Re: Message box origin

[John Jones <chianime@xxxxxxxxx>]

Before answering the message, bring up Task Manager (or Process Explorer if
you have that installed).  Note everything that's running.  Close the
message box.  Check if anything disappeared from Task Manager/Process
Explorer.  If the list did change, then you've a starting point.

Assuming it's a legitimate network error, try disabling then re-enabling the
NIC.  Or see if the error comes up when you boot the PC with the Ethernet
cable not plugged in.

Run a registry cleaner like http://www.ccleaner.com/ or a PC checkup like
http://www.pcpitstop.com/betapit/.  Run through MS's checklist at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281770.

And then there's the old favorites: Re--install or upgrade to a more current
version of Windows.  XP has the optional Desktop Search and Vista has search
integrated; either would speed up content searches of your extra drives. 2K
was great but before long you're going to start running into issues if you
have to replace any hardware.

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have a Win2K PC that has started to show a message box after being
> restarted. It's just a message box with "Message" as its title bar
> text and with "A network error has been found. The update document
> is not available." as its message text. It has [OK] and [Cancel]
> buttons, though [Cancel] seems to have no purpose.
>
> I've done a number of searches to see if any files contain text like
> ["network error has been found"], but no hits. Example searches were
> over the entire C:\WINNT and C:\Program Files and a few other
> directory paths.
>
> So, the question: If a message box is being displayed on a Win2K
> desktop, is there a useful way to determine where it came from?
>
> Fully patched Win2K, Zone Alarm, AVG, Ad-Aware, Open Office,...
> everything works as I expect. Lots of other stuff installed on D:\,
> E:\ and J:\ drives; but full-text searches can take some time. Just
> curious if anyone ever learned a neat trick about tracking...
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Tom Liotta
>
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