Posted on 07/10/2012 6:57:27 PM PDT by pabianice
Running XP. PC keeps crashing, then reboots and gives this error message.
Can anyone help? Thanks.
You ‘may’ have a power supply failing. I had a similar situation. The multiple crashes w/error may indicate a corrupted drive.
I hope that this is not the case.
One of my first discoveries when I got a PC was that I really needed two so I could use one to help fix the other.
Shut off and reboot in safe mode using a date from before the problem started.
1. Reboot into Safe Mode (press F8 right as you see the ‘Starting Windows XP’ or ‘Loading Operating System’ message on boot, then select ‘Safe Mode w/Network Support from the menu.
2. Once in safe mode, Click Start > Run, and type “C:\Documents and Settings\Kent\Start Menu\Programs\Startup”
3. Delete the icon for ‘LaunchU3.exe.lnk’. Whatever that program is doing is what’s crashing your system.
4. Reboot into Normal Windows XP mode. See what happens.
Can you boot in safe mode, get rid of the shortcut so it doesn’t try to run that program?
Run msconfig and remove that program from the startup list. Then reboot. Hopefully that fixes you up.
Carb heat on an flaps up ?
Sorry....had to ask .....:o)
Can’t answer your question so I will bump it to the top.
Good luck... May. Try advanced system care or ccleaner for a start. Also on reboot you have a diagnostic ability on xp ...? Maybe not.... Oh well my guessing on a solution.
May jst be a bad sector on your HD.
Boot to the command line (used to be called dos) and run:
CHKDSK /P /R
It may take as long as 30 minutes to do its thing, but it has got mine up and running again when it would keep shutting down with error message.
Are you logged in?
Do you have a USB drive connected?
Give it a shot. If you can get xp up in safe mode you should be able to deal with any issue you need to.. But if it keeps crashing before xp comes up, there’s likely something corrupt in XP itself or the PS issue like I had. Took me days to get at what my unlikely issue really was.
U3 software is a platform designed for use on Microsoft Windows-based computers that is designed to make it easier to share files and programs among different PCs. The U3 software is commonly installed in flash drives, external storage drives that plug into the USB port on your computer (sometimes called "thumb drives" because they're about the size of your thumb). While flash drives usually have the U3 Launchpad Software pre-installed, you can remove the software if you just want to use your flash drive for storage; you're running a system that's not Windows-based; or you don't like or want to use the U3 software. There are three ways that you can do this. ...
I'd remove it, because chances are you don't really need it. If it's corrupted somehow - it's gonna cause problems.
U3 software is a platform designed for use on Microsoft Windows-based computers that is designed to make it easier to share files and programs among different PCs. The U3 software is commonly installed in flash drives, external storage drives that plug into the USB port on your computer (sometimes called "thumb drives" because they're about the size of your thumb). While flash drives usually have the U3 Launchpad Software pre-installed, you can remove the software if you just want to use your flash drive for storage; you're running a system that's not Windows-based; or you don't like or want to use the U3 software. There are three ways that you can do this. ...
I'd remove it, because chances are you don't really need it. If it's corrupted somehow - it's gonna cause problems.
Illegal opcodes can be generated by so many causes -- all of them highly unusual in correctly written programs -- that you should rule out software causes first.
If you haven't typically seen illegal opcodes from this particular program in the past, do ALL of the following before you decide to start replacing power supplies or disks:
Shut off and reboot in safe mode using a date from before the problem started.
As others have indicated the fault is likely with the U3 program in your Startup folder. A 16-bit process appears to be attempting to launch from a U3-enabled USB thumb drive.
U3 is a security program for removable devices and should not be hooked to the Startup folder, especially a 16-bit program. Sounds like malware on the USB thumbdrive.
I’d remove the startup entry for U3 program.
Can’t say how the U3 got added to Startup but it definitely doesn’t belong there.
LaunchU3.exe is an executable for a secure thumbdrive program. Because it is in the startup group it tries to start every time you start (or logon to) your computer.
Go to: Start | All Programs | Startup and right-click on the listing and choose “delete” - whack will move it to the Recycle Bin.
restart your computer and see if you still encounter any errors. If not you can safely empty the file from the Recycle Bin.
I deleted LaunchU3.exe from the startup string and the problem seems to have been resolved.
Thanks to all for your help!
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