[colecampbell666]

Whenever I run VLC (0.8.6h) I get a "Send Error Report" for Windows Explorer. It doesn't do anything, but the start bar disappears and reappears, presumably because the process is restarted. It's getting annoying.

Scratch that, it happens whenever I close a Windows Explorer window.

[Topgun]

you have a virus.
OR you messed up your windows stuff dlls ECT... AND you have a virus.

[blackhole]

That, my good sir, is called screwing up your computer until its FUBAR.

[colecampbell666]

Naw, not a virus. I did a restore, and it works fine. Must've been something my family did while I was away.

[Topgun]

OR you messed up your windows stuff dlls ECT...

[colecampbell666]

Must've been something my family did while I was away.

It happened as soon as I got home.

[S-99]

Something else you can do while your family is away is LINUx

[colecampbell666]

My mom doesn't know how to use a PC as it stands. Although that would probably mean that she wouldn't notice anyways...

And besides, I'd need a bigger HDD for that, or to uninstall XP altogether. (Linux reads my 160 GB HDD, XP reads 32. If Linux is on reading 160, XP doesn't see the drive period.

[S-99]

Hmmm, yes repartitioning. And xp reads only 32gb out of the 160? That really sucks. How about you format with ntfs instead of fat32 and you won't have that 32gb limitation anymore in xp. It'd still require a reinstall of xp anyway, but hey, everything would all be working correctly, and you could toss linux on there anyway if you wanted.

Don't use fat32

[Stormkeeper]

That, my good sir, is called screwing up your computer until its FUBAR.

Wait till fubar sees that.

[colecampbell666]

Hmmm, yes repartitioning. And xp reads only 32gb out of the 160? That really sucks. How about you format with ntfs instead of fat32 and you won't have that 32gb limitation anymore in xp. It'd still require a reinstall of xp anyway, but hey, everything would all be working correctly, and you could toss linux on there anyway if you wanted.

Don't use fat32

I don't. I've used NTFS since conception, and I know that that would cause the problem.

[Stealth]

dude check your application and system logs...

[colecampbell666]

Told ya, it was fixed with a System Restore.

[Jeff Vader]

Now that this has been settled, we can derail from the topic a bit.

Whenever I run VLC (0.8.6h)

"i" has been released.

[colecampbell666]

Yeah, but as with the rest, nothing has changed except for the reparation of bug 01g01gn643n.

[Jeff Vader]

Security updates:
 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)

Various bugfixes:
 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
   (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
    SAP services discovery, http control interface)
 * Updated Polish translation

Polish translation. You can't say no to that.

[colecampbell666]

And galaktos-based audio.

[jr2]

My mom doesn't know how to use a PC as it stands. Although that would probably mean that she wouldn't notice anyways...

And besides, I'd need a bigger HDD for that, or to uninstall XP altogether. (Linux reads my 160 GB HDD, XP reads 32. If Linux is on reading 160, XP doesn't see the drive period.

Upgrade your BIOS and/or remove the 32GB size limit jumper on the Hard Disk.  Use GParted Live CD (google it) to repartition / modify existing partitions.

[colecampbell666]

:facepalm: I've done every single thing listed there. This has to be the fourth time that I've mentioned in passing my broken HDD, and the fourth time you and S-99 have suggested these options. Nothing will fix it.

[Kosh]

Naw, not a virus. I did a restore, and it works fine. Must've been something my family did while I was away.

That doesn't mean much. A lot of viruses will hide in system restore to "re-plant" themselves after the restore is complete.