system 32

I have had this problem for a time now, every time i boot up the computer and log on 2 system 32 errors pop up right after each other. When i close out of the second one (the last one) the desktop goes blank( just my background no icons) then reloads all the icons (icons show back up). I dont know much about computers, and im pretty sure alot of people here are much better than me, so any help even a point in a direction would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance, except flashfreak22

... What? And you're welcome.

System 32 is the folder where a lot of your operating system components are located.

I might be able to help more if you tell me exactly what the error messages said.

But in the meantime, if you haven't tampered with anything in your system, it's probably damaged from a virus.

yeah... (OMG! one word post!xD)

ps: If Dj can't fix that I would recomending you changing to ubuntu.
pss: Hope you're not a game addicted cause very few windows games run on linux
pps:You can always try WINE

Umm... JPB? When you say PS it's post script. PSS is post script script. It's supposed to be PPS as in post post script. But that's off topic.

FlashFreak22 wrote:Umm... JPB? When you say PS it's post script. PSS is post script script. It's supposed to be PPS as in post post script. But that's off topic.

Really? Oh well... thanks for the notice...

You just reminded me how much I love WINE!

You can play Age of Empires with it.

So, I'm happy. LOL!

AOE FTW! Yeah!

but, yes, this is a bit O-T.

Sounds like you might well have to either reinstall windows or install Ubuntu.

If this pc was only mine I would put linux, but it is family used, so... I must stuck with windows and sometimes make and live experience with my ubuntu or my fedora disk...

same here...but I have slax on a usb. It's only good for booting a dead computer.

Shemuel wrote:same here...but I have slax on a usb. It's only good for booting a dead computer.

poor guy... c'est la vie, mon amie (arg! French! I hate this!)... But yeah, that sucks...

Dj... parents discipline never makes sence... never!

https://s588.photobucket.com/albums/ss321/strykerman/?action=view&current=322.jpg

This is what pops up

https://s588.photobucket.com/albums/ss321/strykerman/?action=view&current=32.jpg
After i close out of the first one.

sure why not? It was getting in the way i was trying to get it to stop popping up.

Stryker..,.. you're the biggest idiot I saw till now... You deleted THE System32 folder?

That is basically the hearth of the OS!

your screwed!

please, Stryker... go to this site, make download of ubuntu and then record it onto a cd:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

here's a utility to help you record it...

[url]http://www.filehippo.com/download_cdburnerxp/tech/[url]

you spamed!

Crap! The post does not appears!

God the irony... you spammed by telling another guy that he spammed. Cookie and facepalm for that...

Thingy wrote:God the irony... you spammed by telling another guy that he spammed. Cookie and facepalm for that...

Indeed, such ironic...

For not saying that I'm spamming, go to www.ubuntu.com and then make download of ubuntu 8.10 and record it into a CD using a program like Nero Burning Room or CDBurnerXP.

Well, I'm pretty sure all of those "*" mean that everything in 32 is gone.

In other words, you're screwed. LOL!

If you didn't delete it, then someone that had access to your computer probably did.

If your firewall was up, it probably wasn't a trojan.

I don't know of any modern trojans that are able to delete 32 completely.

A destructive batch file would do it though.

Or, like I said, if someone had access to your computer, they could have deleted it themselves.

Do you have backup disk/s?

If not, a windows disk?

If you have neither, you're REALLY screwed.

You might have to turn to Ubuntu, or Opensuse.

(Since you're a newb.)

if you read my spoiler, to my knowledge nothing has happend to system 32... are computers able to even run without it? Anyways ill check for it.

i still have it just checked...

Are you able to boot up?

Oh, and dude, you NEED system32!!!!!

NEED!!!

Also, I read your spoiler already.

I know you don't know anything about what happened to it, but that's why I gave you the possible causes.

Stryker wrote:i still have it just checked...

Uh, check to see if there's anything inside...

theres like 300 different files.

and if it was completely messed up i would be having serious problems right?
But im not having any other problems except that.

it could be just one corrupted file in there.

that happened to me the hard drive messed up and crrupted a critical file in the registery

That's possible.

It could be trojan damage.

After all, many viruses effect the windows32 filesystem.

But, that's why I told him to conduct a scan.

Also, I suspect it's mostly likely a trojan now, since he says his computer is still usable.