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metricscaler

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help a newby out!!
« on: November 09, 2006, 09:40:56 PM »
When i start my computer there is an erorr 2908 that keeps poping up about 50 times and i have to turn on the task manager and shut it down.It says copy on the task manager menu .If i shut it down then its ok till i restart then i have to go through it all again.Also this happens on my wifes file to!!Any help would be appreciated.Thanks.

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Re: help a newby out!!
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2006, 09:51:02 PM »
Hi Welcome to Computerhope. What Windows Version are you using?

Do you have the following symptoms described here?: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299777

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Re: help a newby out!!
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2006, 09:55:34 PM »
Ya it says  internal system error 2908 but i didnt load anything i dont think,Ill read on and try to figure it out thanks!!

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Re: help a newby out!!
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2006, 09:57:48 PM »
sorry windows xp

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Re: help a newby out!!
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2006, 10:21:21 PM »
Can you please provide more detail on the error. Do you get a specific message?

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Re: help a newby out!!
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2006, 03:04:27 AM »
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Ya it says  internal system error 2908 [highlight]but i didnt load anything i dont think[/highlight],Ill read on and try to figure it out thanks!!

There are over 800,000 Google hits for this error:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=error+2908+

What happened just prior to this? How long ago? There definitely is some cause and effect. I don't think something just spontaneously happened.

Can you do a system restore to a time before this started happening?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084
« Last Edit: November 10, 2006, 03:05:11 AM by GX1_Man »