Re: [H] Freeze up
Wow64 could be a reference to a 64bit ASPI Layer or some video codec (both aka spyware), but most likely it comes from surfing by an already infected internet site (aka trojan/spyware). Nothing you can do about this, unfortunately, except making Firefox with NoScript a strict home computing policy in the future. To preserve the files on the drive, you are welcome to email me privately (see email header for reference), and I'll do what I can to help you out for free (commercial experience on this field). If not, make a repair install of 2k as a start (press F4 or F5 during CD-boot and follow directions). NO? Boot from HDD >F8 >command prompt >[fix boot] - NO? >F8 >command prompt >[fix mbr] For a full list of commands type [help /?] Still no-go, pop a mail. Easier roads ahead. //soren Sam Franc wrote: My wife has a W2000 box and she is computer illiterate. Last night she froze up her box somehow. Had to shut it down by the off switch. Nothing else would work. This am we get this message: "The procedure entry point get system wow 64 directory A could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll" What needs to be done? I am not an expert. Sam
Re: [H] Freeze up
Hey Boss, Some of us just do NOT move with the herd. SUX2BME I suppose. ;( UR very advanced; always wuz! LOL! Best, Duncan Robert Martin Jr. wrote: Hehe, thats funny :). I've been using XP64 so long I didn't realize that anyone from the hardware group would not be familiar with wow64 directories and 64 bit references. lopaka From: DSinc To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Mon, December 14, 2009 12:47:10 PM Subject: Re: [H] Freeze up JRS, Your share is even scarier than my 1st impression! SUX 2B so far behind the times... :( Best, Duncan JRS wrote: WoW64 (Windows-on-Windows 64-bit) is a subsystem of the Windows operating system that is capable of running 32-bit applications and is included on all 64-bit versions of Windows — including Windows 2000 Limited Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, IA-64 and x64 versions of Windows Server 2003, 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, as well as the 64 bit edition of Windows 7. In Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core, it's an optional component. WoW64 is designed to take care of many of the differences between 32-bit Windows and 64-bit Windows, particularly involving structural changes to Windows itself. -- JRS stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. - Original Message From: DSinc To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Mon, December 14, 2009 11:27:45 AM Subject: Re: [H] Freeze up Sam, From what I read, your wife downloaded something (?wow64?) that may require 64-bit processing. W2K, IIRC, only does 32-bit anything. You may need to dig down and get rid of what she last downloaded and tried to run/launch. That is all I can see for now. Best, Duncan Sam Franc wrote: My wife has a W2000 box and she is computer illiterate. Last night she froze up her box somehow. Had to shut it down by the off switch. Nothing else would work. This am we get this message: "The procedure entry point get system wow 64 directory A could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll" What needs to be done? I am not an expert. Sam
Re: [H] Freeze up
Hehe, thats funny :). I've been using XP64 so long I didn't realize that anyone from the hardware group would not be familiar with wow64 directories and 64 bit references. lopaka From: DSinc To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Mon, December 14, 2009 12:47:10 PM Subject: Re: [H] Freeze up JRS, Your share is even scarier than my 1st impression! SUX 2B so far behind the times... :( Best, Duncan JRS wrote: > WoW64 (Windows-on-Windows 64-bit) is a subsystem of the Windows > operating system that is capable of running 32-bit applications and > is included on all 64-bit versions of Windows — including Windows > 2000 Limited Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, IA-64 and > x64 versions of Windows Server 2003, 64-bit versions of Windows Vista > and Windows Server 2008, as well as the 64 bit edition of Windows 7. > In Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core, it's an optional component. > WoW64 is designed to take care of many of the differences between > 32-bit Windows and 64-bit Windows, particularly involving structural > changes to Windows itself. > > -- JRS stei...@pacbell.net > > > Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. > > > > - Original Message >> From: DSinc To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Mon, >> December 14, 2009 11:27:45 AM Subject: Re: [H] Freeze up >> >> >> Sam, From what I read, your wife downloaded something (?wow64?) >> that may require 64-bit processing. W2K, IIRC, only does 32-bit >> anything. You may need to dig down and get rid of what she last >> downloaded and tried to run/launch. That is all I can see for >> now. Best, Duncan >> >> >> Sam Franc wrote: >>> My wife has a W2000 box and she is computer illiterate. Last >>> night she froze up her box somehow. Had to shut it down by the >>> off switch. Nothing else would work. This am we get this message: >>> "The procedure entry point get system wow 64 directory A could >>> not be located >> in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll" >>> What needs to be done? I am not an expert. Sam >>> > >
Re: [H] Freeze up
