mmsys.exe is missing, IE6 is messed up, Java doesnt like me, and ME updates are evil

Toast · #1 April 24th, 2003, 04:09 PM

Ok... I havent had too many problems with my computer.. none that I couldnt fix.. But.. since Ive updated ActiveX 9 and a UPnP udate of some kind... My computer has been acting all screwy... My registry will not back its self up any more.. my system restore was disabled.. Java quit working IE6 wont load half of the sites I want to go to... and Microsoft isnt any help.... I am wondering if there is a program that will scan my computer for missing system files and registry problems.. and fix them... maybe online scanning....????? I am missing MMSYS.EXE.. among a few other I cant remember right now... .. So.. I have been backing up the registry my self... Oh.. almost forgot.... When I go into control panel and click on Sound and Multimedia Props... I get nothing... nothing at all happens... no errors.. NOTHING>.. Can some one please tell me whats going on!!!:no:

Email me at : eggsale420@hotmail.com
Thanks in advance..

Baser-X · #2 April 24th, 2003, 07:32 PM

Did you install DX9a?

I just formatted and reinstalled XP on Monday, started getting everything set up and then made the mistake of installing DX9a.... from there everything went to hell in a handbasket, express delivery. After the first reboot everything seemed fine and I left to go do something. When I got back home I went in to finish installing every and the screen was completely black instead of the screensaver I had designated to kick in after 45 minutes, but with a move of the mouse the power on my monitor went off then came back on and I was on my desktop. Thinking it was a power setting I went to the control panel which had a serious delay in opening and selected the power options. Again there was a delay in opening but eventually it opened fine and there were no power options selected, so I decided to check the screensaver settings. I click on display propeties and it opens, again with a delay, and appears to be fine until I click on the screensaver tab and *POOF* rebbot. I tried again and had the same effect. Since I disable Restore Points and DX9 cannot be removed, I decided to just reformat. After installing XP for the 2nd time I installed DX9 (not 9a) that I had stored on my computer and everything is now fine, even after all the Critical updates and my basic apps are installed.

Well anyway, that was a long story....

the point of which was DX9a, despite that M$ site says it fixes some flaws from the initial DX9 release is either very screwed or I just got a bad install. I'm inclined to think it had to do with DX9a since I had no problems prior to installing that and based on what you stated, it sounds very similar.

So, I guess the question of the day is:

Is Direct X 9a just outright crap or were we just unlucky?

**AnnMarie** · #3 April 24th, 2003, 11:42 PM

Hi Toast - are you sure that your PC is reporting mmsys.exe missing? Please post the exact error messages that you are getting.

It probably wouldnt hurt to have a look at your startups. Go here and download and run Startup List. It will generate a log file. Copy the log and paste it back into this thread.

Toast · #4 April 25th, 2003, 01:51 AM

I just checked and it is directX9a. You say that there isn't any way to uninstall 9a... (Somehow my restore got turned off, so I couldnt restore it to fix that) Is there a way to install the good old 9 over 9a.? .

Ok.. (shoulda wrote you this in order, sorry.) First of all.. I found the directx9a installer and reinstalled it... That solved my not being able to access my sounds and multimedia props... but now I cant even access my system restore.. click on sys restore... brings up a blank screen..nothing else.

And to make every thing much better... I dont have a system intall disc... so.. cant wipe hard drive and start over. . I dont know.. if you have any Ideas... I would appreciate the help... Thanks again...
~~~Toast~~~

Toast · #5 April 25th, 2003, 07:49 AM

I looked it over and it does show that I do have mmsys.exe..
If this tells you anything.
Let me know.. thanks..
~~~Toast~~~

StartupList report, 4/25/2003, 3:12:05 AM
StartupList version: 1.52
Started from : C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\RAR$EX00.998\STARTUPLIST.EXE
Detected: Windows ME (Win9x 4.90.3000)
Detected: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
* Using default options
==================================================

Running processes:

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\SYGATE\SPF\SMC.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RNAAPP.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TAPISRV.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RESTORE\STMGR.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\TASKMON.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\LOADQM.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\MIXER.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\REAL\UPDATE_OB\REALSCHED.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\RunDLL.exe
C:\PROGRAM FILES\NETSCAPE\NETSCAPE 6\NETSCP.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\WINRAR\WINRAR.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\RAR$EX00.998\STARTUPLIST.EXE

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Autorun entries from Registry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

SystemTray = SysTray.Exe
ScanRegistry = C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun
TaskMonitor = C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe
LoadPowerProfile = Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
PCHealth = C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\Support\PCHSchd.exe -s
LoadQM = loadqm.exe
C-Media Mixer = Mixer.exe /startup
Synchronization Manager = mobsync.exe /logon
SmcService = C:\PROGRA~1\SYGATE\SPF\SMC.EXE -startgui
TkBellExe = "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
ccApp = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
ccRegVfy = "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccRegVfy.exe"
Advanced Tools Check = C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\ADVTOOLS\ADVCHK.EXE
NPROTECT = C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\ADVTOOLS\NPROTECT.EXE
iamapp = C:\Program Files\Norton Personal Firewall\IAMAPP.EXE

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Autorun entries from Registry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Services

