Quick Fix Blog
You are viewing the archive, containing all posts older than 30 day(s). To return to the front page, click here.
Windows Server 2008 startup error after installing dvd or cdrom rw software
Tuesday 22nd July 2008 2:32 PM
You've been running your Windows Server 2008 without problems and now you get the following error after installing software to manage your DVD ROM or CDRW.
Windows Failed to load, c: windows system32 drivers pxhlpa64.sys status 0xc000428
Windows may or may not actually fail to load, it depends whose software you were loading at the time, this time it happened to be Roxio DigitalMediaPlus with Sonic software, it came with a CDRW/DVD ROM drive purchased for a HP DL380 server.
The main problem with this issue is the fact that you no longer have a cdrom drive at all.
I found that dropping to a dos prompt on boot and manually renaming the offending file got me at least in to windows.
The file is C:windows system32 drivers pxhlpa64.sys - rename it to pxhlpa64.old - you can probably just delete it but that's your choice.
Once in Windows you will need to start the registry editor with START - RUN and REGEDT32
Navigate to the following key.
My Computer - HKey_Local_Machine - System - CurrentControlSet - Control - Class
Under CLASS select the {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} key.
In there you should now delete both the UpperFilters and LowerFilters keys. (UpperFilters may not exist, depends what software did this to you)
Exit registry editer and reboot.
That should now work, find alternative software for your DVD/CDRW !
As with all matters concerning the Registry and deleting files used by windows, follow this basic advice, Save the registry before making changes and always opt for renaming a file instead of deleting it, just in case - you can always delete it later when you know for sure it won't cause a problem.
Posted 2:32 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink
Can't view HTTPS sites or secure sites from browser on XP
Wednesday 18th June 2008 2:47 PM
This can actually happen on any browser, Firefox, Opera, Explorer etc and can be quite annoying.
The immediate thing to do, as with most browser based problems is to reset the browser, IE7 makes this very easy to do, simply start the browser, go to TOOLS and select DELETE BROWSING HISTORY, then DELETE ALL.
To complete the reset go back to TOOLS and select INTERNET OPTIONS, then go to the ADVANCED tab and select the RESET button at the bottom.
Next time you start IE7 it will be just like the first time you ran it, it will just take a second to select your settings and then you can retest.
Failing the above the next thing to try is the Windows or other software Firewall.
Disable it temporarily and retest going to a HTTPS site, if it works then simply check your firewall settings, that goes for others too, Symantec, McAfee etc.
If this doesn't work I would suggest re registering the following DLL files.
regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll
regsvr32 dssenh.dll
regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 sccbase.dll
regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll
The easiest way is to highlight all the above and right click it then select COPY then right click on your desktop and select NEW - TEXT DOCUMENT
Paste the above in to that new document and select FILE - SAVE AS and call it fix.bat
Simply double click on the FIX.BAT icon now on your desktop to run it, each file will register and confirm it's success in doing so, some could take a while so give it a break and leave it to it, others will be instant.
Once this procedure is complete simply reboot your PC (not always needed).
None of the above procedures are known to be disruptive other than to remove exisiting certificates and downloaded plug ins, but that in my opinion is a good thing.
If none of this works it's time to take the machine to a PCFella to have it looked at properly.
Posted 2:47 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink
Repair the Windows XP installation
Friday 18th April 2008 9:40 AM
So you have some problems and files are either missing, damaged or changed which is stopping your PC from booting up, don't want to format your hard disk, you just want to repair the installation, here goes!
REPAIR A WINDOWS XP INSTALLATION
1. Boot the computer using your Windows XP CD. You will probably need to change the boot order in the system BIOS. Check your system documentation for steps to access the BIOS and change the boot order or use the contact us form and tell PCFella what kit you have and we'll try find out for you.
2. When you see the "Welcome To Setup" screen, you will see the options below This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft Windows XP to run on your computer:
To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.
3. Press Enter to start the Windows Setup, do not choose "To repair a Windows XP installation using the Recovery Console, press R", (you do not want to load Recovery Console).
4. Accept the License Agreement and Windows will search for existing Windows installations.
5. Select the XP installation you want to repair from the list and press R to start the repair.
6. Setup will copy the necessary files to the hard drive and reboot.
Do not press any key to boot from CD if the message appears.
Setup will continue as if it were doing a clean install, but your
applications and settings will remain intact.
7. Reapply updates or service packs applied since initial Windows XP installation. Please note that a Repair Install using an Original
pre service pack 1 or 2 XP CD used as the install media will remove SP1/SP2 respectively and service packs plus updates issued after the service packs will need to be reapplied.
If your CD did not include SP2 then you will need to download it from Microsoft, This is the Service Pack 2 link.
Copy and paste link into your browser.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en
Posted 9:40 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink
HP Workstation STOP error while installing XP
Thursday 3rd April 2008 11:17 AM
The HP Compaq workstations come pre-installed with OS and also a system restore partition, however, there are times when you would like to Re-install from scratch or replace the OS with another.
When booting from a Windows XP OEM CD for reinstalling you may find that you are quickly presented with the Blue Screen Of Death STOP error, stating that the ' A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to rpevent damage to your computer '
You may go running for your backup memory but this isn;t the issue.
Reboot the PC and hit F10 during boot to go to the CMOS setup pages.
Go to STORAGE and then STORAGE OPTIONS.
Go to SATA Emulation and you should find it is set to the default of RAID+AHCI.
Change this to SEPERATE IDE CONTROLLER but don't change any thing else, then save your settings and exit.
During your first boot you may get a message that the configuration has changed, simply hit F1 past this and it will reboot again.
Pop in your boot CD and start installing your OS....
Posted 11:17 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink
Installing PHP 5 on IIS
Sunday 23rd March 2008 12:59 PM
This was frustrating to say the least, setting up a web server for an experimental site; I wanted to use Windows Server and IIS and also needed PHP.
The Windows Server is pretty much straight forward stuff, point, shoot, work.
When I went to download PHP I found that I had a choice, either download PHP in a ZIP file and do it all manually or download a wondefull installer.
Now I'm not really a lazy person by nature but at 39 years old and some would say a little bit slower at tying things together than I use to be I figured what the heck, give me a nice installer any day.
The installer does a great job, integrates in to IIS, registers in all the right places but wait a minute, my PHP doesn't work on my web page....
No errors, no nothing, just 404 page not found... how annoying.
The fix... simple but even more annoying than the problem was....
Windows filenames and that darn habit of replacing long filenames with abcdef~1.dll
In this case, if you go in to IIS manager and right-click your website - go to properties and then the Home Directory Tab, select Configuration and under the Application extensions you should see that the installer did a great job of putting you a .php extension with the Executable Path stripped to C:\PROGRA~1\PHP\PHP5IS~1.DLL
Now for some reason this doesn't work, so replace it with the full naming enclosed in speech marks i.e. "C:\Program Files\PHP\php5isapi.dll" and whoala... all working.
Don't forget to stop and start your web site before testing.
The rule, the PHP installer does do a great job, and it is free of charge, but don't always rely on installers to give you an easy ride.
Posted 12:59 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink
[Front Page] | Archive Page: [1] [2] [3]
