well... just another report of z issue occurred while explorer process size around 90MB...
nothing new - neither event(s) in win7 logs nor any preferred dump, nor C:\LocalDumps folder itself... and all right clicks are ok in Explorer++
A couple of attachments:
1. Another view of a broken fonts in explorer.
2. Another dump by Process Explorer.
Rgds,
Howdy Callender,
I hope you'll be back online soon.
Meanwhile:
1. Sorry I've undone the registry patch for creating dump in your way as confirmed useless in my case.
2. Special thanks for you prompt concerning UVK app. Its logging is quite informative, although it gave me no direct pointing to the root of issue.
3. I've performed the complete win7-as-it-was in-place upgrade / repair and m$ clean updating next. Surprisingly it passed very very smoothly this time and left behind just a few re-adjustments to be done. Also it's convenient when this in-place repair takes just an hour & half with SSD & win7 full oem install dvd @ usb-flash. However, after this repair the issue occurred again once.
4. Then I've already started an uninstall of some of apps with shell extensions aimed to locate a culprit.
Now testing.
Thanks.
Rgds,:)
Last edited by laidbacktokyo; 20 Sep 2016 at 14:35.
Thanks. It would appear that other users can get those dump files.
copy and paste not working
Yours is the first case I've seen where it would not work.
RE: UVK. The idea of the log was just to look at (global) context menu entries and see if there was any software with currently known issues. Also a version check for suspect software (UVK lists installed version of softwares)
As the issue remains after your efforts I still suspect that it's a software issue.
RE: Fonts. I'm not expert on system wide font settings. I had a bit of a struggle to configure my own machine to get fonts to display the way I like them to.
However see this post:
Suddenly, wrong characters
RE: Your last dump. Seems to point to an issue with qlbase.dll
Don't know much about that one. Is seems to be part of Protector Suite QL. Does that seem familiar?
Anyway suggest checking for updates or reinstalling the driver.
UPEK TCEDA3CA000, v.5.8, A01 Driver Details | Dell UK
If you need help with that it would be best to ask in the Drivers section.
Last edited by Callender; 20 Sep 2016 at 13:20. Reason: add info
RE: Replacing shell32.dll
I'm not sure but replacing shell32.dll might have screwed up fonts. Did you back up the original?
Personally I use this to replace system files and it does indeed back up the original(s)
https://www.technibble.com/sysmate-r...-system-files/
Yep, I surely know what is that qlbase.dll. And it's obviously the one of my suspects!
It's a part of Authentec (aka UPEK) Protector Suite 2012, which is very much useful fingerprint security app! The already mentioned above problem is that Authentec has been purchased by Apple and there is no any updates available from 2012.
This app data is quite precious for me but it's surly in my shortlist to remove with leftovers and reinstall then!
Moreover, this app is my no.1 suspect concerning another oddest issue of this laptop - m$ .net framework install error. I mean that this issue is again very special one and doesn't hurt me much in general:
If I put z standard .net framework (4.6.2 for instance) standalone or web installer (in .exe format!!!) to drive c: (SATA2 SSD with win7) or drive d: (IDE HDD in DVD slot with data) and then try to install or repair .net framework I always get z fatal error as below:
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM
Event ID: 10016
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
Description:
The machine-default permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID
{000C101C-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
and APPID
{000C101C-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
to the user ................ SID (S-1-5-21-1849313865-1520466201-311305386-1000) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC).
This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM" Guid="{1B562E86-B7AA-4131-BADC-B6F3A001407E}" EventSourceName="DCOM" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49152">10016</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-09-14T22:12:41.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>275749</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>...PC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-21-1849313865-1520466201-311305386-1000" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="param1">machine-default</Data>
<Data Name="param2">Local</Data>
<Data Name="param3">Activation</Data>
<Data Name="param4">{000C101C-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}</Data>
<Data Name="param5">{000C101C-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}</Data>
<Data Name="param6">..........</Data>
<Data Name="param7">..</Data>
<Data Name="param8">S-1-5-21-1849313865-1520466201-311305386-1000</Data>
<Data Name="param9">LocalHost (Using LRPC)</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
And it's impossible to repair this error in common way by adjusting z security permissions of this DCOM = Msi server thru win7 component services & registry.
However, this error occurred only due to some issue while auto-unpacking of .exe installer to its parts (to either drive d or c).
I mean that if I manually unpack .exe installer to any location and then start same install by the appropriate extracted .msi file - it's all OK!
Also this issue doesn't occur if same .net .exe setup is placed to any usb drive!
Also this issue doesn't affect any other non-m$ .exe installers at any(!) drive of laptop.
Thanks.
p.s. forget about fonts when it's not a culprit but a result.
Last edited by laidbacktokyo; 20 Sep 2016 at 14:41.
RE: NET Framework issues. I'm afraid that I don't really understand those errors. I do know that I've had .NET Framework issues on my own machine in the past and have always managed to fix using .NET Framework Cleanup Tool:
Check installed versions using this portable utility:
Actually it's been really hard to detect if there are existing problems. The only way I noticed it - I have an app installed that highlights problem software with a red X like this:
It's fixed now
Previously had a red X like this. (Shows other problem program here)
Then trying to uninstall the problem version of .NET Framework via Add/ Remove programs would fail!
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