10-21-2003, 09:23 PM
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I'm afraid to touch my registry...
I made the mistake of downloading a (bad) program about a month ago. The damn thing really screwed up a lot of my multimedia settings. I think I have most back to normal. But here's the problem.
Whenever I reboot (Win98SE), it always stops at a page that says that system.ini in my registry is looking for a certain driver that is missing. It says that the missing file is vpaec.vxd. I have to hit a key to continue.
So I do a search on my hard drive and found it in an ATI Multimedia folder. I don't use the ATI anymore on my computer. I see the file vpaec.vxd in there, but I don't know what to do with it. 
I also did the regedit thing and searched the registry for that file. I found it in
MyComputer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Doc Find Spec MRU
Frankly, the registry scares the heck out of me. I don't want to touch it unless I'm 100% sure of what I'm doing.
So the magic question. What do I do so that I can go back to rebooting without that page stopping the reboot halfway?
As always, thanks for your help. 
Vito
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10-21-2003, 09:25 PM
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Did you uninstall the ATI software and just have the folder remaining?
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10-21-2003, 09:36 PM
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Well, When I go into Add/Remove programs of my Windows Control Panel, after uninstalling ATI Multimedia, I can see that it is no longer in the list. However, when I look in Windows Explorer, it's still there under Program files. And it's not just an empty directory. It actually has files in it - even after I uninstalled it... 
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10-21-2003, 09:39 PM
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Vito, get a program called regclean and run it... or better yet.. give me 5 minutes to transfer the program I use at the shop over to my house (its freeware) and will upload it for you to use.... easy "idiot free" registry cleaner.
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10-21-2003, 09:40 PM
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put a copy of that vxd file in the system or system 32 (cant remember which) folder and it should fix it
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10-21-2003, 09:41 PM
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Windows rarely does a clean uninstall. You often have to delete parent folders and some files afterwards.
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10-21-2003, 09:46 PM
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You should delete that folder and all programs in it.......
Then see if it still does it,and YES,running regvac will do the job nicely
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10-21-2003, 09:47 PM
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run this puppy Vito, it is a nice program I use to fix customers registries at the shop:
EDIT: LINK REMOVED 
Last edited by NewtSys; 10-21-2003 at 10:14 PM.
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10-21-2003, 09:48 PM
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TheDude.. you mean rename it.. that may bring the whole system down deleting it
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10-21-2003, 09:51 PM
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yeah you never want to delete folders unless you are sure, Windoze has a habit of sharing dll's and other important stuff 
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10-21-2003, 09:56 PM
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What, me worry?
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vito, I hope as a Canadian that you're still using ATI
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10-21-2003, 09:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by timechange
vito, I hope as a Canadian that you're still using ATI
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heheh I am an American I think ATI is one of the best companies out there for video cards!
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10-21-2003, 10:07 PM
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Actually, I had an ATI card installed to be able to watch TV on my computer. Who the heck has time to watch TV anymore???? So I took the card out and installed it on my daughter's computer.
So I installed regclean and ran it, after selecting all ATI items in the list. Rebooted, same stupid problem.  (Thanks, nonetheless...looks like a nice program)
I think my computer is trying to coax me into just doing a clean sweep and installing XP.
Some days I really hate my computer... 
Vito
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10-21-2003, 10:08 PM
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Vito, try setting the options to AUTOMATIC, then also go up to I believe it is tools and run the Orphan cleaner.
Just trying to give you more options.
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10-21-2003, 10:14 PM
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What, me worry?
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I'm currently using an ATI All-In-Wonder 8500 DV - the TV quality is awesome.
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