| Subject: Protected Storage Popup |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 9/2/2008 6:34:08 PM |
| From: Yulian Kuncheff [Email Address Protection] |
Recently I have been getting this strange popup about protected storage from Windows Live Messenger, which did now allow me to login. It just hanged at the login process. So I thought it was a Live Messenger problem and just stuck to Pidgin. Now uTorrent is doing it every time I launch it, and Google Chrome is now doing it on rare occasions. Is there anyway to fix this or something because its spreading and getting very annoying. I have attached the image (used Thunderbird to post this) as well as linking the image from Imageshack in case the attachment doesn't work. First time ever posting to a newsgroup so hopefully this all shows up right. http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7792/79814004yk5.png They all look like that and all have random Chinese characters in there, which I assume its trying ot read some kind of data as text which results in random Chinese characters. Any help to this matter would be greatly appreciated. |
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| Subject: Re: Protected Storage Popup |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 9/3/2008 8:29:25 PM |
| From: Yulian Kuncheff [Email Address Protection] |
Anyone, please, this is getting very ridiculous. I have tried everything thats been posted online (which is almost nothing) and it hasn't worked. Anything to get me going in some direction would be very helpful. Yulian Kuncheff wrote: > Recently I have been getting this strange popup about protected storage > from Windows Live Messenger, which did now allow me to login. It just > hanged at the login process. So I thought it was a Live Messenger > problem and just stuck to Pidgin. Now uTorrent is doing it every time I > launch it, and Google Chrome is now doing it on rare occasions. Is there > anyway to fix this or something because its spreading and getting very > annoying. I have attached the image (used Thunderbird to post this) as > well as linking the image from Imageshack in case the attachment doesn't > work. First time ever posting to a newsgroup so hopefully this all shows > up right. > > http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7792/79814004yk5.png > > They all look like that and all have random Chinese characters in there, > which I assume its trying ot read some kind of data as text which > results in random Chinese characters. > > Any help to this matter would be greatly appreciated. |
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| Subject: Re: Protected Storage Popup |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 9/4/2008 3:48:53 AM |
| From: Malke [Email Address Protection] |
Yulian Kuncheff wrote: > Anyone, please, this is getting very ridiculous. I have tried everything > thats been posted online (which is almost nothing) and it hasn't worked. > Anything to get me going in some direction would be very helpful. > > Yulian Kuncheff wrote: >> Recently I have been getting this strange popup about protected storage >> from Windows Live Messenger, which did now allow me to login. It just >> hanged at the login process. So I thought it was a Live Messenger >> problem and just stuck to Pidgin. Now uTorrent is doing it every time I >> launch it, and Google Chrome is now doing it on rare occasions. Is there >> anyway to fix this or something because its spreading and getting very >> annoying. I have attached the image (used Thunderbird to post this) as >> well as linking the image from Imageshack in case the attachment doesn't >> work. First time ever posting to a newsgroup so hopefully this all shows >> up right. >> >> http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7792/79814004yk5.png >> >> They all look like that and all have random Chinese characters in there, >> which I assume its trying ot read some kind of data as text which >> results in random Chinese characters. >> >> Any help to this matter would be greatly appreciated. What is the malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and versions) did you use to determine this? Be sure the computer is clean: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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| Subject: Re: Protected Storage Popup |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 9/4/2008 1:24:44 PM |
| From: Yulian Kuncheff [Email Address Protection] |
Its clean. I use Spybot Search & Destroy along with Lavasoft Ad-aware or the spyware/malware, and then i have Avira constantly running. Avira Anti-virus premium edition. Currently the highest rated anti-virus. Malke wrote: > Yulian Kuncheff wrote: > >> Anyone, please, this is getting very ridiculous. I have tried everything >> thats been posted online (which is almost nothing) and it hasn't worked. >> Anything to get me going in some direction would be very helpful. >> >> Yulian Kuncheff wrote: >>> Recently I have been getting this strange popup about protected storage >>> from Windows Live Messenger, which did now allow me to login. It just >>> hanged at the login process. So I thought it was a Live Messenger >>> problem and just stuck to Pidgin. Now uTorrent is doing it every time I >>> launch it, and Google Chrome is now doing it on rare occasions. Is there >>> anyway to fix this or something because its spreading and getting very >>> annoying. I have attached the image (used Thunderbird to post this) as >>> well as linking the image from Imageshack in case the attachment doesn't >>> work. First time ever posting to a newsgroup so hopefully this all shows >>> up right. >>> >>> http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7792/79814004yk5.png >>> >>> They all look like that and all have random Chinese characters in there, >>> which I assume its trying ot read some kind of data as text which >>> results in random Chinese characters. >>> >>> Any help to this matter would be greatly appreciated. > > What is the malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, > what programs (and versions) did you use to determine this? > > Be sure the computer is clean: > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware > > Malke |
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| Subject: Re: Protected Storage Popup |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 9/4/2008 2:10:41 PM |
| From: Malke [Email Address Protection] |
Yulian Kuncheff wrote: > Its clean. I use Spybot Search & Destroy along with Lavasoft Ad-aware or > the spyware/malware, and then i have Avira constantly running. Avira > Anti-virus premium edition. Currently the highest rated anti-virus. Then I'm sorry but I don't know what's causing it. The only thing I can suggest is that you figure out what changed between the time you didn't get the error and the time you did. If this was very recent, a System Restore might be a good next step. I'm sorry that I was unable to help you. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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| Subject: Re: Protected Storage Popup |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 9/4/2008 2:24:22 PM |
| From: Yulian Kuncheff [Email Address Protection] |
Haha, its fine. At least you tried. Thanks for the attempt. And thats the thing, nothing happened. I just left my computer on overnight, next day I rebooted, and it started. And i had not installed or did anything since like 3 days prior, and ive had many restarts since then till the error happens. So im just clueless. I wish it didn't cost $60 to talk to a microsoft support person directly. Malke wrote: > Yulian Kuncheff wrote: > >> Its clean. I use Spybot Search & Destroy along with Lavasoft Ad-aware or >> the spyware/malware, and then i have Avira constantly running. Avira >> Anti-virus premium edition. Currently the highest rated anti-virus. > > Then I'm sorry but I don't know what's causing it. The only thing I can > suggest is that you figure out what changed between the time you didn't get > the error and the time you did. If this was very recent, a System Restore > might be a good next step. > > I'm sorry that I was unable to help you. > > Malke |
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