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New worm and daylight savings?
My computer became extremely sluggish when I was connected to the
Internet. Using Taskmgr.exe I was able to identify the offending process. It was a thing called drwtsn32.exe, found in several locations. When I deleted the files my system began to behave normally. I ran s)ystem f)ile C)hecker, sfc.exe, to replace the correct file if it was a necessary MS file. This was a couple of days ago and I've had no problems since. Does anyone know the name of the worm/virus? A second concern I have is what's gonna happen to our computer clocks and the new daylight saving change? Is the fix going to reqire changing the Bios or is it a simple program or new patch that will be need to fix the clock. Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr. Lubbock, Texas rkinserlow at cox dot net homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow |
Re: New worm and daylight savings?
That file is actually Dr. Watson for Windows, it's part of the operating
system. It's basically a debugging tool that launches automatically when certain program errors occur. You can read about it here: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;308538 "Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr." <me@nospam.com> wrote in message news:af00h1hgmha6pbf1g9c9fp7815fvmgdj15@4ax.com... > My computer became extremely sluggish when I was connected to the > Internet. Using Taskmgr.exe I was able to identify the offending > process. It was a thing called drwtsn32.exe, found in several > locations. When I deleted the files my system began to behave > normally. I ran s)ystem f)ile C)hecker, sfc.exe, to replace the > correct file if it was a necessary MS file. This was a couple of days > ago and I've had no problems since. Does anyone know the name of the > worm/virus? > > A second concern I have is what's gonna happen to our computer clocks > and the new daylight saving change? Is the fix going to reqire > changing the Bios or is it a simple program or new patch that will be > need to fix the clock. > > > > Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr. > Lubbock, Texas > rkinserlow at cox dot net > homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow |
Re: New worm and daylight savings?
On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:47:45 -0500, "Doug Schneider" <l337@mts.net>
wrote: >That file is actually Dr. Watson for Windows, it's part of the operating >system. It's basically a debugging tool that launches automatically when >certain program errors occur. You can read about it here: If drwtsn32.exe is a system file, why didn't sfc.exe replace it after I deleted it? > >http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;308538 > >"Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr." <me@nospam.com> wrote in message >news:af00h1hgmha6pbf1g9c9fp7815fvmgdj15@4ax.com.. . >> My computer became extremely sluggish when I was connected to the >> Internet. Using Taskmgr.exe I was able to identify the offending >> process. It was a thing called drwtsn32.exe, found in several >> locations. When I deleted the files my system began to behave >> normally. I ran s)ystem f)ile C)hecker, sfc.exe, to replace the >> correct file if it was a necessary MS file. This was a couple of days >> ago and I've had no problems since. Does anyone know the name of the >> worm/virus? >> >> A second concern I have is what's gonna happen to our computer clocks >> and the new daylight saving change? Is the fix going to reqire >> changing the Bios or is it a simple program or new patch that will be >> need to fix the clock. >> >> >> >> Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr. >> Lubbock, Texas >> rkinserlow at cox dot net >> homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow > Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr. Lubbock, Texas rkinserlow at cox dot net homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow |
Re: New worm and daylight savings?
Dr. Watson is a very important debugging tool for Windows. It automatically
keeps a log for troubleshooting the Windows operating system, and effected applications. Your computer was probably running slower, because there is a fault going on. All you did was destroy the logging of it, to be able to find the problem. If you go in to the help system for Windows, and visit the MS site, you can read about Dr. Watson, and have an idea of how it is used. You will now have to look up about how to extract it back from your installation CD, so that the system can use it again. After it is re-installed, you should be looking in to things to know why the computer is running slow. -- JANA _____ "Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr." <me@nospam.com> wrote in message news:af00h1hgmha6pbf1g9c9fp7815fvmgdj15@4ax.com... My computer became extremely sluggish when I was connected to the Internet. Using Taskmgr.exe I was able to identify the offending process. It was a thing called drwtsn32.exe, found in several locations. When I deleted the files my system began to behave normally. I ran s)ystem f)ile C)hecker, sfc.exe, to replace the correct file if it was a necessary MS file. This was a couple of days ago and I've had no problems since. Does anyone know the name of the worm/virus? A second concern I have is what's gonna happen to our computer clocks and the new daylight saving change? Is the fix going to reqire changing the Bios or is it a simple program or new patch that will be need to fix the clock. Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr. Lubbock, Texas rkinserlow at cox dot net homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow |
Re: New worm and daylight savings?
