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Guest ryguy1101
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Browsed thru the forum threads and didn't see any previous discussions about

this extremely annoying error message. Happens pretty much every time my

computer tries to open a new dialog box (i.e. opening recycle bin or my

computer, launching MS internet explorer, etc.). I've upgraded from IE6 to

7, updated all anti-virus programs, and run an error-clean program to clean

up bad links, shortcuts, dead files, etc. Nothing seems to work. Any novel

suggestions would be helpful.

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Guest P. Di Stolfo
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Re: run time error 5 - invalid procedure call or argument

 

Hello,

 

the next time when it happens, can you open Task Manager, in "Applications"

right-click it and choose "Go to process" and name the process that produces

the message?

 

Greetings,

P. Di Stolfo

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"ryguy1101" <ryguy1101@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag

news:D84230DD-AB98-41C1-AF39-3740462A9943@microsoft.com...

> Browsed thru the forum threads and didn't see any previous discussions

> about

> this extremely annoying error message. Happens pretty much every time my

> computer tries to open a new dialog box (i.e. opening recycle bin or my

> computer, launching MS internet explorer, etc.). I've upgraded from IE6

> to

> 7, updated all anti-virus programs, and run an error-clean program to

> clean

> up bad links, shortcuts, dead files, etc. Nothing seems to work. Any

> novel

> suggestions would be helpful.

Guest spamsucks@tiscali.co.uk
Posted

Re: run time error 5 - invalid procedure call or argument

 

On 3 Sep, 23:52, ryguy1101 <ryguy1...@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote:

> Browsed thru the forum threads and didn't see any previous discussions about

> this extremely annoying error message. Happens pretty much every time my

> computer tries to open a new dialog box (i.e. opening recycle bin or my

> computer, launching MS internet explorer, etc.). I've upgraded from IE6 to

> 7, updated all anti-virus programs, and run an error-clean program to clean

> up bad links, shortcuts, dead files, etc. Nothing seems to work. Any novel

> suggestions would be helpful.

 

That is a Visual Basic error message. The OS (XP) was not written in

VB so my guess would be you've got some kind of malware infestation.

Although you updated your anti-virus software, AV packages don't

generally check for spyware or adware - you need seperate utlitiies

for that.


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