*StateMgr = C:\WINDOWS\System\Restore\StateMgr.exe
SchedulingAgent = mstask.exe
StillImageMonitor = C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE
SmcService = C:\PROGRAM FILES\SYGATE\SPF\SMC.EXE
ccEvtMgr = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
NPROTECT = C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\ADVTOOLS\NPROTECT.EXE
ScriptBlocking = "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Script Blocking\SBServ.exe" -reg
Nisum = C:\Program Files\Norton Personal Firewall\NISUM.EXE
ccPxySvc = C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~2\CCPXYSVC.EXE
nisserv = C:\Program Files\Norton Personal Firewall\NISSERV.EXE

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Autorun entries from Registry:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Taskbar Display Controls = RunDLL deskcp16.dll,QUICKRES_RUNDLLENTRY

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Shell & screensaver key from C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI:

Shell=C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.exe
SCRNSAVE.EXE=
drivers=mmsystem.dll power.drv

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C:\WINDOWS\WININIT.BAK listing:
(Created 25/4/2003, 0:32:46)

[Rename]
NUL=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\OLD2D5.TMP

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C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT listing:

SET COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM
SET windir=C:\WINDOWS
SET winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS
SET PATH=C:\BITWARE\;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\ PROGRA~1\ESAFE\PROTECT
SET PROMPT=$p$g
SET DIRCMD=/O-GEN
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 T4
SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
SET TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP

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Enumerating Browser Helper Objects:

(no name) - C:\PROGRAM FILES\YAHOO!\COMMON\YCOMP5_1_3_0.DLL - {02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670}
(no name) - C:\PROGRAM FILES\MYSEARCH\BAR\1.BIN\S4BAR.DLL (file missing) - {014DA6C1-189F-421a-88CD-07CFE51CFF10}
NAV Helper - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll (file missing) - {BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872}

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Enumerating Task Scheduler jobs:

Disk Defragmenter.job
Maintenance-ScanDisk.job
Maintenance-Disk cleanup.job
{F897AA24-BDC3-11D1-B85B-00C04FB93981}_Default.job
PCHealth Scheduler for Data Collection.job

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Enumerating Download Program Files:

[Update Class]
InProcServer32 = C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IUCTL.DLL
CODEBASE = http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...685.3490509259

[Yahoo! Companion]
InProcServer32 = C:\PROGRAM FILES\YAHOO!\COMMON\YCOMP5_1_3_0.DLL
CODEBASE = http://us.dl1.yimg.com/download.yaho...bio5_1_3_0.cab

[YInstStarter Class]
InProcServer32 = C:\WINDOWS\DOWNLOADED PROGRAM FILES\YINSTHELPER.DLL
CODEBASE = http://download.yahoo.com/dl/installs/yinst.cab

[CMV5 Class]
InProcServer32 = C:\WINDOWS\DOWNLOADED PROGRAM FILES\CPNMGR.DLL
CODEBASE = http://www101.coolsavings.com/download/cscmv5X.cab

[Shockwave Flash Object]
InProcServer32 = C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MACROMED\FLASH\FLASH.OCX
CODEBASE = http://download.macromedia.com/pub/s...sh/swflash.cab

[MSN Chat Control 4.5]
InProcServer32 = C:\WINDOWS\DOWNLOADED PROGRAM FILES\MSNCHAT45.OCX
CODEBASE = http://fdl.msn.com/public/chat/msnchat45.cab

[CoGSManager Class]
InProcServer32 = C:\WINDOWS\DOWNLOADED PROGRAM FILES\GSMANAGER.DLL
CODEBASE = http://gamingzone-dev.ubisoft.com/de.../GSManager.cab

[Hotmail Attachments Control]
InProcServer32 = C:\WINDOWS\DOWNLOADED PROGRAM FILES\CONFLICT.3\HMATCHMT.OCX
CODEBASE = http://lw14fd.law14.hotmail.msn.com/...x/HMAtchmt.ocx

[HouseCall Control]
InProcServer32 = C:\WINDOWS\DOWNLO~1\XSCAN53.OCX
CODEBASE = http://a840.g.akamai.net/7/840/537/2...ll/xscan53.cab

[Microsoft Search Settings Control]
InProcServer32 = C:\WINDOWS\DOWNLOADED PROGRAM FILES\SEARCHSETTINGS.OCX
CODEBASE = http://lg.home.microsoft.com/search/...chsettings.cab

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Enumerating ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad items:

WebCheck: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WEBCHECK.DLL

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End of report, 7,038 bytes
Report generated in 0.250 seconds

**AnnMarie** · #6 April 25th, 2003, 10:48 AM

Quote:

I looked it over and it does show that I do have mmsys.exe..

Ummm....I cant see it in the log Toast.

OK, you have My Search Bar installed. It is a known Search Page Hijacker and is probably responsible for the problems you have been having with IE. Uninstall it from Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel and reboot afterwards.

Regarding your problem with System Restore, have a look at this article by Microsoft Control Panel, Help, and System Restore Are Empty or Partially Empty. Check your registry entries. If you need to make changes and you are not quite sure what to do, post back and we will be happy to walk you through any edits. Let us know how you get on.