The reboot halts when this messagte appears and resumes when I click on close. The boot completes successfully and PC seems to operate normally. But this is very annoying. Any suggestions????
To stop the offending program from stating you could try disabling from starting by using msconfig (goto Run type msconfig or msconfig.exe.
However, it looks to me like the command that is trying to run is leftover malware. If you haven't just cleaned your system you may want to run an antivrus and antispyware programs and if you didn't turn off your System Restore as part of cleaning your system you maybe re-infected.
If you just recently installed a new program, try the following URL http://tinyurl.com/3qabv.
Find it and eliminate it!
Ok my first impression is that its a bad thing. Malware/Virus/Trojan whatever it is you need to elimate it.
First of just the fact that its using a NTVDM to run is an indication that it shouldn't even be their.
NTVDMs are sort of like little mini virtual MS-DOS worlds to run older 32 and 16 bit apps usually from the Windows98 and younger years.
So my problem is whatever the program is, its trying to use an instruction that is illegal to the rules of NTVDMs.
So your first step it to track down where that file is and remove it.
If you can't find it and it still keeps dmuping the error, I would look at a potential virus infection thats creating the file on the fly during boot up.
by telephonics · 12 years ago In reply to Find it and eliminate it!
This file will not be deleted from your hard drive but it will no longer run automatically when you start Windows.
While this file will no longer interfere with boot up I'd feel better if I could get it off my hard drive. How do I so so>???
You had BETTER get it off you hard disk.
ok. You are working with what my be a live virus. Put it on a compressed file( with no password ) so that A virus scanner can scan it, and it CANNOT EXECUTE.
2. Clean out your HD and browser caches.
3. Run the antivirus FULL SCAN, like overnight.
4. The next night, if nothing is found, clean your HD again, run a disk check, and optimize your disk.
Just because I think they are GODS!
AND let us know what happens!