Guest gecko Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 I keep getting a repeated error window labeled 'sidebar.exe - no disk' and an error message 'There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive \Device\Hardisk3\DR7' with the options Cancel, Try Again, and Continue. I have searched my hard drive for sidebar and have found nothing. What is it? How do I get rid of it? It just started and won't stop. Thanks -GECKO
Guest Tom [Pepper] Willett Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 Re: What is sidebar.exe? http://www.file.net/process/sidebar.exe.html "gecko" <alpha@olympus.net> wrote in message news:gcd9f4pslvv9l8g3kcjsmh2s57j3rk5o7l@4ax.com... :I keep getting a repeated error window labeled 'sidebar.exe - no disk' : and an error message 'There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a : disk into drive \Device\Hardisk3\DR7' with the options Cancel, Try : Again, and Continue. : : I have searched my hard drive for sidebar and have found nothing. : : What is it? How do I get rid of it? It just started and won't stop. : : Thanks : : -GECKO
Guest PA Bear [MS MVP] Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 Re: What is sidebar.exe? Sidebar.exe is most often associated with SearchCentrix hijackware/adware. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ gecko wrote: > I keep getting a repeated error window labeled 'sidebar.exe - no disk' > and an error message 'There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a > disk into drive \Device\Hardisk3\DR7' with the options Cancel, Try > Again, and Continue. > > I have searched my hard drive for sidebar and have found nothing. > > What is it? How do I get rid of it? It just started and won't stop. > > Thanks > > -GECKO
Guest gecko Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 Re: Re: What is sidebar.exe? Re: Re: What is sidebar.exe? On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:56:22 -0400, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote: >Sidebar.exe is most often associated with SearchCentrix hijackware/adware. > >What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What >anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall >(if any)? I found sidebar.exe by changing search parameters. My oversight. I could not delete it until I booted up in safe mode. After that, it has not appeared. I have no idea from whence it came. I made two posts because for some reason, my posts seemed to not make it. I hope this one will. When I asked Forte Agent to show me new headers for the news group, it said there were none. Yet when I finally in desperation asked Agent to show all headers for today - my posts were there. Go figure! I am beginning to think my version of Agent has a mind of its own. Sorry about the double posts. Thanks -GECKO
Guest PA Bear [MS MVP] Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 Re: Re: What is sidebar.exe? Re: Re: What is sidebar.exe? > I made two posts because for some reason, my posts seemed to not make > it. I hope this one will. When I asked Forte Agent to show me new > headers for the news group, it said there were none. Yet when I > finally in desperation asked Agent to show all headers for today - my > posts were there. Go figure! I am beginning to think my version of > Agent has a mind of its own. You'd be much better off accessing this and other MS newsgroups using the free MS newsserver: http://news://msnews.microsoft.com -- ~PA Bear gecko wrote: > On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:56:22 -0400, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" > <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sidebar.exe is most often associated with SearchCentrix >> hijackware/adware. >> >> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What >> anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party >> firewall >> (if any)? > > > I found sidebar.exe by changing search parameters. My oversight. I > could not delete it until I booted up in safe mode. After that, it > has not appeared. I have no idea from whence it came. > > I made two posts because for some reason, my posts seemed to not make > it. I hope this one will. When I asked Forte Agent to show me new > headers for the news group, it said there were none. Yet when I > finally in desperation asked Agent to show all headers for today - my > posts were there. Go figure! I am beginning to think my version of > Agent has a mind of its own. > > Sorry about the double posts. > > Thanks > > -GECKO
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