Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Need help removing windows.old

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I've used the uninstall facility in the add/remove Windows Features (in Control Panel|Programs|Programs and Features) to remove my windows.old folder, and after a reboot, the folder still exists. Kinda.

There is still a path to a single installed app setting from XP (C:\Windows.old\Documents and Settings\Pete\Application Data\SecuROM), which I think was related to a CD/DVD security provider tool.

But when I use explorer or Opus to try and remove the folder, I start getting strange "unterminated string" kinds of errors (lots of garbage characters in the error dialog buried under the C:\Windows.old\Documents and Settings\ folder structure), using both explorer itself and with Opus.

It's no longer available in my Programs and Features list, so obviously this is only a partially removed situation.

If anyone can offer some ideas to help figure out where the problem is and how to fix it, I'd much appreciate the help.
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Command prompt elevated level and type:

cacls c:\Windows.old /T /G Everyone:F
rmdir /s /q c:\Windows.old


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Well this should take care of it. If not

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windows 7 ultimate 64bit Blue Screen Error (0x50)


hi .. im using win7 64bit ultimate os ... my hardware details : intel core 2 quad processor Q8200 2.33ghz
4 gb kingston 800MHZ ram { dual channel }
gigabyte G31 M S2L motherboard
20" samsung widescreen
hitachi 500gb hdd { 7,500 rpm }
1gb nvidia 9500gt graphic card
iball model-LPE223-400 power supply

i have faced blue screen error problem while i was using win vista ultimate 32 bit  and it was very frequent lik every half hour .. even though i had purchased quick heal total internet security2010 a/v i found 1400 infections using bit defender2009 a/v from my friend .  so i formatted my whole hdd and got win7  64bit ultimate i update my windows almost daily or whenever updates are available . and i got blue screen error twice in 2 weeks after installation . i posted my problems in many forums but i felt like eveyone is trying to just experiment randomly that's why im literally fed up of BSOD's AND ASKING HELP ... please let me know with all necessary info. i should provide you so that we can get  rid of my problem once in for all ...

** STOP: 0*00000050 (0*FFFFF900C22127AQ , 0*0000000000000000, 0*FFFFF960006BDC51 , 0*0000000000000000 )
** cdd.dll - address FFFFF96000600C51 BASE AT FFFFF960006B0000 , DATESTAMP 4a5bde94
THIS WAS MY LATEST { 2ND ERROR MSG I GOT } IN 1ST BSOD I DONT THINK SO 2nd LINE EXSISTED

and ya both the time i got BSOD's i was playing game { counter strike on lan and internet } im not that much of high tech guy so normally i use downloading and small known software i use along with avg as my a/v

Stop 0x50 is PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA.
Cdd.dll is the Windows "Canonical Display Driver".
I think it could be your display driver.  Try updating it.
Otherwise, it would probably be the game software.  See if the game has been certified for Windows 7.

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Answer

Since the BSOD occurs on both Windows Vista and Windows 7, it can be a hardware related problem.
Besides the BIOS, please also update chipset and VGA driver from GIGABYTE site as below:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Driver_Model.aspx?ProductID=2693&ost=windows+7+64bit#anchor_os

If the issue persists, to solid troubleshoot this kind of kernel crash issue, we need to debug the crashed system dump and analyze the related source code if needed. Unfortunately, debugging is beyond what we can do in the forum. I'd like to recommend that you contact Microsoft Customer Support Service (CSS) for assistance so that this problem can be resolved efficiently. To obtain the phone numbers for specific technology request please take a look at the web site listed below:


If you are outside the US please see http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.

Hope it helps!

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 ** STOP: 0*00000050 (0*FFFFF900C22127AQ , 0*0000000000000000, 0*FFFFF960006BDC51 , 0*0000000000000000 )
** cdd.dll - address FFFFF96000600C51 BASE AT FFFFF960006B0000 , DATESTAMP 4a5bde94
THIS WAS MY LATEST { 2ND ERROR MSG I GOT } IN 1ST BSOD I DONT THINK SO 2nd LINE EXSISTED

I had troubleshot the same stop code before referring to the same dll file lately. I updated the bios and reinstalled the driver of gpu and it took care of it. check for the latest bios release from your manufacturer's website as well as the latest video driver. I hope you resolve your issue.

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