Sfc.exe will only scan for and replace "protected" files. Protected files
are supposed to include all sys, dll, exe and ocx files that ship on the Windows XP CD. Why drwtsn32.exe doesn't get replaced, I don't know, however there are always exceptions to the rule. Reinstalling it, should you choose to, can be done by: Start > Run > drwtsn32 -i . "Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr." <me@nospam.com> wrote in message news:r332h15n5vkndvfe940npjtk5dpir8qbr5@4ax.com... > On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:47:45 -0500, "Doug Schneider" <l337@mts.net> > wrote: > >>That file is actually Dr. Watson for Windows, it's part of the operating >>system. It's basically a debugging tool that launches automatically when >>certain program errors occur. You can read about it here: > > If drwtsn32.exe is a system file, why didn't sfc.exe replace it after > I deleted it? > > > > > > > > >> >>http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;308538 >> >>"Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr." <me@nospam.com> wrote in message >>news:af00h1hgmha6pbf1g9c9fp7815fvmgdj15@4ax.com. .. >>> My computer became extremely sluggish when I was connected to the >>> Internet. Using Taskmgr.exe I was able to identify the offending >>> process. It was a thing called drwtsn32.exe, found in several >>> locations. When I deleted the files my system began to behave >>> normally. I ran s)ystem f)ile C)hecker, sfc.exe, to replace the >>> correct file if it was a necessary MS file. This was a couple of days >>> ago and I've had no problems since. Does anyone know the name of the >>> worm/virus? >>> >>> A second concern I have is what's gonna happen to our computer clocks >>> and the new daylight saving change? Is the fix going to reqire >>> changing the Bios or is it a simple program or new patch that will be >>> need to fix the clock. >>> >>> >>> >>> Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr. >>> Lubbock, Texas >>> rkinserlow at cox dot net >>> homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow >> > Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr. > Lubbock, Texas > rkinserlow at cox dot net > homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow |
Re: New worm and daylight savings?
On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:58:16 -0400, "JANA" <jana@ca.inter.net> wrote:
>Dr. Watson is a very important debugging tool for Windows. It automatically >keeps a log for troubleshooting the Windows operating system, and effected >applications. > >Your computer was probably running slower, because there is a fault going >on. All you did was destroy the logging of it, to be able to find the >problem. If you go in to the help system for Windows, and visit the MS >site, you can read about Dr. Watson, and have an idea of how it is used. > >You will now have to look up about how to extract it back from your >installation CD, so that the system can use it again. > >After it is re-installed, you should be looking in to things to know why the >computer is running slow. All I know is deleting all instances of drwtsn32.exe on my hard drive seemed to solve my problem. What clued me in was there were many, many instances of the process drwtsn32.exe showing up when I ran the task manager. I found two instances of drwatson.exe on my hard drive, one of them in c:\windows\system32. I am told this is not the dr watson for windows. It does run, but all I get is a small box with "No Faults Detected" printed in it. I notice the mickeysoft copyright is 1990-1995. Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr. Lubbock, Texas rkinserlow at cox dot net homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow |
Re: New worm and daylight savings?
On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:54:19 -0500, "Doug Schneider" <l337@mts.net>
wrote: >Sfc.exe will only scan for and replace "protected" files. Protected files >are supposed to include all sys, dll, exe and ocx files that ship on the >Windows XP CD. Why drwtsn32.exe doesn't get replaced, I don't know, however >there are always exceptions to the rule. Reinstalling it, should you choose >to, can be done by: Start > Run > drwtsn32 -i . > When I try to run drwtsn32 -i, I get a file not found box. drwatson.exe will run, perhaps it's the protected file. Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr. Lubbock, Texas rkinserlow at cox dot net homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow >"Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr." <me@nospam.com> wrote in message >news:r332h15n5vkndvfe940npjtk5dpir8qbr5@4ax.com.. . >> On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:47:45 -0500, "Doug Schneider" <l337@mts.net> >> wrote: >> >>>That file is actually Dr. Watson for Windows, it's part of the operating >>>system. It's basically a debugging tool that launches automatically when >>>certain program errors occur. You can read about it here: >> >> If drwtsn32.exe is a system file, why didn't sfc.exe replace it after >> I deleted it? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> >>>http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;308538 >>> >>>"Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr." <me@nospam.com> wrote in message >>>news:af00h1hgmha6pbf1g9c9fp7815fvmgdj15@4ax.com ... >>>> My computer became extremely sluggish when I was connected to the >>>> Internet. Using Taskmgr.exe I was able to identify the offending >>>> process. It was a thing called drwtsn32.exe, found in several >>>> locations. When I deleted the files my system began to behave >>>> normally. I ran s)ystem f)ile C)hecker, sfc.exe, to replace the >>>> correct file if it was a necessary MS file. This was a couple of days >>>> ago and I've had no problems since. Does anyone know the name of the >>>> worm/virus? >>>> >>>> A second concern I have is what's gonna happen to our computer clocks >>>> and the new daylight saving change? Is the fix going to reqire >>>> changing the Bios or is it a simple program or new patch that will be >>>> need to fix the clock. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr. >>>> Lubbock, Texas >>>> rkinserlow at cox dot net >>>> homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow >>> >> Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr. >> Lubbock, Texas >> rkinserlow at cox dot net >> homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow > |
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