JRS, Your share is even scarier than my 1st impression! SUX 2B so far behind the times... :( Best, Duncan JRS wrote: WoW64 (Windows-on-Windows 64-bit) is a subsystem of the Windows operating system that is capable of running 32-bit applications and is included on all 64-bit versions of Windows — including Windows 2000 Limited Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, IA-64 and x64 versions of Windows Server 2003, 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, as well as the 64 bit edition of Windows 7. In Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core, it's an optional component. WoW64 is designed to take care of many of the differences between 32-bit Windows and 64-bit Windows, particularly involving structural changes to Windows itself. -- JRS stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. - Original Message From: DSinc To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Mon, December 14, 2009 11:27:45 AM Subject: Re: [H] Freeze up Sam, From what I read, your wife downloaded something (?wow64?) that may require 64-bit processing. W2K, IIRC, only does 32-bit anything. You may need to dig down and get rid of what she last downloaded and tried to run/launch. That is all I can see for now. Best, Duncan Sam Franc wrote: My wife has a W2000 box and she is computer illiterate. Last night she froze up her box somehow. Had to shut it down by the off switch. Nothing else would work. This am we get this message: "The procedure entry point get system wow 64 directory A could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll" What needs to be done? I am not an expert. Sam
Re: [H] Freeze up
At 11:38 AM 12/14/2009, you wrote: WoW64 (Windows-on-Windows 64-bit) is a subsystem of the Windows operating system that is capable of running 32-bit applications and is included on all 64-bit versions of Windows including Windows 2000 Limited Editioon, There was a 64 bit version of Windows 2000?
Re: [H] Freeze up
WoW64 (Windows-on-Windows 64-bit) is a subsystem of the Windows operating system that is capable of running 32-bit applications and is included on all 64-bit versions of Windows — including Windows 2000 Limited Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, IA-64 and x64 versions of Windows Server 2003, 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, as well as the 64 bit edition of Windows 7. In Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core, it's an optional component. WoW64 is designed to take care of many of the differences between 32-bit Windows and 64-bit Windows, particularly involving structural changes to Windows itself. -- JRS stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. - Original Message > From: DSinc > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Sent: Mon, December 14, 2009 11:27:45 AM > Subject: Re: [H] Freeze up > > Sam, > From what I read, your wife downloaded something (?wow64?) that may require > 64-bit processing. W2K, IIRC, only does 32-bit anything. > You may need to dig down and get rid of what she last downloaded and > tried > to run/launch. That is all I can see for now. > Best, > Duncan > > > Sam Franc wrote: > > My wife has a W2000 box and she is computer illiterate. > > Last night she froze up her box somehow. > > Had to shut it down by the off switch. > > Nothing else would work. > > This am we get this message: > > "The procedure entry point get system wow 64 directory A could not be > > located > in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll" > > What needs to be done? > > I am not an expert. > > Sam > >
Re: [H] Freeze up
Sam, From what I read, your wife downloaded something (?wow64?) that may require 64-bit processing. W2K, IIRC, only does 32-bit anything. You may need to dig down and get rid of what she last downloaded and tried to run/launch. That is all I can see for now. Best, Duncan Sam Franc wrote: My wife has a W2000 box and she is computer illiterate. Last night she froze up her box somehow. Had to shut it down by the off switch. Nothing else would work. This am we get this message: "The procedure entry point get system wow 64 directory A could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll" What needs to be done? I am not an expert. Sam
Re: [H] Freeze up
I've had this happen a few times from poweroutage, no UPS backup, etc. Sometimes you can fix this running BootCD utilities and it's easiest if you can roll back to a previous restore point (if you have this enabled on the affected computer). Normally my order of attempts would be 1) choose boot option for previous known good settings (works occasionally) 2) boot safe mode and run chkdsk /f on any available HDD's (usually you'll get same error in safe mode) 3) bootcd (Hirens is what I use, or BART) and check HDD/files for errors using utilities and chkdsk 4) use system restore using old restore point (also from Hirens mini-xp mode) 5) use install cd for XP to do system repair install lopaka From: Sam Franc To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Mon, December 14, 2009 9:48:34 AM Subject: [H] Freeze up My wife has a W2000 box and she is computer illiterate. Last night she froze up her box somehow. Had to shut it down by the off switch. Nothing else would work. This am we get this message: "The procedure entry point get system wow 64 directory A could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll" What needs to be done? I am not an expert. Sam
[H] Freeze up
My wife has a W2000 box and she is computer illiterate. Last night she froze up her box somehow. Had to shut it down by the off switch. Nothing else would work. This am we get this message: "The procedure entry point get system wow 64 directory A could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll" What needs to be done? I am not an expert. Sam
