

Ah, Win98SE, very good.

 

| ms

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net